Curriculum/LLM Research and NLP/Fine-Tuning and Adaptation

Sub-Track

Fine-Tuning and Adaptation

Adapt real models with LoRA/QLoRA on a student GPU budget.

The adaptation lifecycle, full vs parameter-efficient fine-tuning and the memory math, LoRA and QLoRA hands-on, instruction tuning and preference optimization (DPO/RLHF), data curation and decontamination, and the compute realities of free/cheap GPUs. Ends with a measured fine-tuning experiment and a job-readiness lesson.

8 lessonsIntermediate → Advanced~10h total

Prerequisite Sub-Track

Transformers and NLP Foundations

Complete this sub-track before starting Fine-Tuning and Adaptation.

Lessons