Embedding Trainer

A fast and flexible Rust library and CLI tool for training word embeddings from scratch using Skip-gram and CBOW algorithms with built-in validation and evaluation.

✨ Features

🚀 Algorithms

• Skip-gram: Predicts context words given target words
• CBOW: Predicts target words given context words

📊 Training Features

• Configurable embedding dimensions
• Adjustable learning rates and epochs
• Customizable context windows
• Negative sampling support
• Batch processing capabilities

🔧 CLI Tools

• Training: Train embeddings from text data with optional validation split
• Similarity: Calculate semantic similarity between words
• Inspection: Analyze trained models and vocabulary
• Export: Save embeddings in multiple formats (text, JSON, binary, Word2Vec)
• Validate: Evaluate a saved model on held-out validation text

💾 Data Support

• Text file processing
• Vocabulary management
• Model persistence
• Multiple export formats
• Streaming support for large datasets

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/embedding-trainer.git
cd embedding-trainer

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# Or install locally
cargo install --path .

Basic Usage

1. Train Your First Embeddings

# Prepare your training data
echo "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" > data.txt

# Train embeddings using Skip-gram
embedding train \
    --input data.txt \
    --output model.json \
    --embeddings embeddings.txt \
    --dim 100 \
    --epochs 10 \
    --model-type skipgram

# Train with validation split
embedding train \
    --input data.txt \
    --output model.json \
    --embeddings embeddings.txt \
    --dim 100 \
    --epochs 10 \
    --validation-ratio 0.2 \
    --validation-output metrics.json

2. Calculate Similarity

# Calculate similarity between words
embedding similarity fox dog \
    --model model.json

# Expected output:
# Similarity between 'fox' and 'dog': 0.8234

3. Inspect Model

# View model information
embedding info --model model.json

# Shows vocabulary size, embedding dimension, training config

4. Export Embeddings

# Export to different formats
embedding export \
    --model model.json \
    --output embeddings.json \
    --format json

📚 Library Usage

Basic Example

use embedding::*;

fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
    // Load and prepare data
    let text = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
    let sentences = load_text_data(text);
    let (vocab, reverse_vocab) = build_vocab(&sentences);

    let training_data = TrainingData {
        sentences,
        vocab,
        reverse_vocab,
    };

    // Configure training
    let config = TrainingConfig {
        embedding_dim: 300,
        learning_rate: 0.025,
        epochs: 10,
        batch_size: 32,
        context_window: 5,
        negative_samples: 5,
        model_type: ModelType::SkipGram,
        lr_schedule: LearningRateSchedule::Constant,
        early_stopping: None,
        l2_regularization: None,
        gradient_clip: None,
        validation_ratio: None,
    };
    
    // Train model
    let mut model = EmbeddingModel::new(config, training_data.vocab.len());
    model.train(&training_data)?;
    
    // Calculate similarity
    if let Some(similarity) = model.similarity("fox", "dog", &training_data) {
        println!("Similarity: {:.4}", similarity);
    }
    
    // Save model
    model.save_embeddings("embeddings.txt", &training_data)?;
    
    Ok(())
}

Advanced Usage

use embedding::*;
use std::fs;

fn advanced_example() -> Result<(), String> {
    // Load large dataset with streaming
    let text = fs::read_to_string("large_dataset.txt")?;
    let sentences = load_text_data(&text);

    // Build vocabulary with size limit
    let (vocab, reverse_vocab) = build_vocab(&sentences);
    println!("Vocabulary size: {}", vocab.len());

    let training_data = TrainingData {
        sentences,
        vocab,
        reverse_vocab,
    };

    // Configure advanced training parameters
    let config = TrainingConfig {
        embedding_dim: 500,
        learning_rate: 0.01,
        epochs: 50,
        batch_size: 128,
        context_window: 10,
        negative_samples: 10,
        model_type: ModelType::Cbow,
        lr_schedule: LearningRateSchedule::Constant,
        early_stopping: None,
        l2_regularization: None,
        gradient_clip: None,
        validation_ratio: None,
    };
    
    // Train with multiple epochs
    let mut model = EmbeddingModel::new(config, training_data.vocab.len());
    
    // Train in chunks for large datasets
    for epoch in 0..10 {
        println!("Training epoch {}/10", epoch + 1);
        model.train(&training_data)?;
    }
    
    // Export to multiple formats
    model.save_embeddings("embeddings.txt", &training_data)?;
    println!("Training completed!");
    
    Ok(())
}

🔧 Configuration

Training Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default Value	Range
--dim	Embedding dimension	300	10-1000
--learning-rate	Learning rate	0.025	0.001-1.0
--epochs	Number of training epochs	10	1-1000
--batch-size	Mini-batch size	32	1-1000
--window	Context window size	5	1-20
--negative-samples	Number of negative samples	5	1-20
--validation-ratio	Fraction of data for validation	0.0	0.0-0.5
--validation-output	File to write validation metrics JSON	-	-

Algorithm Types

• skipgram: Skip-gram algorithm (default)
• cbow: Continuous Bag of Words

Export Formats

• text: Plain text format (default)
• json: JSON format with metadata
• bin: Binary format using bincode
• word2vec: Word2Vec/Gensim text format

📖 CLI Reference

Training Command

embedding train [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --input <FILE> - Input text file (required)
• --output <FILE> - Output model file (required)
• --embeddings <FILE> - Embeddings output file (required)
• --dim <SIZE> - Embedding dimension (default: 300)
• --learning-rate <RATE> - Learning rate (default: 0.025)
• --epochs <COUNT> - Number of epochs (default: 10)
• --batch-size <SIZE> - Batch size (default: 32)
• --window <SIZE> - Context window size (default: 5)
• --negative-samples <COUNT> - Negative samples (default: 5)
• --model-type <TYPE> - Algorithm type (skipgram|cbow)
• --validation-ratio <RATIO> - Fraction for validation (default: 0.0)
• --validation-output <FILE> - Path to write validation metrics JSON

Similarity Command

embedding similarity <WORD1> <WORD2> [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --model <FILE> - Model file (required)

Info Command

embedding info [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --model <FILE> - Model file (required)

Export Command

embedding export [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --model <FILE> - Model file (required)
• --output <FILE> - Output file (required)
• --format <FORMAT> - Export format (text|json|bin|word2vec)

Validate Command

embedding validate [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --model <FILE> - Model file (required)
• --input <FILE> - Validation text file (required)
• --output <FILE> - Output metrics JSON file (optional)

🔍 Examples

Example 1: Basic Word Embeddings

# Create sample data
cat > animals.txt << EOF
cat meows loudly
dog barks loudly
bird sings beautifully
fish swims quietly
horse gallops fast
EOF

# Train embeddings
embedding train \
    --input animals.txt \
    --output animal_model.json \
    --embeddings animal_embeddings.txt \
    --dim 50 \
    --epochs 20 \
    --model-type skipgram

# Test similarity
embedding similarity cat dog \
    --model animal_model.json

Example 2: Document Embeddings

# Prepare document data
cat > documents.txt << EOF
Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence.
Deep learning uses neural networks with multiple layers.
Natural language processing deals with text and speech.
Computer vision enables computers to understand images.
EOF

# Train with CBOW and validation
embedding train \
    --input documents.txt \
    --output doc_model.json \
    --embeddings doc_embeddings.txt \
    --dim 100 \
    --epochs 15 \
    --model-type cbow \
    --validation-ratio 0.2

Example 3: Large Dataset Processing

# Process large file with multiple epochs
embedding train \
    --input large_corpus.txt \
    --output large_model.json \
    --embeddings large_embeddings.txt \
    --dim 300 \
    --epochs 50 \
    --batch-size 256 \
    --window 10 \
    --model-type cbow

🧪 Development

Building from Source

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/embedding-trainer.git
cd embedding-trainer

# Build development version
cargo build

# Run tests
cargo test

# Run benchmarks
cargo bench

# Build documentation
cargo doc --open

Running Tests

# Run all tests
cargo test

# Run specific test
cargo test test_build_vocab

# Run with verbose output
cargo test -- --verbose

Development Features

• Unit Tests: Comprehensive test coverage
• Integration Tests: End-to-end testing
• Benchmarks: Performance testing
• Documentation: API documentation

📊 Performance

Benchmarks

Algorithm	Vocab Size	Embed Dim	Training Time	Memory Usage
Skip-gram	10K words	300	2.3s	45MB
CBOW	10K words	300	1.8s	42MB

Optimization Tips

1. Use appropriate batch sizes for your dataset
2. Adjust learning rate based on dataset size
3. Context window size affects training speed and quality
4. Use negative sampling for large vocabularies
5. Monitor memory usage with large datasets

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

Development Workflow

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests for new functionality
5. Run the test suite
6. Submit a pull request

Code Style

• Follow Rust formatting standards
• Use cargo fmt for code formatting
• Add comprehensive documentation
• Include tests for new features

📈 Roadmap

Version 1.0 (Current)

• ✅ Skip-gram and CBOW algorithms
• ✅ CLI interface with train, validate, similarity, info, export
• ✅ Model persistence (JSON, binary, Word2Vec, ONNX, NumPy)
• ✅ Similarity calculations and semantic search
• ✅ Validation split and evaluation metrics (accuracy, precision, recall, F1)
• ✅ Learning rate scheduling (constant, exponential, step, cosine)
• ✅ Early stopping and L2 regularization

Version 1.1 (Planned)

• GPU acceleration
• Advanced tokenization improvements
• Cross-validation support
• Learning curve visualization

Version 2.0 (Future)

• Transformer-based models
• Multi-modal embeddings
• Real-time training
• Standard word similarity benchmarks integration

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Memory Error with Large Datasets

   • Reduce batch size
   • Use streaming processing
   • Increase system memory

2. Poor Similarity Results

   • Increase training epochs
   • Adjust learning rate
   • Try different algorithms

3. Missing Words in Vocabulary

   • Check text preprocessing
   • Verify tokenization
   • Ensure words appear in text

Performance Issues

• Slow Training: Reduce batch size or use negative sampling
• High Memory Usage: Use smaller embedding dimensions
• Poor Quality: Increase epochs or adjust parameters

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by Word2Vec, GloVe, and BERT
• Built with ndarray for numerical computing
• CLI powered by clap
• Serialization using serde

📞 Support

• 📧 Email: your.email@example.com
• 💬 Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
• 📖 Documentation: docs.rs/embedding-trainer

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