An Illustrated Introduction to Large Language Models

Seminar | March 9 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 521 Cory Hall

Speaker/Performer:  Alvin Wan, Research Scientist, Apple

Sponsor:  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

We'll discuss the building blocks for Large Language Models (LLMs) using an illustration-first approach. In particular, we'll visually construct an LLM from first principles -- motivate and discuss the intuition for transformers, make connections to other concepts in machine learning, and compose transformers to produce an LLM.

Event Contact:  CA, kcisco@berkeley.edu, 510-642-0954

Access Coordinator:  Katie Cisco,  kcisco@berkeley.edu,  510-642-0954