Remove special characters from model name for InferenceEndpoint name

src/backend/run_eval_suite_lighteval.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import argparse
 import logging
+import re
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import lighteval
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ from src.logging import setup_logger
 logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logger = setup_logger(__name__)
 
+
+SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_PATTERN = re.compile(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9-]")
+
+
 def run_evaluation(eval_request: EvalRequest, task_names: str, batch_size: int, local_dir: str, accelerator: str, region: str, vendor: str, instance_size: str, instance_type: str, limit=None):
     """Runs one evaluation for the current evaluation request file using lighteval, then pushes the results to the hub.
 
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ def run_evaluation(eval_request: EvalRequest, task_names: str, batch_size: int,
 
     model_config = InferenceEndpointModelConfig(
         # Endpoint parameters
-        name = eval_request.model.replace(".", "-").lower(), 
+        name=SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_PATTERN.sub("-", eval_request.model.lower()),
         repository = eval_request.model,
         accelerator =  accelerator,
         vendor= vendor,