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Doug is a computer scientist, cognitive scientist, ML practitioner, and professor. He is the Head of Research at Comet, where he\u2019s been contributing to ML research and development for over seven years. Doug has authored numerous book chapters, articles, and research papers on AI, ML, robotics, and computer science education. He developed one of the first deep learning systems in Python, called con-x, and is a strong advocate for open source software. He is also a Distinguished Contributor to the Jupyter Project and an Emeritus Professor at Bryn Mawr College. Doug holds bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral degrees from Indiana University Bloomington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Smarter Prompting, Faster: Introducing Opik’s Agent Optimizers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Join this hands-on workshop to explore Opik\u2019s Agent Optimizers, Comet\u2019s newly released public Beta project. We\u2019ll dive into automating and visualizing the optimization of LLM prompts and workflows, significantly speeding up prompt tuning\u2014even for more complex multi-agent systems. Using this cutting-edge, open-source beta project, we\u2019ll conduct experiments that demonstrate powerful algorithms designed to accelerate your LLM prompts\u2019 path to production. Building upon Opik\u2019s datasets, metrics, and experiments, our Agent Optimizers introduce innovative abstractions for visualizing and understanding the optimization process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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