def METHOD_NAME(params):
    """
    Train NCF using the given hyper-parameters
    """
    logger.debug("Start training...")
    train_data = pd.read_pickle(
        path=os.path.join(params["datastore"], params["train_datapath"])
    )
    validation_data = pd.read_pickle(
        path=os.path.join(params["datastore"], params["validation_datapath"])
    )
    data = NCFDataset(train=train_data, test=validation_data, seed=DEFAULT_SEED)
    model = NCF(
        n_users=data.n_users,
        n_items=data.n_items,
        model_type="NeuMF",
        n_factors=params["n_factors"],
        layer_sizes=[16, 8, 4],
        n_epochs=params["n_epochs"],
        learning_rate=params["learning_rate"],
        verbose=params["verbose"],
        seed=DEFAULT_SEED,
    )
    model.fit(data)
    logger.debug("Evaluating...")
    metrics_dict = {}
    rating_metrics = params["rating_metrics"]
    if len(rating_metrics) > 0:
        predictions = [
            [row.userID, row.itemID, model.predict(row.userID, row.itemID)]
            for (_, row) in validation_data.iterrows()
        ]
        predictions = pd.DataFrame(
            predictions, columns=["userID", "itemID", "prediction"]
        )
        predictions = predictions.astype(
            {"userID": "int64", "itemID": "int64", "prediction": "float64"}
        )
        for metric in rating_metrics:
            result = getattr(evaluation, metric)(validation_data, predictions)
            metrics_dict = _update_metrics(metrics_dict, metric, params, result)
    ranking_metrics = params["ranking_metrics"]
    if len(ranking_metrics) > 0:
        users, items, preds = [], [], []
        item = list(train_data.itemID.unique())
        for user in train_data.userID.unique():
            user = [user] * len(item)
            users.extend(user)
            items.extend(item)
            preds.extend(list(model.predict(user, item, is_list=True)))
        all_predictions = pd.DataFrame(
            data={"userID": users, "itemID": items, "prediction": preds}
        )
        merged = pd.merge(
            train_data, all_predictions, on=["userID", "itemID"], how="outer"
        )
        all_predictions = merged[merged.rating.isnull()].drop("rating", axis=1)
        for metric in ranking_metrics:
            result = getattr(evaluation, metric)(
                validation_data,
                all_predictions,
                col_prediction="prediction",
                k=params["k"],
            )
            metrics_dict = _update_metrics(metrics_dict, metric, params, result)
    if len(ranking_metrics) == 0 and len(rating_metrics) == 0:
        raise ValueError("No metrics were specified.")
    # Report the metrics
    nni.report_final_result(metrics_dict)
    # Save the metrics in a JSON file
    output_dir = os.environ.get("NNI_OUTPUT_DIR")
    with open(os.path.join(output_dir, "metrics.json"), "w") as fp:
        temp_dict = metrics_dict.copy()
        temp_dict[params["primary_metric"]] = temp_dict.pop("default")
        json.dump(temp_dict, fp)
    return model