Introductory AI Workshop by Intel

Contents

Accelerated Machine Learning with Intel (Morning Sessions)

Introduction
Welcome & presentation of the day's agenda and speakers.
Hardware acceleration for AI and Intel® oneAPI AI Analytics Toolkit
In this session, we will first introduce the hardware features that power and accelerate AI on Intel hardware.
We will then take a first look at the software stack that leverages them, namely the Intel® oneAPI AI Analytics Toolkit.
Introduction to the Intel® Tiber™ AI Solutions Portfolio
- Intel® Tiber™ Developer Cloud (ITDC)
  The Intel® Tiber™ Developer Cloud (ITDC) offers AI cloud services on managed, high-performance and cost efficient infrastructure, enables users to build & deploy AI models, applications and solutions at scale with early access to latest Intel hardware including Intel CPUs and Gaudi™ AI accelerators.
- Intel ® Tiber ™ AI Studio (formerly cnvrg.io)
  The Intel ® Tiber ™ AI Studio is a comprehensive machine learning platform that simplifies and accelerates the end-to-end AI workflow. It offers seamless integration with various hardware configurations, including Intel CPUs and Gaudi accelerators, providing robust tools for model development, training, and deployment.

Introduction to the Intel Distribution for Python, Data Parallel Extensions for Python, and Accelerating Classical Machine Learning on Intel Hardware
In this session we will show you how to boost your classical machine learning models on Intel hardware. We will explore the use of Intel Extension for Scikit-learn, and libraries like daal4py to accelerate XGBoost and LightGBM models. Learn about leveraging the Intel Distribution for Python and optimizations for numpy, scipy, and parallel extensions (dpnp, dpctl, numba-dpex) for running Python on Intel CPUs and GPUs.

Accelerated Deep Learning with Intel (Afternoon Sessions)

Generative AI Powered by Intel
In this session, we present to you the most recent advancements in Generative AI, covering Large Language Models and Diffusion Models. We will explore how Intel plays a crucial role in powering this technology, from training and fine-tuning to inference across a spectrum of Intel hardware platforms.
Introduction to Distributed Deep Learning across Intel Hardware
In this session, we will talk about Distributed Deep Learning and how it can be effectively implemented on Intel's cutting-edge hardware platforms. We will cover topics like why Distributed training is required, explore various techniques of neural network parallelism, will cover various tools like such as Intel oneCCL, Distributed Data Parallel (DDP), Horovod, Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP), and DeepSpeed which are essential for scaling of AI model.

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