The summer school will take place from Monday, September 16, to Friday, September 16, 2024. Please see below for a preliminary agenda.

Day 1: Monday, September 16, 2024

  • How to Cloud – Introduction, de.NBI Cloud & Project Idea

Getting to know the de.NBI Cloud and each other: celebrating interdisciplinary and technological progress. Take a deep dive into access, roles and requirements and learn more about the project idea.

Day 2: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

  • How to Data – Data Management, Data Protection & Data Ethics

Before we can get the data to work for us, we need to work for the data: draft a data management plan, record all processing activities in accordance with the EU-GDPR, ensure IT-security and ethically sound and unbiased FAIR data.

Day 3: Wednesday, September 18, 2024

  • How to LLM – Installation & Deployment of the Large Language Model

Now we are finally ready for the long awaited action: today we will be deploying our own LLM in the de.NBI cloud. Learn all the practical ins and outs of generative AI and transformer architecture. And see all our planning efforts from the previous days come to fruition.

Day 4: Thursday, September 19, 2024

  • How to Service – Ensuring Continuous Support Throughout Operations

We are live – but for how long? Today we will take another deep dive into the technical details – such as Let’s Encrypt certificates, reverse proxy, user authentication and backup – that are fundamental to keeping our service up and running.

Day 5: Friday, September 20, 2024

  • How to Success - Real-Life Examples, Q&A and Discussion

You’ve made it! Today we will be wrapping up our week’s work: we will reserve some time for self-study and Q&As to complete your hands-on examples. We will also look at some real-life examples and discuss the associated successes and challenges.