Real-time Notifications for AI Model Training Jobs on AWS

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To set up a system for real-time notifications for AI model training jobs on AWS, you will typically utilize a combination of AWS services and resources, coordinated by Pulumi. In this context, we'll use Amazon SageMaker to manage the machine learning (ML) model training and Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) to send notifications.

Here's how the process will work:
1. Define an Amazon SageMaker Pipeline for orchestrating the ML workflows.
2. Define an SNS Topic to which notifications will be published.
3. Configure the SageMaker Pipeline to send execution status messages to the SNS Topic.
4. Subscribe an endpoint (e.g., email, SMS, or a webhook) to the SNS Topic to receive the notifications.

Let's go through each step with a corresponding Python program using Pulumi:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws
import pulumi_aws_native as aws_native

# Initialize an SNS Topic for the notifications
sns_topic = aws.sns.Topic("aiModelTrainingNotifications")

# Optionally, subscribe an email endpoint to the SNS Topic
email_subscription = aws.sns.TopicSubscription("aiModelTrainingEmailSubscription",
    topic=sns_topic.arn,
    protocol="email",
    endpoint="your-email@example.com")  # Replace with your email address.

# Create an IAM Role for SageMaker to access resources
sagemaker_role = aws.iam.Role("sagemaker_role",
    assume_role_policy={
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [{
            "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "Service": "sagemaker.amazonaws.com"
            },
        }],
    }
)

# Attach policies to the SageMaker Role
sagemaker_policy_attachment = aws.iam.RolePolicyAttachment("sagemaker_policy_attachment",
    role=sagemaker_role.name,
    policy_arn="arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSageMakerFullAccess"
)

# Define the SageMaker Pipeline, here we use a placeholder definition
# In a real scenario, you'll define your machine learning workflow
sagemaker_pipeline = aws_native.sagemaker.Pipeline("sagemakerPipeline",
    role_arn=sagemaker_role.arn,
    pipeline_name="MyModelTrainingPipeline",
    pipeline_definition={
        "PipelineDefinitionBody": "..."  # Replace with your pipeline definition
    }
)

# Monitor SageMaker Pipeline execution and send notification to SNS upon state changes
# This part is pseudo-code as it depends on the specifics of your AWS account,
# SageMaker setup, and the events you want to monitor
#
# You would use the SageMaker SDK or other AWS services to trigger a lambda or
# directly publish to an SNS topic when certain events occur in your pipeline.
# For this, you'd set up event patterns and a target (SNS) for AWS CloudWatch Events.

pulumi.export('SNS Topic ARN', sns_topic.arn)
pulumi.export('SageMaker Pipeline ARN', sagemaker_pipeline.pipeline_arn)
```

This program sets up the AWS resources needed to monitor model training jobs in SageMaker and receive notifications about their status.

1. We initialize an **SNS Topic** to which notifications will be sent.
2. We create a **subscription** for this topic, which could be an email or another supported endpoint.
3. We define an **IAM Role** that Amazon SageMaker will assume to access other AWS resources. We attach the necessary policies to this role.
4. We create a **SageMaker Pipeline** where we define the machine learning workflow. The actual definition of the pipeline will include steps for data preprocessing, training, and validation based on your particular use case. For the sake of this example, it's left as a placeholder.
5. Lastly, we need to set up the notification mechanism. This could involve setting up a **lambda function** or using AWS **CloudWatch Events**. When SageMaker executes a pipeline and reaches specific states (e.g., starting a training job, a job completed, or failed), a message would be published to our SNS topic.

Pulumi enables you to define, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure and services using programming languages. This example uses Python, and the resources are declared and managed using Pulumi's AWS and AWS Native providers.

Please remember to replace placeholder parts, like the pipeline definition and the email address, with actual data suitable for your needs. Additionally, ensure that AWS CLI is configured correctly with the appropriate credentials and default region to deploy these resources successfully.