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Part of the 'Blueprint' trajectory on AI for professionals in higher education

GenAI for research

27 Oct 2025 10:00 - 12:00

Are you looking for more effective ways to use generative AI in your research? Do you want to make more time for exploring interesting research questions by making your data processing more efficient? And do you first and foremost want to discover how GenAI models can concretely support research in your scientific field?

Practical information:

27 Oct 2025 10:00 - 12:00
2 hours
Hasselt
English
Target audience: PhD students & postdocs of all Flemish universities

Want to register?

  • Register until: 29 Sep 2025
  • Price: Free
  • You have to be a PhD student at a Flemish university to enroll

  • Bring your laptop (fully charged)

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Large Language Models like ChatGPT have evolved from “mere” chatbots to powerful virtual assistants capable of surfing the internet, generating images, writing and executing programming code... In this interactive TEXTUA workshop, given by dr. Pieter Fivez, you’ll discover how to automate various research processes using these virtual assistants.

Learning outcomes

After having attended this workshop, you will...

  • have more insight into how to use state-of-the-art Large Language Models for automating various research processes.

Teacher / speaker

Pieter Fivez

Practical experience
Tips on how to use AI

Pieter Fivez holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Antwerp, focusing on machine learning of semantic representations of biomedical text. He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, where he coordinates the Antwerp Text Mining Centre (TEXTUA).

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!