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NLP in Practice: Deploying and Fine-Tuning LLMs with Open-Source Technologies

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NLP in Practice: Deploying and Fine-Tuning LLMs with Open-Source Technologies

  • 3 weeks

  • 5 hours per week

  • Digital certificate when eligible

  • Intermediate level

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Stay at the forefront as a tech-savvy programmer with cutting-edge LLMOps skills

From Siri to Netflix, SMS to Google, the world wouldn’t be what it is today without Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs).

Be part of the AI revolution with this three-week course from PragmaticAI. Enhance your technical expertise in language models while gaining hands-on experience in deploying and fine-tuning advanced AI solutions.

You’ll work with cutting-edge open-source programs and platforms, equipping yourself with a unique skill set that will help you stand out in the competitive AI job market.

Harness cutting-edge tech tools

You’ll begin this course with an introduction to LLMs and how they work, exploring their benefits and risks, and understanding how foundation models serve as the backbone for a wide range of AI applications.

You’ll work with popular open-source NLP tools and projects, such as Llama and Whisper.cpp, and learn how to access other pre-trained models from repository platforms, like HuggingFace and Transformers.

Enhance production workflows and LLM performance

Next, you’ll explore best practices for deploying LLMs, focusing on serverless inference and efficient, Rust-based implementations that enable faster, scalable AI operations.

You’ll leverage tools like Skypilot, Lorax, and Ludwig, which streamline model fine-tuning and deployment in production environments.

Master RAG and navigate ethical challenges in Generative AI

You’ll also delve into Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), a powerful method for improving model performance, and learn to manage data for RAG applications and optimise LLM outputs.

With tools like Glaze, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of responsible AI deployment in real-world applications, as well as learn to navigate the ethical and regulatory challenges of Generative AI.

Syllabus

  • Week 1

    Local LLMOps

    • About the Course

      About the Course

    • Introduction to Large Language Models

      Introduction to Large Language Models

    • Getting started with local models

      Getting started with local models

    • Getting started with Rust Candle

      Getting started with Rust Candle

    • Using Rust Candle

      Using Rust Candle

    • Graded Quiz

      Graded Quiz

  • Week 2

    Production workflows and performance of LLMs

    • Evaluating Real-World Performance of LLMs

      Evaluating Real-World Performance of LLMs

    • Exploring Production LLM Workflows

      Exploring Production LLM Workflows

    • Retrieval Augmented Generation with local LLMs

      Retrieval Augmented Generation with local LLMs

    • Graded Quiz

      Graded Quiz

  • Week 3

    Responsible Generative AI

    • Foundations of responsible Generative AI

      Foundations of responsible Generative AI

    • Graded Quiz

      Graded Quiz

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  • Apply best-practices to AI Engineering
  • Assess fundamental concepts of AI development.
  • Compare and contrast different LLM frameworks
  • Debate ethical AI concepts and theory.

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone looking to gain hands-on practice with language models and their deployment. If work in software engineering, data science, or machine learning, this course allows you to explore cutting-edge AI technologies and equips you with career-advancing skills to work with and operationalise LLMs.

It’s open to all, but having some experience with programming, machine learning, or natural language processing will help you get the most out of the course.

Who will you learn with?

Founder of Pragmatic AI Labs & Executive in Residence at Duke MIDS and Duke AIPI. Former Bay Area CTO and author of multiple O'Reilly books.

Former Olympic high jumper with 15 years of Software Engineering. He teaches ML, Rust, and Python at Duke University and is an expert in MLOps, Azure, and automation

Who developed the course?

Pragmatic AI Labs

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