Qwen AI for NLP Training in Thimphu, Bhutan

This course introduces participants to Qwen, the open-source LLM family developed by Alibaba, and its application in Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks. The course will explore Qwen’s architecture, fine-tuning capabilities, prompt engineering techniques, and its integration into enterprise NLP pipelines. Participants will gain practical experience in building NLP applications using Qwen models, including text classification, summarization, translation, question answering, and chatbots.

Foundations and Text Processing

Module 1: Introduction to Qwen for NLP

• Overview of Qwen’s architecture and NLP capabilities
• Setting up the development environment and accessing Qwen API
• Exploring key NLP-focused features: text generation, sentiment analysis, entity recognition

Module 2: Advanced Text Processing with Qwen

• Text generation and language modeling
• Sentiment analysis and emotion detection
• Text summarization and paraphrasing
• Entity recognition and text classification
• Hands-on exercises

Module 3: Integrating Qwen into NLP Workflows

• APIs and libraries for seamless integration
• Building pipelines for text preprocessing and analysis
• Deploying Qwen models in production environments
• Demonstration: End-to-end NLP workflow

Customization, Evaluation, and Applications

Module 4: Customization and Fine-Tuning

• Adapting Qwen to specific NLP tasks
• Training custom models with domain-specific data
• Techniques for improving model performance
• Hands-on

Module 5: Evaluation and Performance Optimization

• Metrics for assessing NLP model quality
• Evaluating Qwen’s output and performing error analysis
• Optimizing computational efficiency
• Demonstration: Improving model outputs and runtime

Module 6: Case Studies and Best Practices

• Applications of Qwen in industry-specific NLP tasks
• Best practices for large-scale deployment
• Addressing challenges and limitations of Qwen
• Group discussion: Lessons learned from NLP implementations

Module 7: Summary and Next Steps

• Recap of key concepts and workflow design principles
• Roadmap for advanced NLP development with Qwen
• Q&A and course wrap-up