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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Multimodal LLMs in Vertex AI

  • Exploring the scope of multimodal capabilities in Vertex AI
  • Overview of Gemini models and their supported modalities
  • Key use cases across enterprise and research sectors

Setting Up the Development Environment

  • Configuring Vertex AI to support multimodal workflows
  • Managing datasets spanning different modalities
  • Hands-on lab: environment setup and dataset preparation

Long Context Windows and Advanced Reasoning

  • Understanding the mechanics of long-context workflows
  • Applications in strategic planning and decision-making
  • Hands-on lab: implementing long-context analysis

Cross-Modal Workflow Design

  • Synthesizing text, audio, and image analysis
  • Chaining multimodal steps within pipelines
  • Hands-on lab: designing a multimodal pipeline

Working with Gemini API Parameters

  • Configuring multimodal inputs and outputs
  • Optimizing inference speed and efficiency
  • Hands-on lab: tuning Gemini API parameters

Advanced Applications and Integrations

  • Developing interactive multimodal agents and assistants
  • Integrating external APIs and tools
  • Hands-on lab: building a comprehensive multimodal application

Evaluation and Iteration

  • Testing multimodal performance benchmarks
  • Utilizing metrics for accuracy, alignment, and drift
  • Hands-on lab: evaluating multimodal workflows

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency in Python programming
  • Practical experience in machine learning model development
  • Working knowledge of multimodal data types, including text, audio, and images

Target Audience

  • AI researchers
  • Advanced developers
  • ML scientists

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