Frequently Asked Questions

Product Overview & Features

What is Data Society's "Customize and Deploy LLM Applications for Tailored Solutions" learning path?

Data Society's "Customize and Deploy LLM Applications for Tailored Solutions" is a hands-on, instructor-led learning path designed for developers, data scientists, and LLMOps professionals. It focuses on building, fine-tuning, and deploying custom large language models (LLMs) that fit your business needs. The program covers structured prompting, domain-specific fine-tuning, scalable deployment workflows, and evaluation techniques to ensure LLM services are accurate, aligned, and production-ready. Learn more in the course catalog.

What features and skills will my team learn in this program?

Learners gain experience with structured prompting and chaining patterns for consistent output, fine-tuning and optimization strategies to reduce drift and improve precision, quantization and compression for faster inference and lower cost, metrics and methods to evaluate model accuracy and coherence, best practices for deploying and monitoring models in production environments, and use cases like image-to-text generation and form-parsing with Donut models. All courses are instructor-led, cohort-based, and customizable to your team's needs. Source

Can the training be customized to our data, tools, and workflows?

Yes. Data Society begins every engagement by collaborating with your team to understand your internal workflows, technology stack, and strategic objectives. Course content, exercises, and assessments are tailored to your reality, including your data, terminology, tools, and even your subject matter experts as guest speakers. This ensures learners work on scenarios they’ll encounter and gain immediately applicable skills. Source

What are the benefits of customizing LLMs for my business?

Customizing LLMs reduces hallucinations, improves output quality, and aligns results with your internal terminology, tone, and context. This leads to more reliable, domain-specific AI solutions that perform better in real-world business environments. Source

Why use quantization and compression in LLM deployment?

Quantization and compression techniques shrink model size and improve inference speed, reducing cloud costs and latency for production environments. These optimizations are essential for deploying performant, scalable AI solutions. Source

How can we evaluate LLM output for accuracy and coherence?

Data Society teaches a mix of automated metrics (such as BLEU, ROUGE, and perplexity) and human-in-the-loop methods for assessing accuracy, coherence, and task-specific success. These evaluation techniques ensure your models deliver reliable and relevant results. Source

What makes Data Society's LLM training different from other programs?

Data Society's training is code-first, hands-on, and tailored to your domain. The program goes beyond theory, teaching teams to build real, reliable systems quickly. Training is customizable, instructor-led, and cohort-based, ensuring active engagement and practical skill development. Source

Use Cases & Target Audience

Who is the target audience for Data Society's custom LLM training?

This learning path is ideal for Python developers and AI engineers integrating LLMs into tools and pipelines, data scientists fine-tuning models on proprietary datasets, MLOps and DevOps professionals automating, retraining, and monitoring LLM workflows, and software architects and product managers shaping LLM strategy and performance. Source

What industries can benefit from Data Society's LLM training and solutions?

Industries represented in Data Society's case studies include government, energy & utilities, media, healthcare, education, retail, financial services, aerospace & defense, professional services & consulting, and telecommunications. These sectors benefit from tailored AI solutions and workforce development programs. See case studies

Implementation & Support

How easy is it to get started with Data Society's LLM training?

Data Society's solutions are designed for quick and efficient implementation. Organizations can start with a focused project by equipping a small, cross-functional team with tools and support, ensuring fast adoption and learning. The onboarding process is simple and streamlined, with live, instructor-led training sessions and tailored learning paths. Training can be delivered live online or in-person, with cohorts capped at 30 participants for active engagement. Contact Data Society

What support and resources are available after purchasing Data Society's training?

Data Society provides extensive customer service and support, including access to the Learning Hub and Virtual Teaching Assistant for real-time feedback and troubleshooting. Customers benefit from ongoing mentorship, interactive workshops, dedicated office hours, and tailored instructor-led training. Support and training can be delivered live online or in-person, ensuring personalized attention for troubleshooting and upgrades. Source

How does Data Society help with maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting?

Data Society's Learning Hub and Virtual Teaching Assistant provide real-time feedback and accountability, helping users troubleshoot and resolve issues as they arise. These tools simplify maintenance and upgrades, ensuring systems remain efficient and up-to-date. Ongoing support includes mentorship, workshops, and office hours to help employees integrate AI tools effectively. Source

Security & Compliance

What security and compliance certifications does Data Society have?

Data Society is ISO 9001:2015 certified, demonstrating its commitment to quality management and continuous improvement. This certification ensures that Data Society's solutions meet stringent standards for reliability and quality, providing assurance about the security and compliance of its offerings. Learn more

Integrations & Technical Requirements

What integrations does Data Society support for LLM and AI workflows?

Data Society offers seamless integrations with tools and platforms such as Power BI (for dynamic dashboards), Tableau (for interactive analytics), ChatGPT (for generative AI automation), and Copilot (for process optimization). These integrations streamline data access, improve collaboration, and reduce manual work, ensuring efficient and scalable workflows. Source

Pain Points & Business Impact

What core problems does Data Society's LLM training solve?

Data Society addresses key challenges such as lack of alignment between strategy and capability, siloed departments and fragmented data ownership, insufficient data and AI literacy, overreliance on technology without human enablement, weak governance and unclear accountability, change fatigue and cultural resistance, and lack of measurable outcomes and ROI visibility. Solutions include tailored training, advisory services, and solution design focused on people, process, and technology. Source

What business impact can customers expect from Data Society's LLM training?

Customers can expect measurable ROI, such as 0,000 in annual cost savings (see HHS CoLab case study), improved operational efficiency, enhanced decision-making, and long-term workforce development. Case studies highlight achievements like improved healthcare access for 125 million people and significant technical knowledge gains for clients. See more case studies

Case Studies & Proof Points

Can you share examples of customer success with Data Society's LLM training?

Yes. For example, the HHS CoLab case study demonstrates 0,000 in annual cost savings, while the Optum Health case study highlights improved healthcare access for 125 million people. Discover Financial Services achieved a 28% improvement in technical knowledge through tailored upskilling programs. See more case studies

If your team is building AI into critical workflows, you need more than a prompt. You need a systematic, scalable way to control, tune, and monitor LLM behavior. That’s where this learning path comes in.

Custom LLMs, Real Impact: Build and Deploy AI That Fits Your Business

You’ve tried invoking off-the-shelf LLMs in Python, but they hallucinate, miss the mark, or don’t understand your domain. And while plug-and-play tools offer convenience, they rarely provide the control or customization required for real-world deployment.

If your team is building AI into critical workflows, you need more than a prompt. You need a systematic, scalable way to control, tune, and monitor LLM behavior. That’s where this learning path comes in.

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A Learning Path for Practical, Customized LLM Deployment

Data Society’s “Customize and Deploy LLM Applications for Tailored Solutions” learning path is built for developers, data scientists, and LLMOps professionals who want to move beyond experimentation. From structured prompting pipelines to domain-specific fine-tuning and scalable deployment workflows, this path helps teams create LLM services that are accurate, aligned, and ready for production.

Learners build fluency in Python-based methods for accelerating inference, controlling outputs, and integrating LLMs with other systems to create applications like text-to-image converters and document parsers. They also master evaluation techniques for ensuring coherence, accuracy, and optimal task performance.

Built for Teams That Build, Deploy, and Own LLM Solutions

Whether you’re designing LLM-powered features, fine-tuning models for semantic search, or deploying AI agents in production, this path delivers practical skills for applied use. It’s ideal for:
– Python developers and AI engineers are integrating LLMs into tools and pipelines
– Data scientists are fine-tuning models on proprietary datasets
– MLOps and DevOps professionals automating, retraining, and monitoring LLM workflows
– Software architects and product managers shaping LLM strategy and performance

The goal is to reduce hallucinations, align outputs to your domain, and deploy performant, reliable solutions that scale with your business.

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What Your Teams Will Learn

Across up to nine hands-on courses, learners gain experience with:
– Structured prompting and chaining patterns for consistent output
– Fine-tuning and optimization strategies to reduce drift and improve precision
– Quantization and compression for faster inference and lower cost
– Metrics and methods to evaluate model accuracy and coherence
– Best practices for deploying and monitoring models in production environments
– Use cases like image-to-text generation and form-parsing with Donut models

Everything is instructor-led, cohort-based, and customizable, whether you’re just getting started or looking to streamline your LLM pipeline.

Custom Fit to Your People, Data, and Goals

No two teams are the same, and neither are our programs. We begin every engagement by collaborating with you to understand your internal workflows, existing technology stack, and strategic objectives. From there, we tailor course content, exercises, and assessments to your reality.

Training can include your data, your terminology, your tools, and even your subject matter experts as guest speakers. We ensure that learners work on scenarios they’ll actually encounter and walk away with skills they can apply immediately.

With small cohort sizes, expert instructors, and integrated support from Data Society’s Learning Hub and Virtual Teaching Assistant, your teams won’t just understand how to use LLMs. They’ll be able to build with confidence.

About Data Society

Data Society delivers high-impact, instructor-led training that equips teams to apply data and AI skills in real-world business environments. Our learning programs are designed to build fluency across roles, from foundational understanding to advanced technical expertise.

Enterprises and government agencies trust us to build readiness for the demands of a data- and AI-driven workplace. Learn more in our course catalog.

Q&A: Customizing and Deploying LLMs for Business

Why use quantization and compression?

These techniques shrink model size and improve inference speed, reducing cloud costs and latency for production environments.

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