Love Data Week 2024
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Lecture series: AI tools & LLMs
As the demand for information and better understanding of AI tools, their capabilities, limitations and implications for academia and the publishing domain continues to surge, Lib4RI is excited to announce a lecture series for end of 2023 and early 2024!
The rise of AI technologies presents both exciting opportunities and challenges for academia and the publishing world. While these tools can enhance research, streamline content creation, and automate certain tasks, ethical concerns and questions of academic integrity have arisen. There are ongoing debates surrounding issues like authorship, plagiarism detection, and the impact of automated content generation on traditional publishing practices. Our lecture series will address these important concerns and provide insights on how to navigate this evolving landscape.
In this presentation, Mark Cieliebak sheds light on recent developments in Generative AI, with a strong focus on Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. This covers topics as broad as text summarization, essay generation, or chatbots. He will introduce the underlying technologies, present several showcases, and assess the potential of LLMs in future research and development. The core algorithms will be explained on a level that is also suitable for a non-technical audience.
The slides and video of Mark Cieliebak's talk "Language Models. Fundamental technologies and applications" are only available within the four Research Institutes! Please connect to the server via cable or VPN.
The second lecture in this series by Dr. Sampoorna Rappaz will specifically explore the role of LLMs in academia, addressing crucial themes such as: the impact of LLMs on academic writing, the ethical and practical considerations when integrating LLMs into academic work, and the opportunities and challenges presented by this transformative technology.
The slides and video of Sampoorna Rappaz' talk "What you need to know when using AI for academic writing" are only available within the four Research Institutes! Please connect to the server via cable or VPN.
In this talk, Sandra Marmy-Brändli will elaborate on the potential copyright issues researchers may face when using AI tools in their research. First, she will look at the question of whether AI-output can be protected by copyright law and if so under what conditions. Secondly, she will take a deeper look at potential copyright obstacles for training AI tools with copyright protected material, as well as potential defense strategies. Lastly, she will review the potential risks of infringing third party copyrights by using output created by AI tools.
The main aim of the presentation is to provide an overview over the legal situation in Switzerland; however, she will also shed light on the situation in the EU and briefly review some of the most recent ongoing AI cases from around the world, namely the pending AI law suits in the United States.
Open Access Week 2023
As our contribution to Open Access Week 2023 and as part of «WSL Distinguished Lectures», Lib4RI hosted a lecture by Matthias Egger, President of the National Research Council of the SNSF.
Abstract
In recent years, Open Access (OA) publishing has experienced rapid growth, witnessing the emergence of numerous new publishers and journals. In this talk, I will explore the benefits, challenges, and potential pitfalls of OA publishing from the perspectives of both an active researcher and a research funder. I will briefly revisit the well-rehearsed arguments for OA and discuss some challenges and abuses, such as peer review quality or predatory practices. Finally, I will conclude with a discussion of best practices and alternative publishing models.
The slides and video of Matthias Egger's talk “Open access: the good, the bad and the ugly?” are only available within the four Research Institutes! Please connect to the server via cable or VPN.
OA Week is a global event aimed at raising awareness about free access to scholarly literature and research outputs. This year's focus on «Community over Commercialisation» emphasizes the collaborative nature of research and the benefits of sharing knowledge openly.
Lib4RI is committed to promoting OA and facilitating the dissemination of knowledge within the research community. The events during the OA week provide a platform for discussions, information sharing, and networking among researchers. Check our website for further information on OA services by Lib4RI.
The OA information booths, aimed at researchers from Eawag, Empa, PSI, and WSL, will be held at the following locations and dates:
