One Architecture. Infinite Intelligence.
Book Description
Transformer architectures have become the unified foundation of modern AI - powering language models, computer vision systems, and multimodal applications that process text, images, and speech together. Ultimate Multimodal Transformer Models provides a comprehensive, hands-on guide to mastering every major Transformer variant, from foundational encoder-decoder architectures to cutting-edge vision-language models and production GenAI systems.
You begin with the core building blocks of Transformer architecture and text data preparation, then progressively advance through encoder-only models, generative LLMs, RAG, Agentic workflows, and efficient fine-tuning using PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA. The book then transitions into Vision Transformers, covering ViT, DETR, SAM, CLIP, and Flamingo, before bringing everything together in real-world multimodal applications combining text, vision, and speech using PyTorch and Hugging Face throughout.
What you will learn
● Build and deploy Transformer models for text, vision, and multimodal AI tasks.
● Fine-tune large language models efficiently using PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA techniques.
● Develop production-ready GenAI applications using RAG pipelines and Agentic AI workflows.
● Apply LLMs to real-world NLP tasks including summarization, question answering, and classification.
Table of Contents
1. The Rise of Transformer Models in Sequence Learning
2. Text Data Preparation for Transformer Models
3. Building Blocks of Transformer Architecture
4. Encoder-only Transformer Configurations
5. Generative Transformers and LLM Architectures
6. Customizing LLMs Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
7. Efficient Fine-Tuning Techniques with PEFT and LoRA
8. Orchestrating LLMs with Tools and Memory
9. Introduction to Vision Transformer Models
10. Vision Transformers for Image Classification
11. Object Detection and Segmentation with Transformer Architectures
12. Vision-Language Models and Multimodal LLMs
13. Real-World Multimodal GenAI Applications
14. Image Generation with Vision Transformers
15. The Future of GenAI with Transformers
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