A Hands on Guide to Automated Feature Engineering using Featuretools

Anyone who has participated in machine learning hackathons and competitions can attest to how crucial feature engineering can be. It is often the difference between getting into the top 10 of the leaderboard and finishing outside the top 50! I have been a huge advocate of feature engineering ever since I realized it's immense potential. But it can be a slow and arduous process when done manually. I have to spend time brainstorming over what features to come up, and analyze their usability them from different angles. Now, this entire FE process can be automated and I'm going to show you how in this article.