LangChain4J: An Awesome AI Framework for Java
Add AI capabilities to your Java systems using the excellent LangChain4j framework. Add chat capabilities, image generation, vision models, texttospeech, transcription, and more, quickly and easily. RetrievalAugmented Generation (RAG) will also be included, using a variety of sources, including pdf, HTML, Word docs, and URL resources. The workshop will also demonstrate how to access models added to your local machine using the Ollama system.
The workshop will use Java 17 or above. Those who wish to code along will need to register and get an API key from OpenAI. Other models discussed will be Mistral, Anthropic (Claude), and Google (Gemini), as well as open source models running on your local machine using Ollama.
About Kenneth Kousen
Ken Kousen is a Java Champion, several time JavaOne Rock Star, and a Grails Rock Star. He is the author of the Pragmatic Library books “Mockito Made Clear” and “Help Your Boss Help You,” the O'Reilly books “Kotlin Cookbook”, “Modern Java Recipes”, and “Gradle Recipes for Android”, and the Manning book “Making Java Groovy”. He also has recorded over a dozen video courses for the O'Reilly Learning Platform, covering topics related to Android, Spring, Java, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle.
His academic background include BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from M.I.T., an MA and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, and an MS in Computer Science from R.P.I. He is currently President of Kousen IT, Inc., based in Connecticut.
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