explAIner

explAIner provides a visual analytics framework that operationalizes an iterative eXplainable AI (XAI) pipeline to improve interpretability, diagnosis, refinement, and monitoring of machine learning models within the TensorBoard environment.


Key Features:

  • Interactive Understanding: Enables interactive exploration of model behavior and decision-making using XAI methods.
  • Diagnosis of Model Limitations: Incorporates explainable AI methods to identify and diagnose model limitations.
  • Model Refinement and Optimization: Supports iterative refinement and optimization of models based on insights from XAI analyses.
  • Comprehensive Monitoring Mechanisms: Implements eight global monitoring and steering mechanisms, including quality monitoring, provenance tracking, model comparison, and trust building.
  • Integration with TensorBoard: Operates within the TensorBoard environment to integrate XAI analyses with existing model tracking workflows.

Scientific Applications:

  • Critical decision-making domains: Applied where AI models require transparency and accountability to support decisions in sensitive or high-stakes contexts.
  • Model development workflows: Supports iterative model understanding, diagnosis, refinement, and monitoring during model development and evaluation.

Methodology:

Employs an iterative XAI pipeline that integrates phases of model understanding, diagnosis, refinement, and optimization, supported by a suite of eight global monitoring and steering mechanisms and integrated into TensorBoard.

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Details

Tool Type:
web application
Added:
11/14/2019
Last Updated:
12/28/2020

Operations

Publications

Spinner T, Schlegel U, Schafer H, El-Assady M. explAIner: A Visual Analytics Framework for Interactive and Explainable Machine Learning. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 2019. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2019.2934629. PMID:31442998.

PMID: 31442998
Funding: - European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme: 825041, 826494

Links

Other
https://explainer.ai/system/explainer/
(TensorBoard for explAIner)