Production-Ready RAG Systems, LLM Fine-Tuning, and MLOps for LLMs

Master the skills to build, fine-tune, and deploy production-ready LLM applications with RAG, efficient fine-tuning techniques, and robust MLOps practices.

Introduction to Production-Ready LLM Systems

Unit 1: Understanding Production LLM Systems

Unit 2: Challenges and Considerations

Unit 3: RAG, Fine-Tuning, and MLOps Overview

RAG System Deep Dive: Architecture and Components

Unit 1: RAG Architecture Fundamentals

Unit 2: Component Interactions and Information Flow

Unit 3: Advanced RAG Concepts

Vector Database Selection: ChromaDB

Unit 1: ChromaDB Fundamentals

Unit 2: Configuring ChromaDB

Unit 3: Vector Search Operations

Vector Database Selection: Pinecone

Unit 1: Pinecone Fundamentals

Unit 2: Setting Up and Configuring Pinecone

Unit 3: Working with Data in Pinecone

Vector Database Selection: Weaviate

Unit 1: Introduction to Weaviate

Unit 2: Setting Up Weaviate

Unit 3: Data Ingestion and Querying

Indexing Strategies: Data Preparation and Chunking

Unit 1: Data Cleaning and Preprocessing

Unit 2: Text Chunking Strategies

Unit 3: Chunk Size and Overlap Optimization

Indexing Strategies: Metadata Enrichment

Unit 1: Metadata Fundamentals

Unit 2: Metadata Extraction Techniques

Unit 3: Metadata Integration and Utilization

Query Optimization: Similarity Metrics

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Similarity Metrics

Unit 2: Advanced Similarity Metrics and Trade-offs

Unit 3: Selecting the Right Metric for Your RAG Application

Query Optimization: Hybrid Search

Unit 1: Understanding Hybrid Search

Unit 2: Implementing Hybrid Search Techniques

Unit 3: Optimization and Evaluation

RAG Evaluation Metrics

Unit 1: Understanding RAG Evaluation

Unit 2: Implementing Evaluation Pipelines

Unit 3: Analyzing and Improving RAG Systems

Introduction to LLM Fine-Tuning

Unit 1: Fundamentals of LLM Fine-Tuning

Unit 2: LoRA and QLoRA Overview

Unit 3: Use Cases and Practical Considerations

Data Preparation for Fine-Tuning

Unit 1: Dataset Curation and Cleaning

Unit 2: Data Formatting and Augmentation

Unit 3: Data Splitting and Advanced Techniques

Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning: LoRA

Unit 1: LoRA Fundamentals

Unit 2: LoRA Implementation with Transformers

Unit 3: Advanced LoRA Techniques

Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning: QLoRA

Unit 1: QLoRA Fundamentals

Unit 2: QLoRA Implementation with bitsandbytes

Unit 3: QLoRA Evaluation and Optimization

Hyperparameter Tuning for Fine-Tuning

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Hyperparameter Tuning

Unit 2: Hyperparameter Optimization Techniques

Unit 3: Experiment Tracking and Management with Weights & Biases

Evaluation Metrics for Generative Tasks

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Generative Evaluation

Unit 2: Advanced Evaluation Metrics

Unit 3: Building Evaluation Pipelines

Introduction to MLOps for LLMs

Unit 1: MLOps Fundamentals for LLMs

Unit 2: Key MLOps Components for LLMs

Unit 3: MLOps Workflows for LLMs

Version Control for Models and Datasets

Unit 1: Introduction to Version Control for LLMs

Unit 2: Versioning Models with DVC

Unit 3: Advanced DVC and Git Integration

Automated Training Pipelines

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Automated Training Pipelines

Unit 2: Building Pipelines with Kubeflow

Unit 3: Building Pipelines with Airflow

Monitoring Strategies for LLMs

Unit 1: Fundamentals of LLM Monitoring

Unit 2: LLM-Specific Monitoring

Unit 3: Alerting and Anomaly Detection

LLM Serving with vLLM

Unit 1: Introduction to vLLM

Unit 2: Setting up vLLM

Unit 3: Advanced vLLM Techniques

Unit 4: Monitoring and Optimization

LLM Serving with TensorRT-LLM

Unit 1: Introduction to TensorRT-LLM

Unit 2: Model Conversion and Deployment

Unit 3: Optimization Techniques

Optimization Techniques: Quantization

Unit 1: Quantization Fundamentals

Unit 2: Post-Training Quantization

Unit 3: Quantization-Aware Training

Optimization Techniques: Speculative Decoding

Unit 1: Speculative Decoding Fundamentals

Unit 2: Implementation Techniques

Unit 3: Evaluation and Optimization

Security Best Practices: Prompt Injection

Unit 1: Understanding Prompt Injection

Unit 2: Detection Techniques

Unit 3: Prevention and Mitigation

Unit 4: Advanced Strategies

Security Best Practices: Data Privacy

Unit 1: Understanding Data Privacy in LLMs

Unit 2: Anonymization and De-identification Techniques

Unit 3: Compliance with Data Privacy Regulations

Security Best Practices: Access Controls

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Access Control

Unit 2: Authentication Mechanisms

Unit 3: Authorization and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)