Masterclass in Text Analysis led by Emilia Wiśnios and Bartosz Pieliński from University of Warsaw

10 10 2024

Centre of Excellence in the Social Sciences invites to a workshop led by Emilia Wiśnios and Bartosz Pieliński from University of Warsaw “Introduction to large language models (LLMs) implementations into NLP tasks”

The workshop will take place on October 18 from 9.30 a.m to 2.30 p.m.

Coffee and tea are available throughout the workshop.

Please come in person to room Z 520 in the building of the Faculty of Modern Languages (Dobra 55, Warsaw).

The workshop will be held in English.

Please note that registering for the workshop is required. Registration is open until Sunday 13 October. Please note that places are limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The registration form is available here: https://forms.gle/S6hkQ3ZWxNTFMaBx6

Workshop description:

This workshop aims to give participants a basic but comprehensive understanding of large language models (LLMs) and demonstrate how they can implement them in their research tasks related to text analysis. To achieve this aim, several questions are attempted to be answered:

• What is a language model?
• What are LLMs?
• What are the significant characteristics of LLMs?
• What are their distinct features?
• How are LLMs evaluated?
• How to choose a LLM?

The second part of the workshop will be dedicated to practical exercises showing how to implement LLMs into text analysis using in-context learning. Participants will receive a notebook where they will use different forms of prompting to fulfil simple NLP tasks. The hope is that this experience will show potential ways of incorporating LLMs into their research.

Prerequisites:

1. Create a free account on Hugging Face:
   1. Visit huggingface.co
   2. Click on the “Sign Up” button in the top right corner of the page and follow the instructions.
2. Accept the LLaMA 3.2 License:
   1. After logging in, visit the LLaMA 3.2 model page (meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B · Hugging Face).
   2. Click on the “Accept” button to agree to the LLaMA 3.2 licence terms. You have to expand the upper left part of the webpage.

You may need to fill in some information or confirm that you are using the model for non-commercial purposes if prompted.

Note:

Temporary downtimes may occur during the exercise while models perform calculations. During these moments, we welcome discussions about applying LLMs to your research projects.

Bartosz Pieliński is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. He collaborates with MI²DataLab and the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage, bridging social sciences and computer science. More information on him: pielinski.info

Emilia Wiśnios is an alumna of the University of Warsaw, holding a Master’s degree in Machine Learning. Ex-Samsung. Her expertise and interests are primarily focused on Natural Language

A detailed schedule of all seminars and updated speaker biographies are available at: https://cess.idub.uw.edu.pl/en/text-analysis/