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How does automatic differentiation really work?
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How does automatic differentiation really work?

Frameworks like PyTorch and Tensorflow allow us to perform easy deep learning experiments because we don’t have to worry about backpropagation. However, ever wondered how do these frameworks actually perform differentiation? This article will help you understand the internal working of automatic differentiation.

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Customize transformer models to your domain
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Customize transformer models to your domain

Transformers like BERT are pre-trained on a wide range of corpora, but can they achieve similar performance feats on specific domain related tasks? Learn how to customize transformers like BERT, RoBERTa to adapt to specific domains like healthcare, finance.

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BERT-ology at 100 kmph
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BERT-ology at 100 kmph

Among different BERT models developed by Machine Learning researchers, many of them have used interesting ideas that tackle problems common to a lot of Machine Learning, NLP tasks, and not just transformers. It is important to understand how and why did they work!

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