Academic Writing with AI
In this hands-on workshop you'll discover how to use generative AI tools for academic writing.
Practical information:
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- Register until: 25 Nov 2025
- Price: Free
you have to be a PhD student at a Flemish university to enroll
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We'll begin with an introduction to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), to give you a clear understanding of how these models work and what their key strengths and weaknesses are. Next, through a series of practical demonstrations and interactive exercises, you’ll learn how to apply generative AI across the main stages of academic research, from literature review to data analysis, and manuscript drafting and refinement. Finally, we’ll explore strategies to deal with the key challenges of these tools, such as their tendency to generate inaccurate or misleading information, and discuss how to use them responsibly, particularly with confidential data.
Program
- Introduction to generative AI
- Generative AI for academic writing
- Responsible use of generative AI
Teacher / speaker
Yves Peirsman has been active in language technology for over twenty years. He obtained an MSc in Natural Language Processing from the University of Edinburgh, a PhD in Computational Linguistics from KU Leuven, and was a post-doctoral researcher in the NLP Group at Stanford University. Most recently he has been working as an NLP consultant at NLP Town and as a co-founder and CTO at Deontic. Yves also organizes the Belgium NLP Meetups, a series of informal events for NLP enthusiasts in Belgium, and likes to give workshops on AI for creative and business writing. In his free time, Yves also writes fiction, which makes him particularly interested in the impact of generative AI on literature.
Expertise:
- Language technology and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Generative AI for language professionals
Prompt. Think. Defend. Data and AI for PhD Students
PhD student? This lesson series guides you through data and AI: from introductory courses to in-depth courses on various subtopics. VAIA selected these courses specifically for PhD students, in close collaboration with all the Flemish universities, doctoral schools and a various lectures. Register for the mailer for updates about the programme!
