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'''HPLT & NLPL Winter School on Large-Scale Language Modeling and Neural Machine Translation with Web Data'''
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'''HPLT & OpenEuroLLM 2026 Winter School on Multilinguality in LLM Development and Evaluation'''
  
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[[File:Skeikampen.2023.jpg|center]]
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[[File:Winter school 2025.jpg|center|thumb|upright=2.0]]
  
 
= Background =
 
= Background =
  
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Since 2023, the NLPL network and Horizon Europe
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In 2026, the NLPL network and Digital Europe
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project ''[https://hplt-project.org High-Performance Language Technologies]'' (HPLT)
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project ''[https://openeurollm.eu OpenEuroLLM]''
 
have joined forces to organize the successful winter school series on Web-scale NLP.
 
have joined forces to organize the successful winter school series on Web-scale NLP.
 
The winter school seeks to stimulate ''community formation'',
 
The winter school seeks to stimulate ''community formation'',
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and experience in using high-performance e-infrastructures for large-scale
 
and experience in using high-performance e-infrastructures for large-scale
 
NLP research.
 
NLP research.
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The 2024 edition of the winter school puts special emphasis on
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This 2026 edition of the winter school puts special emphasis on
 
NLP researchers from countries who participate in the EuroHPC
 
NLP researchers from countries who participate in the EuroHPC
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[https://www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/lumi-consortium/ LUMI consortium].
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[https://www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/lumi-consortium/ LUMI consortium]
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and is offered as a doctoral training event in the European
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[https://www.circle-u.eu Circle U university alliance].
 
For additional background, please see the archival pages from the
 
For additional background, please see the archival pages from the
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[http://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2018 2018],
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[https://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2018 2018],
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[http://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2019 2019],
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[https://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2019 2019],
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[http://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2020 2020], and
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[https://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2020 2020],
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[http://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2023 2023]
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[https://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2023 2023],
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[https://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2024 2024], and
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[https://wiki.nlpl.eu/index.php/Community/training/2025 2025]
 
NLPL Winter Schools.
 
NLPL Winter Schools.
  
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For early 2024, HPLT will hold its winter school from Monday, February 4, to
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For early 2026, NLPL will hold its winter school from Monday, February 2, to
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Wednesday, February 6, 2024, at a
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at a
 
[https://www.thonhotels.com/our-hotels/norway/skeikampen/ mountain-side hotel]
 
[https://www.thonhotels.com/our-hotels/norway/skeikampen/ mountain-side hotel]
 
(with skiing and walking opportunities) about two hours north of Oslo.
 
(with skiing and walking opportunities) about two hours north of Oslo.
 
The project will organize group bus transfer from and to the Oslo
 
The project will organize group bus transfer from and to the Oslo
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airport ''Gardermoen'', leaving the airport at 9:30 on Monday morning
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airport ''Gardermoen'', leaving the airport at 9:45 on Monday morning
 
and returning there around 17:30 on Wednesday afternoon.
 
and returning there around 17:30 on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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The winter school is subsidized by the HPLT project: there is no fee for
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The winter school is subsidized by the OpenEuroLLM project: there is no fee for
 
participants and no charge for the bus transfer to and from the
 
participants and no charge for the bus transfer to and from the
 
conference hotel.
 
conference hotel.
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All participants will have to cover their own travel and accomodation
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All participants will have to cover their own travel and accommodation
 
at Skeikampen, however.
 
at Skeikampen, however.
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Two nights at the hotel, including all meals, will come to NOK 3745 (NOK 3345 per person in a shared double room),  
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Two nights at the hotel, including all meals, will come to NOK 3885 (NOK 3485 per person in a shared double room),  
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to be paid to the hotel directly.
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to be paid to the hotel directly upon arrival.
  
 
= Programme =
 
= Programme =
  
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The 2024 winter school will have a thematic focus on ''Large Language Models: Creation, Customization, Evaluation, and Use''.
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The 2026 winter school will have a thematic focus on ''Multilinguality in LLM Development and Evaluation''.
 
The programme will be comprised of in-depth technical presentations (possibly including some
 
The programme will be comprised of in-depth technical presentations (possibly including some
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hands-on elements) by seasoned experts, with special emphasis on open science and European languages,  
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hands-on elements) by seasoned experts, with special emphasis on open science and European languages, but also include critical reflections on current development trends in LLM-focussed NLP.
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but also include critical reflections on current development trends in LLM-focussed NLP.
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The programme will be complemented with a ‘walk-through’ of example experience
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The programme will be complemented with a panel discussion and a ‘walk-through’ of available
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reports on the shared EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer.
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infrastructure on the shared EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer.
 
  
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Confirmed presenters and talks include:
  
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= Schedule =
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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!colspan=3|Monday, February 4, 2024
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!colspan=3|Monday, February 2, 2025
 
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| 13:00 || 14:00 || Lunch
 
| 13:00 || 14:00 || Lunch
 
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| 14:00 || 15:30 || '''Session 1'''  
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| 14:00 || 15:30 || '''Session 1'''
 
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| 15:30 || 15:50 || Coffee Break
 
| 15:30 || 15:50 || Coffee Break
 
|-
 
|-
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| 16:00 || 17:30 || '''Session 2'''  
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| 16:00 || 17:30 || '''Session 2'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 17:30 || 17:50 || Coffee Break
 
| 17:30 || 17:50 || Coffee Break
 
|-
 
|-
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| 17:50 || 19:20 || '''Session 3'''
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| 17:50 || 19:20 || '''Session 3'''  
 
|-
 
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| 19:30 ||  || Dinner
 
| 19:30 ||  || Dinner
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{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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|-
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!colspan=3|Tuesday, February 5, 2024
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!colspan=3|Tuesday, February 3, 2025
 
|-
 
|-
 
|colspan=3 | Breakfast is available from 07:30
 
|colspan=3 | Breakfast is available from 07:30
 
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|-
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| 09:00 || 10:00 || '''Session 4'''  
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| 09:00 || 10:30 || '''Session 4'''
 
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|-
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|colspan=3| Lunch is available between 13:00 and 14:30
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|colspan=3| Free time (Lunch is available between 13:00 and 14:30)
 
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|-
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| 15:00 || 16:30 || '''Session 5'''  
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| 15:30 || 17:00 || '''Session 5'''
 
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|-
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| 16:30 || 16:50 || Coffee Break
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| 17:00 || 17:20 || Coffee Break
 
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|-
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| 16:50 || 17:40 || '''Session 6'''
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| 17:20 || 19:20 || '''Session 6'''
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|-
 
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| 17:40 || 18:00 || Coffee Break
 
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|-
 
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| 18:00 || 19:30 || '''Session 7'''  
 
 
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| 19:30 ||  || Dinner
 
| 19:30 ||  || Dinner
 
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| 21:00 || || '''Evening Session'''  
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| 21:00 || || '''Evening Session: Findings from OpenEuroLLM'''
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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!colspan=3|Wednesday, February 6, 2024
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!colspan=3|Wednesday, February 4, 2025
 
|-
 
|-
 
|colspan=3| Breakfast is available from 07:30
 
|colspan=3| Breakfast is available from 07:30
 
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|-
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| 08:30 || 10:00 || '''Session 8'''  
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| 08:30 || 10:00 || '''Session 8'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 10:00 || 10:30 || Coffee Break
 
| 10:00 || 10:30 || Coffee Break
 
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| 10:30 || 12:00 || '''Session 9'''  
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| 10:30 || 12:00 || '''Session 9'''
 
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| 12:30 || 13:30 || Lunch
 
| 12:30 || 13:30 || Lunch
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| 13:45 || 16:45 || Bus transfer to OSL Airport
 
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= Registration =
 
= Registration =
  
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In total, we anticipate up to 60 participants at the 2023 Winter School.
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In total, we expect 60–80 participants at the 2026 winter school.
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Please register your intent of participation through our
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[https://nettskjema.no/a/381438 Requests for participation] will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, with an eye toward regional balance.
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[https://nettskjema.no/a/381438 on-line registration form].
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Interested parties who have submitted the registration form will be confirmed in three batches, on '''November 21''', on '''December 5''',
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We will process requests for participation on a first-come, first-served
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and on '''December 19''', which is also the closing date for winter school registration.
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basis, with an eye toward regional balance.
 
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Interested parties who have submitted the registration form will be confirmed
 
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in three batches, one on December 4, another one on December 11, and finally
 
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after the closing date for registration, which is Friday, December 15, 2023.
 
  
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Once confirmed by the organizing team, participant names will be published
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Once confirmed by the organizing team, participant names are published
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on this page, and registration will establish a
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on this page, and registration establishes a
 
''binding agreement'' with the hotel.
 
''binding agreement'' with the hotel.
 
Therefore, a cancellation fee will be incurred (unless we can find someone else to ‘take over’ last-minute
 
Therefore, a cancellation fee will be incurred (unless we can find someone else to ‘take over’ last-minute
 
spaces), and no-shows will be charged the full price for at least one night
 
spaces), and no-shows will be charged the full price for at least one night
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by the hotel.
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by the hotel. [https://sites.google.com/view/sogstikollen-24f <span style="colour: white;"></span>]
  
 
= Logistics =  
 
= Logistics =  
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With a few exceptions, winter school participants travel to and from the conference hotel
 
With a few exceptions, winter school participants travel to and from the conference hotel
 
jointly on a chartered bus (the HPLT shuttle).
 
jointly on a chartered bus (the HPLT shuttle).
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The bus will leave OSL airport no later than 9:30 CET on Monday, February 4.
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The bus will leave OSL airport no later than 9:45 CET on Monday, February 3.
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Thus, please meet up at 9:15 and make your arrival known to your assigned
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Thus, please meet up by 9:30 and make your arrival known to your assigned
 
‘tour guide’ (who will introduce themselves to you by email beforehand).
 
‘tour guide’ (who will introduce themselves to you by email beforehand).
  
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The group will gather near the bus and taxi information booth in the downstairs
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The group will gather near the DNB currency exchange booth in the downstairs
 
arrivals area, just outside the international arrivals luggage claims and slightly
 
arrivals area, just outside the international arrivals luggage claims and slightly
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to the right, as one exits the customs area:
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to the left as one exits the customs area:
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The yellow dot numbered (17) on the
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the yellow dot numbered (18) on the
 
[https://avinor.no/globalassets/_oslo-lufthavn/ankomst-arrivals.pdf OSL arrivals map].
 
[https://avinor.no/globalassets/_oslo-lufthavn/ankomst-arrivals.pdf OSL arrivals map].
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The group will then walk over to the bus terminal, to leave the airport by 9:30.
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The group will then walk over to the bus terminal, to leave the airport not long after 9:40.
 
The drive to the Skeikampen conference hotel will take us about three hours, and the bus
 
The drive to the Skeikampen conference hotel will take us about three hours, and the bus
 
will make one stop along the way to stretch our legs and fill up on coffee.
 
will make one stop along the way to stretch our legs and fill up on coffee.
  
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The winter school will end with lunch on Wednesday, February 6, before the group returns
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The winter school will end with lunch on Wednesday, February 5, before the group returns
 
to OSL airport on the HPLT shuttle.
 
to OSL airport on the HPLT shuttle.
 
The bus will leave Skeikampen at 14:00 CET, with an expected arrival time at OSL
 
The bus will leave Skeikampen at 14:00 CET, with an expected arrival time at OSL
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= Organization =
 
= Organization =
  
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The 2024 Winter School is organized by a team of volunteers from the NLPL and HPLT networks,
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The 2025 Winter School is organized by a team of volunteers at the University
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of Oslo, supported by a programme committee from the HPLT and NLPL network and beyond,
 
please see below.
 
please see below.
 
For all inquiries regarding registration, the programme, logistics,
 
For all inquiries regarding registration, the programme, logistics,
 
or such, please contact <code>hplt-training@ifi.uio.no</code>.
 
or such, please contact <code>hplt-training@ifi.uio.no</code>.
  
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The programme committee is comprised of (regrettably lacking in diversity)
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The programme committee is comprised of:
  
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* Isabelle Augenstein (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
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* Jenia Jitsev
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* Emily M. Bemder (University of Washington, USA)
 
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* Marco Kuhlmann (Linköping University, Sweden)
 
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* Per Egil Kummervold (National Library of Norway)
 
 
* Andrey Kutuzov (University of Oslo, Norway)
 
* Andrey Kutuzov (University of Oslo, Norway)
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* Joakim Nivre (RISE and Uppsala University, Sweden)
 
 
* Stephan Oepen (University of Oslo, Norway)
 
* Stephan Oepen (University of Oslo, Norway)
 
* Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku, Finland)
 
* Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku, Finland)
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* Gema Ramirez (Prompsit Language Engineering, Spain)
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* David Salinas
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* Anna Rogers (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
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* Gema Ramirez-Sanches (Prompsit Language Engineering, Spain)
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* Magnus Sahlgreen (AI Sweden)
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* Joaquin
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* David Samuel (University of Oslo, Norway)
 
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* Jörg Tiedemann (University of Helsinki, Finland)
 
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* Erik Velldal (University of Oslo, Norway)
 
  
 
= Participants =
 
= Participants =

Latest revision as of 05:44, 30 September 2025

HPLT & OpenEuroLLM 2026 Winter School on Multilinguality in LLM Development and Evaluation

Winter school 2025.jpg

Background

In 2026, the NLPL network and Digital Europe project OpenEuroLLM have joined forces to organize the successful winter school series on Web-scale NLP. The winter school seeks to stimulate community formation, i.e. strengthening interaction and collaboration among European research teams in NLP and advancing a shared level of knowledge and experience in using high-performance e-infrastructures for large-scale NLP research. This 2026 edition of the winter school puts special emphasis on NLP researchers from countries who participate in the EuroHPC LUMI consortium and is offered as a doctoral training event in the European Circle U university alliance. For additional background, please see the archival pages from the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025 NLPL Winter Schools.

For early 2026, NLPL will hold its winter school from Monday, February 2, to Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at a mountain-side hotel (with skiing and walking opportunities) about two hours north of Oslo. The project will organize group bus transfer from and to the Oslo airport Gardermoen, leaving the airport at 9:45 on Monday morning and returning there around 17:30 on Wednesday afternoon.

The winter school is subsidized by the OpenEuroLLM project: there is no fee for participants and no charge for the bus transfer to and from the conference hotel. All participants will have to cover their own travel and accommodation at Skeikampen, however. Two nights at the hotel, including all meals, will come to NOK 3885 (NOK 3485 per person in a shared double room), to be paid to the hotel directly upon arrival.

Programme

The 2026 winter school will have a thematic focus on Multilinguality in LLM Development and Evaluation. The programme will be comprised of in-depth technical presentations (possibly including some hands-on elements) by seasoned experts, with special emphasis on open science and European languages, but also include critical reflections on current development trends in LLM-focussed NLP. The programme will be complemented with a ‘walk-through’ of example experience reports on the shared EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer.

Confirmed presenters and talks include:

Schedule

Monday, February 2, 2025
13:00 14:00 Lunch
14:00 15:30 Session 1
15:30 15:50 Coffee Break
16:00 17:30 Session 2
17:30 17:50 Coffee Break
17:50 19:20 Session 3
19:30 Dinner
Tuesday, February 3, 2025
Breakfast is available from 07:30
09:00 10:30 Session 4
Free time (Lunch is available between 13:00 and 14:30)
15:30 17:00 Session 5
17:00 17:20 Coffee Break
17:20 19:20 Session 6
19:30 Dinner
21:00 Evening Session: Findings from OpenEuroLLM


Wednesday, February 4, 2025
Breakfast is available from 07:30
08:30 10:00 Session 8
10:00 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 12:00 Session 9
12:30 13:30 Lunch
13:45 16:45 Bus transfer to OSL Airport

Registration

In total, we expect 60–80 participants at the 2026 winter school. Requests for participation will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, with an eye toward regional balance. Interested parties who have submitted the registration form will be confirmed in three batches, on November 21, on December 5, and on December 19, which is also the closing date for winter school registration.

Once confirmed by the organizing team, participant names are published on this page, and registration establishes a binding agreement with the hotel. Therefore, a cancellation fee will be incurred (unless we can find someone else to ‘take over’ last-minute spaces), and no-shows will be charged the full price for at least one night by the hotel.

Logistics

With a few exceptions, winter school participants travel to and from the conference hotel jointly on a chartered bus (the HPLT shuttle). The bus will leave OSL airport no later than 9:45 CET on Monday, February 3. Thus, please meet up by 9:30 and make your arrival known to your assigned ‘tour guide’ (who will introduce themselves to you by email beforehand).

The group will gather near the DNB currency exchange booth in the downstairs arrivals area, just outside the international arrivals luggage claims and slightly to the left as one exits the customs area: the yellow dot numbered (18) on the OSL arrivals map. The group will then walk over to the bus terminal, to leave the airport not long after 9:40. The drive to the Skeikampen conference hotel will take us about three hours, and the bus will make one stop along the way to stretch our legs and fill up on coffee.

The winter school will end with lunch on Wednesday, February 5, before the group returns to OSL airport on the HPLT shuttle. The bus will leave Skeikampen at 14:00 CET, with an expected arrival time at OSL around 17:00 to 17:30 CET. After stopping at the OSL airport, the bus will continue to central Oslo.

Organization

The 2025 Winter School is organized by a team of volunteers at the University of Oslo, supported by a programme committee from the HPLT and NLPL network and beyond, please see below. For all inquiries regarding registration, the programme, logistics, or such, please contact hplt-training@ifi.uio.no.

The programme committee is comprised of:

  • Jenia Jitsev
  • Andrey Kutuzov (University of Oslo, Norway)
  • Stephan Oepen (University of Oslo, Norway)
  • Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku, Finland)
  • David Salinas
  • Gema Ramirez-Sanches (Prompsit Language Engineering, Spain)
  • Joaquin

Participants

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