Event 3

Event Report: AWS Cloud Mastery Series #1 — AI/ML/GenAI on AWS

Event Purpose

  • Provide an overview of the AI/ML landscape in Vietnam.
  • Introduce key AWS AI/ML services, especially Amazon SageMaker.
  • Dive into Generative AI with Amazon Bedrock, covering foundation models and modern deployment techniques (RAG, Prompt Engineering).

Highlights

Morning: AWS AI/ML Services Overview

  • Overview: context of AI/ML in Vietnam and the workshop objectives.
  • Amazon SageMaker: AWS’s end-to-end ML platform.
  • ML workflow: data preparation, labeling, training, tuning, and model deployment.
  • Built-in MLOps capabilities.
  • Live demo: walkthrough of SageMaker Studio.

Afternoon: Generative AI with Amazon Bedrock

  • Foundation Models: comparison and guidance for choosing models such as Claude, Llama, Titan, etc.
  • Prompt Engineering:
    • Advanced techniques: Chain-of-Thought reasoning, Few-shot learning.
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG):
    • RAG architecture and integration with external knowledge bases.
  • Bedrock Agents: building multi-step workflows and tool integrations.
  • Guardrails: safety and content filtering principles.
  • Live demo: building a Generative AI chatbot using Bedrock.

Key Takeaways

  • SageMaker: understood as a comprehensive platform that manages the entire ML lifecycle (data prep → training → deployment).
  • Bedrock & GenAI: learned Bedrock’s role as a foundation-model management platform, how to compare FMs, and core techniques like Prompt Engineering and RAG.
  • Project application: RAG and Bedrock Agents are useful for enhancing AI/chatbot features in the Travel-Guided project.
  • Live demos provided practical insights into deployment flows and rapid prototyping with Bedrock.

Event Experience

  • Impressed by the live demos, especially the fast Bedrock-based chatbot build.
  • Valuable networking and exchange opportunities with AI/ML experts in Vietnam.