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In this short, hands-on course, you’ll learn how to build fast, efficient AI training and inference pipelines by optimizing both data loading and computational graphs. You’ll start by creating parallel, high-throughput data pipelines that keep GPUs consistently busy and reduce training bottlenecks. Then you’ll analyze a model’s computational graph to identify and remove redundant operations that slow execution. Through focused lesson videos, practical labs, and guided coach activities, you’ll re-export a streamlined model and validate real latency improvements. By the end, you’ll be able to diagnose performance issues, streamline pipelines, and apply optimization techniques that make AI systems faster, more reliable, and more cost-efficient.
In this short, hands-on course, you’ll learn how to build fast, efficient AI training and inference pipelines by optimizing both data loading and computational graphs. You’ll start by creating parallel, high-throughput data pipelines that keep GPUs consistently busy and reduce training bottlenecks. Then you’ll analyze a model’s computational graph to identify and remove redundant operations that slow execution.
Through focused lesson videos, practical labs, and guided coach activities, you’ll re-export a streamlined model and validate real latency improvements. By the end, you’ll be able to diagnose performance issues, streamline pipelines, and apply optimization techniques that make AI systems faster, more reliable, and more cost-efficient.
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5 videos2 readings3 assignments
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5 videos•Total 19 minutes
Introduction and Welcome•4 minutes
Why Data Pipelines Determine Training Speed•4 minutes
Walkthrough: Composing an Efficient tf.data Pipeline•4 minutes
Understanding Model Pruning and Re-export for Efficient Pipelines•4 minutes
Congratulations and Continuous Learning Journey•3 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Parallel Data Loading: Map, Cache, Batch, Prefetch Explained•10 minutes
Inside a Model’s Computational Graph: Finding Waste•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 50 minutes
Graded Quiz: Optimize AI: Build Fast Efficient Pipelines•20 minutes
Hands-On Activity: Build and Test a High-Throughput Data Pipeline•15 minutes
Hands-On Activity: Reduce Model Latency by Pruning Redundant Ops•15 minutes
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