Prompt Engineering and Few-Shot Fine-Tuning Training Course

Introduction to Prompt Engineering

• What is prompt engineering?
• The importance of prompt design in LLMs
• Comparing zero-shot, one-shot, and few-shot approaches

Designing Effective Prompts

• Principles for crafting high-quality prompts
• Experimenting with different prompt variations
• Common challenges in prompt design

Few-Shot Fine-Tuning

• Overview of few-shot learning
• Applications in task-specific LLM adaptation
• Integrating few-shot examples into prompts

Hands-On with Prompt Engineering Tools

• Using the OpenAI API for prompt experimentation
• Exploring prompt design with Hugging Face Transformers
• Evaluating the impact of prompt variations

Optimising LLM Performance

• Evaluating outputs and refining prompts
• Incorporating context for improved results
• Addressing ambiguities and bias in LLM responses

Applications of Prompt Engineering

• Text generation and summarisation
• Sentiment analysis and classification
• Creative writing and code generation

Deploying Prompt-Based Solutions

• Integrating prompts into applications
• Monitoring performance and scalability
• Case studies and real-world examples

Summary and Next Steps