Building RAG Applications
This project-based (theory-light) course will explore the world of building vector-search applications integrated with the powerful capabilities of Generative Large Language Models (LLMs). Along the way we’ll dive into best practices for text preprocessing, vectorization, indexing, and reranking using an Weaviate database. We’ll compare the uses of keyword-based and semantic-based search, and use industry-standard evaluation metrics to benchmark our results. Ultimately we’ll bring the project together by plugging into ChatGPT-Turbo-3.5 for Question Answering, and wrap it up in a Streamlit user interface. Optional portions of the course include fine-tuning a vector embedding model to further enhance our retrieval results.
Course taught by expert instructors
Chris Sanchez
AI Delivery Engineer at Defense Unicorns
Chris Sanchez is an AI Engineer at Defense Unicorns, delivering Generative AI solutions to the National Security domain. He previously worked at Microsoft under the Office of the CTO and assisted in the development of Microsoft Research's open source GraphRAG implementation. Much of his Data Science career has been focused on building Information Retrieval (IR) systems for Public Sector customers. He has pioneered semantic-based search methods that focus on relevance at the whole-document level. His domain knowledge in the national security arena stems from his prior military career with Naval Special Warfare. He holds a Masters degree in Data Science from UC Berkeley.
Matias Weber
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Canals AI
Matías Weber is the leader of the ML Engineering Team at CanalsAI, where he is driving the development of cutting-edge AI products. Previously, he headed the Data Science team at Inventa, a B2B wholesale marketplace based in Brazil. Matías honed his expertise at prominent tech companies in Argentina, including MercadoLibre and Telecom. With a strong focus on Search & Ranking as well as LLM product development, he is creating innovative AI-driven solutions that are redefining the future of distribution.
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