Courses

Probabilistic parrots: an intro to opportunities and perils of AI in research

Types
Staff IRBLleida
Date of registration period
Start date
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
End date
Friday, November 10, 2023
Teachers

UdL Bioinformatics Unit

  • Characteristics:

    • Session 1: Learning the lingo

      • Types of AI tools

      • How do they work?

      • Where can I get them and how to use them?

    • Session 2: Probabilistic parrots

    • Opportunities

    • Perils

    • Are we that different? (Bayesian and deep neural nets)

    • The newborn AI

    • Raising the newborn AI: Training and validation

    • Adopting an AI: What is out there and how to get it.

    • Large language models

    • Session 3: Creating and training AIs

    • Session 4: Running with wolves and dancing alone

  • Public: Research staff (10 positions).
  • Institution of origin: All seconded staff.
  • Duration: 15 hours.
  • Calendar and timetable: 3 sessions of 4h (7th, 8th, 9th of November [9:00-13:00]), 1 session of 3h (10th of November [9:00-12:00])
  • Location: Martina Castells room.
  • Format: face-to-face.
  • Accreditation: SCT Bioinformatics of the UdL.
  • Registration