| Date: | 12 March 2026, 14:00 – 15:00 (CET) | Price: | Free (for eligible participants) | |
| Format: | AI:AT Webinar, ONLINE (Zoom) | Target audience: | Academia, industry, public admin | |
| Language: | English | Organizer: | AI:AT & ASC |
Get to know Large Language Models (LLMs), what they are and how they work.
On a Wednesday evening in 2022, the launch of ChatGPT triggered a historical hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general, and Generative AI (GenAI) in particular. However, most people are mere users of these tools, without a proper understanding of how they actually enable a computer to produce spectacular texts, pictures, or videos.
In this webinar, we dig into the main pillar of GenAI tools such as ChatGPT, Mistral, or Gemini, called Large Language Models (LLMs). We discuss what they are, how they work, and why they can create results that are harder and harder to separate from human-generated content.
Target audience
Everyone is welcome who wants to understand what LLMs are, how they work and why they can create astonishing results.
This webinar is open and free of charge for all participants from academia, industry, and public administration from EU and/or EuroHPC JU member countries.
Entry level & prerequisites
Beginner – no prior AI knowledge is required.
Agenda
14:00 Welcome & Presentation of AI-Factory Austria AI:AT
14:05 Beyond GenAI: What's an LLM, and why should you care about it?
- Definition and Foundations of LLMs
- How are LLMs created?
- How can LLMs generate text, pictures, or sound?
14:50 Questions & Discussion
Speaker
Daniel Lehner (AI Factory Austria AI:AT)
Dr. Daniel Lehner works as expert in AI knowledge transfer at AI Factory Austria AI:AT. He also works as a consultant and trainer at TwinTech, helping companies to efficiently exploit the potential of digitalization through the use of artificial intelligence and digital twins. In addition to his work with various companies, he also draws on his many years of experience in researching digital twins and artificial intelligence at Johannes Kepler University in Linz.
Language
English
Date, time, and location
12.03.2026, 14:00 – 15:00 (CET), LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR (Zoom)
If there is sufficient interest, we may offer an additional in-person attendance option in Vienna.
Registration
Registration is required, the link to the registration form can be found on the top of this page in the menu on the left. Please register with your official institutional email address to prove your affiliation.
You will get the Zoom link in the automatic confirmation by email (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration"), please check your Spam/Junk folders). We will also send 1–2 reminders before the webinar.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at training@ai-at.eu if you have any questions.
Organizers
This webinar is jointly organized by AI Factory Austria AI:AT and Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC) (aka ASC Research Center, TU Wien).
Acknowledgements
AI Factory Austria AI:AT has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101253078. The JU receives support from the Horizon Europe Programm of the European Union and Austria (BMIMI / FFG).
