An Introduction to Large Language Models through GRAPHIA

This webinar offered an accessible introduction to how large language models (LLMs) work—and what they can (and cannot) do for research in the social sciences and humanities. Using GRAPHIA as a case study, the session walked participants through the lifecycle of an LLM, from pre-training to domain adaptation, while introducing core concepts such as tokenisation, embeddings, transformer architecture, and prompting. We also presented the ongoing GRAPHIA LLM4SSH initiative, aimed at developing a suite of models tailored to scholarly needs, and demonstrated how researchers can access and experiment with LLMs through the GRAPHIA LLM Gateway. The webinar recording is avaliable here. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.