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PyTorch Fundamentals for Deep Learning

Overview PyTorch is the leading deep learning framework used by researchers and industry. This guide covers the fundamentals you need to build and train neural networks. Tensors import torch # Create tensors x = torch.tensor([[1, 2], [3, 4]], dtype=torch.float32) y = torch.zeros(3, 3) z = torch.randn(2, 3) # Random normal # GPU support if torch.cuda.is_available(): x = x.cuda() Autograd x = torch.tensor([2.0], requires_grad=True) y = x ** 2 + 3 * x + 1 y.backward() print(x.grad) # tensor([7.]) = 2*x + 3 Building a Neural Network import torch.nn as nn class MLP(nn.Module): def __init__(self, input_size, hidden_size, output_size): super().__init__() self.layers = nn.Sequential( nn.Linear(input_size, hidden_size), nn.ReLU(), nn.Dropout(0.2), nn.Linear(hidden_size, output_size) ) def forward(self, x): return self.layers(x) model = MLP(784, 256, 10) Training Loop optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=0.001) criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss() for epoch in range(10): for batch_x, batch_y in dataloader: optimizer.zero_grad() outputs = model(batch_x) loss = criterion(outputs, batch_y) loss.backward() optimizer.step() print(f"Epoch {epoch}, Loss: {loss.item():.4f}") Saving and Loading Models # Save torch.save(model.state_dict(), "model.pth") # Load model.load_state_dict(torch.load("model.pth")) model.eval() Key Resources PyTorch Documentation PyTorch Tutorials

December 1, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · BlogIA Team

Transformer Architecture Explained

Overview The Transformer architecture, introduced in “Attention Is All You Need” (2017), revolutionized NLP and now powers all modern LLMs. Key Components Input → Embedding → Positional Encoding → Transformer Blocks → Output ↓ [Multi-Head Attention + FFN] × N Self-Attention The core mechanism that allows tokens to attend to all other tokens. import torch import torch.nn.functional as F def attention(Q, K, V, mask=None): d_k = Q.size(-1) scores = torch.matmul(Q, K.transpose(-2, -1)) / (d_k ** 0.5) if mask is not None: scores = scores.masked_fill(mask == 0, -1e9) weights = F.softmax(scores, dim=-1) return torch.matmul(weights, V) Multi-Head Attention Run attention in parallel with different learned projections: ...

December 1, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · BlogIA Team