Malta Digital Skills and Jobs Platform (LISP)

LLM Lecture Series: How Large Language Models Work Round 3

Duration

7 Sessions (2 hours each)

Understanding the architecture, training, and computational mechanics of large language models
and Transformers.

ICT professionals, engineers, developers, and technically curious professionals and graduates.

Module 1 – Introduction to LLMs (2 lectures/4 hours)

AI and ML foundations, language models, the rise of Transformers, emergent properties, and the AGI debate.

Module 2 – Preliminary Concepts (1 lecture/2 hours)

Neural networks, the error back propagation algorithm, sequence modelling, loss functions, softmax, NER, and key NLP tasks.

Module 3 – Work Embeddings (1 lecture/2 hours)

Word2Vec, GloVe, FastText, contextual embeddings, and practical embedding workflows.

Module 4 – How ChatGPT Works and is Trained (2 lectures/4 hours)

GPT-style Transformers in detail: positional encodings, Q-K-V attention, residuals, normalisation, projection layers, model training, fine-tuning, hallucination, and the way forward.

Full slide deck for all lectures (made available to registered attendees)
Slides include worked diagrams and step-by-step breakdowns of the Transformer and Q-K-V computations
Curated references for further study

Dates

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Publish in core platform

No
Target audience

Digital skills for all
Digital technology / specialisation

Web Development Software
Digital skill level

Basic Intermediate Advanced
Geographic Scope - Country

Malta
Industry - Field of Education and Training

Generic programmes and qualifications not further defined Basic programmes and qualifications
Target language

English
Type of initiative

Local initiative
Target group

Persons in tertiary education (EQF 6)
Typology of training opportunities

Course
Learning activity

lab / simulation / practice coursework
Assessment type

Online
Training duration

Up to 1 week
Organization
DiHubMT
Is this course free

No
Is the certificate/credential free

No
Type of training record

Single offer
Training Start date

2026
Effort

Part time light
Credential offered

Learning activity
Self-paced course

No
URL

https://dihubmt.eu/training-courses/llm-lecture-series-how-large-language-models-work-round-3/
Link Type

Organization url