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CMU LTI Seminar on Large Language Models!

Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute (CMU LTI) is excited to host a seminar exploring the world of Large Language Models (LLMs). Join us as we dive into the research, development, applications, ethics, and societal implications of these models.

We welcome attendees to engage with renowned experts, participate in thought-provoking discussions, and learn about the future of LLMs in academia, industry, and beyond. We will also host a hackathon for groups to explore and build an LLM-related idea.

πŸ“… Schedule

Day 1: Saturday (4/1/2023)

  • 9:00 - 9:30 AM: 🎫 Registration and Welcome πŸ€—
  • 9:30 - 10:45 AM: 🎀 Short Talks (Industry & Academia Experts)
    • 9:30 - 9:45 AM: Graham Neubig πŸŽ“
    • 9:50 - 10:05 AM: Hoda Heidari πŸŽ“
    • 10:10 - 10:25 AM: Susan Zhang πŸŽ“
    • 10:30 - 10:45 AM: Niket Tandon πŸŽ“
  • 10:45 - 11:00 AM: β˜• Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:30 AM: πŸ’‘ What can you do with LLMs? Hackathon Introduction, Group Formation
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: 🍽️ Lunch Break
  • 12:30 - 3:00 PM: 🏁 Hackathon - Day 1
    • Hackathon Begins! πŸŽ‰
    • Short Tutorials on prompting πŸ“š
  • 3:00 - 4:00 PM: πŸŽ™οΈ Panel Discussion: The Future of Large Language Models
    • Melvin Johnson, Abhishek Nagaraj, Yoav Artzi, Niket Tandon, and Susan Zhang
    • Host: Emma Strubell
  • 4:00 - 4:30 PM: β˜• Coffee Break
  • 4:30 - 6:00 PM: 🏁 Hackathon - Day 1 (Continuation)

Day 2: Sunday (4/2/2023)

  • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: 🏁 Hackathon - Day 2 (Continuation)
  • 1:00 - 2:00 PM: 🍽️ Lunch Break (with Hackathon Groups)
  • 2:45 - 4:30 PM: 🏁 Hackathon continues
  • 4:30 - 5:30 PM: 🎀 Presentations
  • 5:30 - 6:00 PM: πŸŽ‰ Closing remarks and prizes πŸ†

πŸŽ“ Speakers & Panelists

  • Susan Zhang: Research Scientist @ Meta AI
  • Yoav Artzi: Associate Professor @ Cornell Tech
  • Hoda Heidari: Assistant Professor @ CMU MLD
  • Abhishek Nagaraj: Assistant Professor @ Berkeley Haas
  • Niket Tandon: Sr. Research Scientist @ AI2
  • Melvin Johnson: Researcher @ Google
  • Graham Neubig: Associate Professor @ CMU LTI
  • Emma Strubell: Assistant Professor @ CMU LTI

🏒 Venue

  • Rashid Auditorum (GHC 4401)
  • Rashid Auditorium is located on the fourth floor of the Gates-Hillman Center. The easiest way to access this room is via the Forbes Avenue entrance to GHC.
  • Building Map
  • πŸ“ Full Address: 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Hackathon ideas::

Studying data contamination
Studying multilingual capabilities
Fine-tuning vs. Prompting
Transfer Capabilities
Hardware and Compute Optimization
Generalization
Evaluation Metrics
Distribution shifts
LLMs as Tools for Scientific Discovery
Self-reflection in LLMs
Let’s write a paper with GPT!
Let’s build an open source Nat.dev
Hallucination in LLMs
LLMs as Creative Tools
Trickle-down Economics for Language Models
Personalization with Human Feedback
GPT for CS Education
Inversed ChatGPT
Meta-prompting