Ultimate Multimodal Transformer Models

One Architecture. Infinite Intelligence.Book DescriptionTransformer architectures have become the unified foundation of modern AI - powering language models, computer vision systems, and multimodal applications that process text, images, and speech together. Ultimate Multimodal Transformer Models provides a comprehensive, hands-on guide to mastering every major Transformer variant, from foundational encoder-decoder architectures to cutting-edge vision-language models and production GenAI systems.You begin with the core building blocks of Transformer architecture and text data preparation, then progressively advance through encoder-only models, generative LLMs, RAG, Agentic workflows, and efficient fine-tuning using PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA. The book then transitions into Vision Transformers, covering ViT, DETR, SAM, CLIP, and Flamingo, before bringing everything together in real-world multimodal applications combining text, vision, and speech using PyTorch and Hugging Face throughout.By the end of the book, you will be proficient to build, fine-tune, and deploy Transformer-based AI systems across text, vision, and multimodal domains with confidence, applying the right architecture and strategy for every real-world use case!What you will learn? Build and deploy Transformer models for text, vision, and multimodal AI tasks.? Fine-tune large language models efficiently using PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA techniques.? Develop production-ready GenAI applications using RAG pipelines and Agentic AI workflows.? Apply LLMs to real-world NLP tasks including summarization, question answering, and classification.? Implement Vision Transformers, DETR, and SAM for object detection and image segmentation tasks.? Integrate multimodal AI systems combining text, vision, and speech using CLIP and Flamingo architectures.Table of Contents1. The Rise of Transformer Models in Sequence Learning2. Text Data Preparation for Transformer Models3. Building Blocks of Transformer Architecture4. Encoder-only Transformer Configurations5. Generative Transformers and LLM Architectures6. Customizing LLMs Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)7. Efficient Fine-Tuning Techniques with PEFT and LoRA8. Orchestrating LLMs with Tools and Memory9. Introduction to Vision Transformer Models10. Vision Transformers for Image Classification11. Object Detection and Segmentation with Transformer Architectures12. Vision-Language Models and Multimodal LLMs13. Real-World Multimodal GenAI Applications14. Image Generation with Vision Transformers15. The Future of GenAI with TransformersIndex