Postgraduate research opportunities Adapting Large Language Models to Specific Domains

This project will look at a proof-of-concept application to the field of the candidate’s choice. The supervisor can also suggest some choices. Additional challenges such as privacy and safety of the underlying technologies can be explored on the way.

While technical skills such as Maths and programming are useful, the comprehensive understanding of the technologies involved is not crucial, since the most work will be done in-field: designing, testing and assessing a specific application of a LLM. We will work both with in-context learning (ICL), fine-tuning (training) and neural architecture changes if needed. We will use Archie-West Supercomputer Center, which will provide unique opportunity to using LLMs directly, without relying on public commercial APIs.

The project will be supervised by Dr. Dmitri Roussinov, who is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. He does research in natural language processing and artificial intelligence and their applications, such as medical, security, educational, etc. The candidate will join our team within the Strathclyde iSchool, in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, and work with a team who undertake research on developing and understanding modern technology in a variety of contexts i.e. analysing patient records, automated question answering, document classification, etc.

The iSchool at Strathclyde, is one of the leading and largest iSchools in the UK, and consists of over 35 staff and researchers working on a variety of problems from machine learning, algorithm bias and explainability to information seeking, retrieval and behaviour to human computer interaction and information interaction.