16 July 2025
Science City Bahrenfeld
Europe/Berlin timezone

EncouRAGe: Evaluating RAG local, fast and reliable

16 Jul 2025, 10:40
20m
Room 0005/0010 (AER)

Room 0005/0010

AER

Albert-Einstein-Ring 8-10
Poster + Lightning Talk Lightning Talks

Speaker

Jan Strich (Universität Hamburg)

Description

We introduce EncouRAGe, a comprehensive Python-based framework designed to streamline the development and evaluation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems using local Large Language Models (LLMs). Encourage integrates leading tools such as vLLM for efficient inference, Jinja2 for dynamic prompt templating, and MLflow for observability and performance tracking. It supports both in-memory (Chroma) and scalable (Qdrant) vector databases for optimized context retrieval. The framework offers modular RAG methods, customizable inference templates, and detailed evaluation metrics, enabling rapid prototyping and benchmarking of context-aware LLM applications. Encourage aims to democratize LLM-based development with a focus on flexibility, speed, and reproducibility.

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Author

Jan Strich (Universität Hamburg)

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