This one-day, hands-on training introduces researchers at UFZ Leipzig to the practical use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on ChatGPT and other large language models. Participants will gain insights into suitable and unsuitable scientific applications, learn effective prompting strategies, and practice with real-world examples drawn from their own research context. The course also addresses responsible AI use, including data protection, copyright, and ethical considerations, and provides a glimpse into emerging AI tools for science. Participants are invited to submit questions and potential use cases from their own research practice in advance, which will be integrated into the hands-on exercises.
Duration: 1 day
Topics
- Introduction and basics
- Introduction to artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and language models
- Areas of application and limitations of AI in text generation
- Exercise: AI-supported consulting on topics such as research funding, project design, project management, data management, reporting
- Language models for searching documents and data analysis
- Prompt engineering, prompts with large context
- Embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation
- Exercise:
- Searching and writing scientific documents using AI
- Identifying scientists with common interests from data in a fictional research information system
- Comparison of different language models and AI systems (ChatGPT, Helmholtz Blablador, GWDG/KISSKI, ChatAI)
- Responsible use of language models
- Data protection-compliant use, anonymization
- Copyright aspects
- Ethical aspects
- European Artificial Intelligence Act
- Outlook
- Emerging AI-based techniques (e.g., generating podcasts with NotebookLM, scientific research with Scite.AI, Perplexity, etc., generating images, graphics, presentation slides)
- Exercise: Discussion and free experimentation with language models
- Specific exercise content (see above)
- Feedback round
Please use the link below to register.
The course is an on-site course and primarily designed and reserved for UFZ employees.
The workshop on Nov 21 will definitely take place. Further, there is an additional workshop date, Dec. 12. This date is optional and only takes place, if we reach at least 14 participants.
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