This hands-on workshop introduces participants to Amazon Bedrock, AWS's fully managed service for foundation models, with a special focus on the new Amazon Nova models and custom model importing capabilities. Participants will gain practical experience working with state-of-the-art AI models through both the Amazon Bedrock console and programmatic interfaces.The workshop begins with a comprehensive overview of Amazon Bedrock and the Nova family of models, covering both understanding models and creative content generation models. The core segment features hands-on exercises using the Bedrock Console Playground and Python SDK, where attendees will implement practical use cases demonstrating real-world applications.The workshop culminates with an in-depth exploration of the Custom Model Import feature, specifically working with DeepSeek-R1 distilled models. Participants will learn how to import and deploy custom models while maintaining security and scalability within the AWS infrastructure.Detailed Agenda:
14:00 - 14:30 Registration and Setup14:30 - 15:00 Amazon Bedrock and Nova Models Introduction
- Overview of Amazon Bedrock Features
- Deep dive into Nova model capabilities Understanding & Creative content generation models
15:00 - 16:00 Hands-on Lab: Console Playground and Python SDK
- Real-world use case sharing
- Interactive demonstrations with Bedrock Console
- Python SDK implementation examples
16:00 - 16:15 Break
16:15 - 17:15 Custom Model Import with DeepSeek R1
- Understanding DeepSeek R1
- Demo on Hands-on experience with DeepSeek R1 deployment on Amazon Bedrock
17:15 - 17:30 Q&A and Wrap-upTarget Audience:
- ML/AI Engineers and Data Scientists
- Software Developers interested in AI integration
- Cloud Architects working with AI/ML workloads
- Technical leaders evaluating enterprise AI solutions
- DevOps engineers managing AI infrastructure