What we’re about
Welcome to the Greater Baltimore Databricks User Group! Our group is dedicated to all things data science, artificial intelligence, and the modern approach to handling big data within Databricks. Join us as we explore topics such as what's new in Databricks, how to leverage Genie Data rooms, and creating your own Large Language Models. Whether you're a seasoned expert or just starting out, this is the perfect place to connect with like-minded individuals in the Baltimore area who are passionate about leveraging the power of data to drive innovation and insights as well as experts from Databricks. Come join us and take your data skills to the next level!
While we will focus on practitioners in the Public Sector and Healthcare arenas, all are welcome to attend. Our goal is to have in-person quarterly meetups starting in Spring 24. Sign up now to get more details as they become available.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- In-person & virtual workshop: Bringing ML & AI into Production with Databricks11493 Sunset Hills Rd suite 100, Reston, VA
Hi Everybody,
Wanted to share that Carahsoft is hosting an in-person with virtual options Databricks workshop on May 21st focused on ML and AI. Details of the event and registration information are below.
--Matt
https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Register/613675-databricks
| The journey from training a simple model to creating a production machine learning pipeline is often seen as challenging. Typically, you have to overcome hurdles such as siloed data, inconsistent tooling and overly complex infrastructure. The key to productionizing ML & AI is finding a solution that’s scalable, serverless and automated at every step.
Learn how Databricks simplifies your journey by delivering a unified, data-centric environment that uses the same platform, tools and governance for machine learning that you already use for the rest of your data.
Join Databricks & Carahsoft on May 21st to delve into the process of bringing an LLM application to life using cutting-edge tools. Whether you’re an AI enthusiast eager to develop a state-of-the-art GenAI app or aiming to unlock next-gen innovation for your team or organization through GenAI use cases, this hands-on workshop promises to equip you with practical skills, knowledge and actionable insights.
During the training, you will learn how to:
- Build and deploy your first multi-stage GenAI Agent
- Leverage context retrieval from Databricks Vector Search and Unity Catalog governed function calling
- Access foundation LLMs offered by Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI and Databricks
- Monitor and evaluate your LLM performance using LLM judges
- Understand the concept of governed GenAI Ops and how to deploy GenAI at scale
| Bring your laptop to participate in the hands-on workshop. |
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