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HtFLlib: A Unified Benchmarking Library for Evaluating Heterogeneous Federated Learning Methods Across Modalities

AI institutions develop heterogeneous models for specific tasks but face data scarcity challenges during training. Traditional Federated Learning (FL) supports only homogeneous model collaboration, which needs identical architectures across all clients. However, clients develop model architectures for their unique requirements.…

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How to Build an Advanced BrightData Web Scraper with Google Gemini for AI-Powered Data Extraction

In this tutorial, we walk you through building an enhanced web scraping tool that leverages BrightData’s powerful proxy network alongside Google’s Gemini API for intelligent data extraction. You’ll see how to structure your Python project, install and import the necessary…

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Why Small Language Models (SLMs) Are Poised to Redefine Agentic AI: Efficiency, Cost, and Practical Deployment

The Shift in Agentic AI System Needs LLMs are widely admired for their human-like capabilities and conversational skills. However, with the rapid growth of agentic AI systems, LLMs are increasingly being utilized for repetitive, specialized tasks. This shift is gaining…

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AREAL: Accelerating Large Reasoning Model Training with Fully Asynchronous Reinforcement Learning

Introduction: The Need for Efficient RL in LRMs Reinforcement Learning RL is increasingly used to enhance LLMs, especially for reasoning tasks. These models, known as Large Reasoning Models (LRMs), generate intermediate “thinking” steps before providing final answers, thereby improving performance…

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From Fine-Tuning to Prompt Engineering: Theory and Practice for Efficient Transformer Adaptation

The Challenge of Fine-Tuning Large Transformer Models Self-attention enables transformer models to capture long-range dependencies in text, which is crucial for comprehending complex language patterns. These models work efficiently with massive datasets and achieve remarkable performance without needing task-specific structures.…

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Building High-Performance Financial Analytics Pipelines with Polars: Lazy Evaluation, Advanced Expressions, and SQL Integration

In this tutorial, we delve into building an advanced data analytics pipeline using Polars, a lightning-fast DataFrame library designed for optimal performance and scalability. Our goal is to demonstrate how we can utilize Polars’ lazy evaluation, complex expressions, window functions,…

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