Rename TSNE n_iter to max_iter

python/cuml/cuml/manifold/t_sne.pyx

@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ cdef extern from "cuml/manifold/tsne.h" namespace "ML" nogil:
 
 # Changed in scikit-learn version 1.5: Parameter name changed from n_iter to max_iter.
 if Version(sklearn.__version__) >= Version("1.5.0"):
-    _SKLEARN_N_ITER_PARAM = "max_iter"
+    _SKLEARN_MAX_ITER_PARAM = "max_iter"
 else:
-    _SKLEARN_N_ITER_PARAM = "n_iter"
+    _SKLEARN_MAX_ITER_PARAM = "n_iter"
 
 _SUPPORTED_METRICS = {
     "l2": DistanceType.L2SqrtExpanded,
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ cdef _init_params(self, int n_samples, TSNEParams &params):
     adaptive_learning = _check_mapping(
         self, "learning_rate_method", {"adaptive": True, "none": False, None: False}
     )
-    n_iter = _check_numeric(self, "n_iter", gt=0)
     min_grad_norm = _check_numeric(self, "min_grad_norm", ge=0)
     angle = _check_numeric(self, "angle", ge=0, le=1)
     n_neighbors = _check_numeric(self, "n_neighbors", gt=0)
@@ -188,7 +187,19 @@ cdef _init_params(self, int n_samples, TSNEParams &params):
     if n_samples < 2:
         raise ValueError("TSNE requires >= 2 samples")
 
-    exaggeration_iter = min(exaggeration_iter, self.n_iter)
+    if self.n_iter != "deprecated":
+        warnings.warn(
+            (
+                "`n_iter` was deprecated in 25.12 and will be removed in 26.02. "
+                "Please use `max_iter` instead."
+            ),
+            FutureWarning,
+        )
+        max_iter = _check_numeric(self, "n_iter", gt=0)
+    else:
+        max_iter = _check_numeric(self, "max_iter", gt=0)
+
+    exaggeration_iter = min(exaggeration_iter, max_iter)
     if n_neighbors > 1023:
         warnings.warn(
             f"n_neighbors ({n_neighbors}) should be < 1024, "
@@ -237,7 +248,7 @@ cdef _init_params(self, int n_samples, TSNEParams &params):
     params.min_gain = 0.01
     params.pre_learning_rate = pre_learning_rate
     params.post_learning_rate = post_learning_rate
-    params.max_iter = n_iter
+    params.max_iter = max_iter
     params.min_grad_norm = min_grad_norm
     params.pre_momentum = pre_momentum
     params.post_momentum = post_momentum
@@ -283,11 +294,18 @@ class TSNE(Base,
     learning_rate : float (default 200.0)
         The learning rate usually between (10, 1000). If this is too high,
         t-SNE could look like a cloud / ball of points.
-    n_iter : int (default 1000)
+    max_iter : int (default 1000)
         The more epochs, the more stable/accurate the final embedding.
     n_iter_without_progress : int (default 300)
         Currently unused. When the KL Divergence becomes too small after some
         iterations, terminate t-SNE early.
+    n_iter : int (default 1000)
+
+        .. deprecated:: 25.12
+            ``n_iter`` has been renamed to ``max_iter`` to better match the
+            API of ``sklearn.manifold.TSNE``. ``n_iter`` is deprecated in favor
+            of ``max_iter`` and will be removed in 26.02.
+
     min_grad_norm : float (default 1e-07)
         The minimum gradient norm for when t-SNE will terminate early.
         Used in the 'exact' and 'fft' algorithms. Consider reducing if
@@ -417,8 +435,9 @@ class TSNE(Base,
             "early_exaggeration",
             "late_exaggeration",
             "learning_rate",
-            "n_iter",
+            "max_iter",
             "n_iter_without_progress",
+            "n_iter",
             "min_grad_norm",
             "metric",
             "metric_params",
@@ -469,8 +488,8 @@ class TSNE(Base,
             # For now have `learning_rate="auto"` just use cuml's default
             params["learning_rate"]: model.learning_rate
 
-        if (max_iter := getattr(model, _SKLEARN_N_ITER_PARAM, None)) is not None:
-            params["n_iter"] = max_iter
+        if (max_iter := getattr(model, _SKLEARN_MAX_ITER_PARAM, None)) is not None:
+            params["max_iter"] = max_iter
 
         return params
 
@@ -489,7 +508,7 @@ class TSNE(Base,
             "init": self.init,
             "random_state": self.random_state,
             "method": method,
-            _SKLEARN_N_ITER_PARAM: self.n_iter,
+            _SKLEARN_MAX_ITER_PARAM: self.max_iter,
         }
         return params
 
@@ -511,44 +530,45 @@ class TSNE(Base,
             **super()._attrs_to_cpu(model)
         }
 
-    def __init__(self, *,
-                 n_components=2,
-                 perplexity=30.0,
-                 early_exaggeration=12.0,
-                 late_exaggeration=1.0,
-                 learning_rate=200.0,
-                 n_iter=1000,
-                 n_iter_without_progress=300,
-                 min_grad_norm=1e-07,
-                 metric='euclidean',
-                 metric_params=None,
-                 init='random',
-                 random_state=None,
-                 method='fft',
-                 angle=0.5,
-                 n_neighbors=90,
-                 perplexity_max_iter=100,
-                 exaggeration_iter=250,
-                 pre_momentum=0.5,
-                 post_momentum=0.8,
-                 learning_rate_method='adaptive',
-                 square_distances=True,
-                 precomputed_knn=None,
-                 verbose=False,
-                 handle=None,
-                 output_type=None):
-
-        super().__init__(handle=handle,
-                         verbose=verbose,
-                         output_type=output_type)
-
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        n_components=2,
+        perplexity=30.0,
+        early_exaggeration=12.0,
+        late_exaggeration=1.0,
+        learning_rate=200.0,
+        max_iter=1000,
+        n_iter_without_progress=300,
+        n_iter="deprecated",
+        min_grad_norm=1e-07,
+        metric='euclidean',
+        metric_params=None,
+        init='random',
+        random_state=None,
+        method='fft',
+        angle=0.5,
+        n_neighbors=90,
+        perplexity_max_iter=100,
+        exaggeration_iter=250,
+        pre_momentum=0.5,
+        post_momentum=0.8,
+        learning_rate_method='adaptive',
+        square_distances=True,
+        precomputed_knn=None,
+        verbose=False,
+        handle=None,
+        output_type=None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(handle=handle, verbose=verbose, output_type=output_type)
         self.n_components = n_components
         self.perplexity = perplexity
         self.early_exaggeration = early_exaggeration
         self.late_exaggeration = late_exaggeration
         self.learning_rate = learning_rate
-        self.n_iter = n_iter
+        self.max_iter = max_iter
         self.n_iter_without_progress = n_iter_without_progress
+        self.n_iter = n_iter
         self.min_grad_norm = min_grad_norm
         self.metric = metric
         self.metric_params = metric_params

python/cuml/tests/test_tsne.py

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def test_tsne_large(nrows, ncols, method):
     tsne = TSNE(
         random_state=1,
         exaggeration_iter=1,
-        n_iter=2,
+        max_iter=2,
         method=method,
         min_grad_norm=1e-12,
     )
@@ -430,5 +430,17 @@ def test_tsne_n_iter(algorithm):
         n_samples=1000, n_features=64, centers=5, random_state=42
     )
     model = TSNE(n_components=2, random_state=42).fit(X)
+    assert model.n_iter_ > 0
+    assert model.n_iter_ <= model.max_iter
+
+
+def test_tsne_n_iter_deprecated():
+    X, _ = make_blobs(
+        n_samples=1000, n_features=64, centers=5, random_state=42
+    )
+    model = TSNE(n_components=2, random_state=42, n_iter=2)
+    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match="n_iter"):
+        model.fit(X)
+
     assert model.n_iter_ > 0
     assert model.n_iter_ <= model.n_iter