Embedding Atlas

Embedding Atlas is an interactive visualization tool for exploring large embedding spaces. It enables you to visualize, cross-filter, and search embeddings alongside associated metadata, helping you understand patterns and relationships in high-dimensional data. All computation happens in your computer, ensuring your data remains private and secure.

Here is an example atlas for the MegaScience dataset hosted as a Static Space:

Key Features

Prerequisites

First, install Embedding Atlas:

pip install embedding-atlas

If you plan to load private datasets from the Hugging Face Hub, you’ll also need to login with your Hugging Face account:

hf auth login

Loading Datasets from the Hub

Embedding Atlas provides seamless integration with the Hugging Face Hub, allowing you to visualize embeddings from any dataset directly.

Using the Command Line

The simplest way to visualize a Hugging Face dataset is through the command line interface. Try it with the IMDB dataset:

# Load the IMDB dataset from the Hub
embedding-atlas stanfordnlp/imdb

# Specify the text column for embedding computation
embedding-atlas stanfordnlp/imdb --text "text"

# Load only a sample for faster exploration
embedding-atlas stanfordnlp/imdb --text "text" --sample 5000

For your own datasets, use the same pattern:

# Load your dataset from the Hub
embedding-atlas username/dataset-name

# Load multiple splits
embedding-atlas username/dataset-name --split train --split test

# Specify custom text column
embedding-atlas username/dataset-name --text "content"

Using Python and Jupyter

You can also use Embedding Atlas in Jupyter notebooks for interactive exploration:

from embedding_atlas.widget import EmbeddingAtlasWidget
from datasets import load_dataset
import pandas as pd

# Load the IMDB dataset from Hugging Face Hub
dataset = load_dataset("stanfordnlp/imdb", split="train[:5000]")

# Convert to pandas DataFrame
df = dataset.to_pandas()

# Create interactive widget
widget = EmbeddingAtlasWidget(df)
widget

For your own datasets:

from embedding_atlas.widget import EmbeddingAtlasWidget
from datasets import load_dataset
import pandas as pd

# Load your dataset from the Hub
dataset = load_dataset("username/dataset-name", split="train")
df = dataset.to_pandas()

# Create interactive widget
widget = EmbeddingAtlasWidget(df)
widget

Working with Pre-computed Embeddings

If you have datasets with pre-computed embeddings, you can load them directly:

# Load dataset with pre-computed coordinates
embedding-atlas username/dataset-name \
    --x "embedding_x" \
    --y "embedding_y"

# Load with pre-computed nearest neighbors
embedding-atlas username/dataset-name \
    --neighbors "neighbors_column"

Customizing Embeddings

Embedding Atlas uses SentenceTransformers by default but supports custom embedding models:

# Use a specific embedding model
embedding-atlas stanfordnlp/imdb \
    --text "text" \
    --model "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"

# For models requiring remote code execution
embedding-atlas username/dataset-name \
    --model "custom/model" \
    --trust-remote-code

UMAP Projection Parameters

Fine-tune the dimensionality reduction for your specific use case:

embedding-atlas stanfordnlp/imdb \
    --text "text" \
    --umap-n-neighbors 30 \
    --umap-min-dist 0.1 \
    --umap-metric "cosine"

Use Cases

Exploring Text Datasets

Visualize and explore text corpora to identify clusters, outliers, and patterns:

from embedding_atlas.widget import EmbeddingAtlasWidget
from datasets import load_dataset
import pandas as pd

# Load a text classification dataset
dataset = load_dataset("stanfordnlp/imdb", split="train[:5000]")
df = dataset.to_pandas()

# Visualize with metadata
widget = EmbeddingAtlasWidget(df)
widget

Additional Resources

Update on GitHub