PHAROS Training Series - Course 3 "Introduction to Large Language Models at Scale"
Thursday, 18 December 2025 -
10:00
Monday, 15 December 2025
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Thursday, 18 December 2025
10:00
High Performance Computing for AI models
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Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
High Performance Computing for AI models
Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
10:00 - 10:15
10:15
The AI Factory access modes of EuroHPC-JU
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Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
The AI Factory access modes of EuroHPC-JU
Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
10:15 - 10:25
10:25
Introduction to LLMs
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Giorgos Filandrianos
(NTUA)
Maria Lymperaiou
(NTUA)
Introduction to LLMs
Giorgos Filandrianos
(NTUA)
Maria Lymperaiou
(NTUA)
10:25 - 10:45
10:45
Building Greek Large Language Models: Meltemi & Krikri
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Eleni Batsi
(ATHENA RC)
Building Greek Large Language Models: Meltemi & Krikri
Eleni Batsi
(ATHENA RC)
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Fine Tune LLMs on a Single GPU (hands-on)
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Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
Fine Tune LLMs on a Single GPU (hands-on)
Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
11:05 - 12:35
12:35
Break
Break
12:35 - 12:50
12:50
Scalability of LLMs & Emergent abilities
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Maria Lymperaiou
(NTUA)
Giorgos Filandrianos
(NTUA)
Scalability of LLMs & Emergent abilities
Maria Lymperaiou
(NTUA)
Giorgos Filandrianos
(NTUA)
12:50 - 13:10
13:10
Fine Tune LLMs on an HPC node with multiple GPUs (code presentation)
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Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
Fine Tune LLMs on an HPC node with multiple GPUs (code presentation)
Nikos Bakas
(GRNET)
13:10 - 13:30
13:30
Scalability results of finetuning: Performance, Efficiency, Convergence and Generalization
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Panagiota Gyftou
(GRNET)
Scalability results of finetuning: Performance, Efficiency, Convergence and Generalization
Panagiota Gyftou
(GRNET)
13:30 - 13:50
13:50
Open Discussion and Q&A
Open Discussion and Q&A
13:50 - 14:00