Track A: Large AI Models

TRACK A: Large AI Models

The rise of large multimodal models like ChatGPT has significantly influenced both research and public perception of AI in recent months. Theme track A, “Large AI Models,” dives into the foundational technology and the latest breakthroughs of such large models. The track will feature labs covering essential and fundamental topics such as language modeling, multimodal models, and training with massive datasets. Additionally, it will explore more advanced themes, including LLM alignment and efficiency, along with application-specific topics like using LLMs for code generation. Attendees will gain comprehensive insights from leading experts through a combination of theoretical and practical sessions.


Monday, Sept 9, 2024

Opening Speech, 12:45-13:30

Pierre Alliez (
Scientific coordinator of the Inria-DFKI partnership )

Philipp Slusallek (Executive Director of DFKI Saarbrücken)

Keynote 1, 13:30-14:30

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (DFKI)

Industrial AI for Smart Manufacturing


Course 1, 15:00-17:30

Christophe Cerisara (CNRS)

Introduction to Large Language Models


Tuesday, Sept 10, 2024

Keynote 2, 9:00-10:00

Kevin Baum (DFKI)

A provisional keynote on current ethical challenges of AI


Course 2, 10:30-13:00

Malte Ostendorff (Deutsche Telekom)

Training Data for Large Language Models


Course 3, 15:30-18:00

Christophe Cerisara (CNRS)

Efficient LLM training


Wednesday, Sept 11, 2024

Keynote 3, 9:00-10:00

Kai Warsönke (VW) Henrik Waschke (VW)

Increasing product quality in the automotive industry through the Virtual Measurement Data Analysis (VMDA)


Course 4, 10:30-13:00

Mariya Toneva (MPI)

Relating LLMs to human brains


Joint Lunch and Start-Up Workshop

Can I really be an entrepreneur? Answer: We don’t know, you have to try!
Join the Inria Startup Studio and the RETRAS project for an experience-sharing session on diving into entrepreneurship.

Entrepreuneurship for Scientists-Opportunities through knowledge transfer – Dr. Mara Schuler-Bermann- Start up Coach, Technology Transfer Triathlon


Course 5, 15:30-18:00

Jindong Gu (University of Oxford/Google DeepMind)

Responsible Generative AI


Thursday, Sept 12, 2024

Keynote 4, 9:00-10:00

Xavier Hinaut (Inria)

BrainGPT: Tailoring Transformers into Cognitive Language Models


Course 6, 10:30-13:00

Marc Lelarge (Inria)

LLMs for code


Course 7, 15:30-18:00

Gerrit Großmann (DFKI)

Language Models and Structured Knowledge in AI

Islam Mesabah (DFKI)

Language Models and Structured Knowledge in AI


Friday, Sept 13, 2024

Course 8, 9:00-11:30

Alexandre Défossez (Kyutai)

Auto-regressive modeling of discrete audio tokens.


Scientific chair

Track A

André Meyer-Vitali

Gerrit Großmann

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