Free Generative AI and Deep Learning courses by NVIDIA
Free RAG course for beginners alongside CUDA Programming, Deep Learning basics and others
Generative AI is heating up and the front runner is not Meta Or Google but NVIDIA, which has positioned itself at the centre of this technological revolution by providing the essential hardware and software infrastructure needed to power advanced AI models. NVIDIA’s GPUs dominate the market, holding a significant share that enables the training and deployment of LLM, so much so that it is now the most valued company in the market.
A Surprise at the end of the post
But it is not just GPUs, NVIDIA is upping its game in the AI education sector as well and has come up with a new platform which even provides certifications as well
NVIDIA Trainings
Taking direct excerpts from the landing page
I usually don’t take up any courses because of many reasons
They’re 90% of time full of fluffy stuff
Mostly unstructured
Most courses, especially on advanced AI like Deep Learning or Generative AI are shallow
You can have a platform tour in the below video :
But NVIDIA’s self-paced courses literally changed my mind. I was looking for a free course to read about RAG framework in Generative AI sometime back and came across their free course list.
Free Courses
The platform offers several courses for professionals interested in AI or associated fields alongside certificates for some. I explored the platform and below is a list of a few free courses I liked:
Building RAG Agents with LLMs: This course will guide you through the practical deployment of a Generative AI agent system, offering the flexibility to scale your solution effectively to accommodate the needs of users and clients.
Generative AI Explained: In this no-code course, explore the concepts and applications of Generative AI and the challenges and opportunities present in this dynamic field. Great for GenAI beginners!
An Even Easier Introduction to CUDA: The course focuses on utilizing NVIDIA GPUs to launch massively parallel CUDA kernels, enabling efficient processing of large datasets. As NVIDIA is an industry leader in GPUs, a must-take course, to be honest, if you wish to run/train/fine-tune LLMs.
Building A Brain in 10 Minutes: Explains the explores the biological inspiration for early neural networks. Good for Deep Learning beginners.
As I was exploring the free courses, I did like one of their paid courses on CUDA Programming for beginners (a unique course offered by very few organizations). Below is the list of of a some paid courses you can try out (absolutely worth it)
Paid Courses
Introduction to Transformer-Based Natural Language Processing: A major pre-requisite to understand LLMs and teaches you the basics of Transformers and Attention based mechanism
Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA Python: A gun course for understanding GPU programming, a necessity in today’s world where LLMs and Generative AI is taking over everythin
Getting Started with Deep Learning: Deep Learning basics through hands-on exercises in computer vision and natural language processing. A very good course with a lot of depth and not just import Keras and Tensorflow.
I took a free (Building RAG Agents with LLMs) and a paid (Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA Python) course myself and here is the feedback
The courses are no fuss, they all have depth content. NVIDIA stood by its name and the quality is top notch.
The courses comprises of videos, clean diagrams, hands-on coding sessions and even slides for readers
The content is up to date with the latest trends and requirements. In this fast changing GenAI space, this is a big pre-requisite.
No other platform provides courses on learning GPU programming, so it’s unique as well. Also, being industry leaders in GPUs, NVIDIA is the best place to read about GPUs.
Every course has a certificate, hence adds credibility. Also, this being provided by the most valued company, NVIDIA, is a cherry on the top
Apart from Generative and Deep Learning, the platform has more courses on Data Science, Graphics and Simulation, and Infrastructure.
Before we end,
CONTEST ALERT
Register for the NVIDIA Trainings and be among the first 200 participants to complete the course for a chance to win
an NVIDIA AI Certification course valued at $135 (Rs 10k) and
a Free copy of “LangChain In Your Pocket” (Packt published)
How to Enter:
Register for the NVIDIA Training (signup)
Complete any of the course mentioned above (use the same link as in the post)
share your screenshot → datasciencepocket@gmail.com
The first two participants will win the prize!
Contest lasts till end of September’24
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and potentially earn a valuable certification!
This contest is driven by "Data Science In Your Pocket" solely.
