• Title: Foundations of Large Language Models
• Author(s) Tong Xiao, Jingbo Zhu
• Publisher: Northeastern University (2025); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
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• eBook: PDF
• Language: English
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Book Description

This is a book about Large Language Models (LLM). As indicated by the title, it primarily focuses on foundational concepts rather than comprehensive coverage of all cutting-edge technologies. The book is structured into four main chapters, each exploring a key area: pre-training, generative models, prompting techniques, and alignment methods.

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• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Computational Linguistics
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning and Neural Networks
• Artificial Intelligence

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