Training and Research
PhD Programme Courses/classes - 2024/2025
This page shows the PhD course's training activities for the academic year 2024/2025. Further activities will be added during the year. Please check regularly for updates!
Inflectional Morphology (Winter School)
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
Teacher: Stefan Rabanus
Linguistics and Large Language Models
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
Teacher: Denis Delfitto, Andrea Padovan, Gaetano Fiorin, Andrea Padovan
Generation and Analysis of Corpora
Credits: 2,5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Andrea Abel
Investigating linguistic variables using oral data: the AlpiLinK corpus
Credits: 0,5
Language: English
Teacher: Stefan Rabanus
Theory and practice of transcription
Credits: 2,5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Lorenzo Spreafico
Linguistics and Large Language Models (2024/2025)
Academic staff
Denis Delfitto, Andrea Padovan , Andrea Padovan, Andrea Padovan, Gaetano Fiorin
Referent
Credits
2.5
Language
English
Class attendance
Free Choice
Location
Verona e Bolzano
Learning objectives
On successful completion of this module, PhD students will acquire a basic knowledge in the nature and use of Large Language Models (LLM) and recent developments in AI in text analysis and text production
Prerequisites and basic notions
Some basic knowledge in linguistics and in formal language theory
Program
This 10-hour course will introduce students to the key features of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their relationship with natural language.
The course will cover (i) a brief introduction to the basic mathematical notions that are necessary to understand the developments in Machine Learning (ML) that led to LLMs and (ii) a critical discussion of some influential papers that deal with the LLMs’ impact on applied and theoretical linguistics.
More particularly, there have been interesting debates about the models' ability to produce grammatical sentences and understand complex syntactic constructions. Some of the questions that arise are: (i) how can models display such a high level of proficiency in some linguistic domains? (ii) which are the differences (or the commonalities) with human linguistic competence? (iii) in which linguistic domains are models currently underperforming and what could be done to improve their performance? (iv) what are the consequences for theories on language acquisition? (v) how can models impact research methodology in applied and theoretical linguistics?
Some case studies with both ChatGPT and Google Gemini will be presented to showcase the grammatical performance of LLMs. The course will also explore the concept of 'emergent skills' in LLMs and the associated scientific debate
Bibliography
Didactic methods
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Learning assessment procedures
PhD Students can choose aspects of the module as topic of their term paper.
Assessment
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Criteria for the composition of the final grade
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Scheduled Lessons
| When | Classroom | Teacher | topics |
|---|---|---|---|
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Wednesday 22 January 2025 14:00 - 17:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Palazzo di Lingue - Co-Working [04 - M] |
Denis Delfitto
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Andrea Padovan, Fabio d'Asaro
Linguistica e Large Language Models |
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Thursday 23 January 2025 10:00 - 12:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Palazzo di Lingue - T.10 [T.10 - terra] | Andrea Padovan | Linguistica e Large Language Models |
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Thursday 23 January 2025 14:00 - 17:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Palazzo di Lingue - T.10 [T.10 - terra] | Denis Delfitto | Linguistica e Large Language Models |
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Friday 24 January 2025 10:00 - 12:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Palazzo di Lingue - T.10 [T.10 - terra] | Andrea Padovan, Gaetano Fiorin | Linguistica e Large Language Models |
PhD school courses/classes - 2024/2025
Please note: Additional information will be added during the year. Currently missing information is labelled as “TBD” (i.e. To Be Determined).
1. PhD students must obtain a specified number of CFUs each year by attending teaching activities offered by the PhD School.
First and second year students must obtain 8 CFUs. Teaching activities ex DM 226/2021 provide 5 CFUs; free choice activities provide 3 CFUs.
Third year students must obtain 4 CFUs. Teaching activities ex DM 226/2021 provide 2 CFUs; free choice activities provide 2 CFUs.
More information regarding CFUs is found in the Handbook for PhD Students: https://www.univr.it/phd-vademecum
2. Registering for the courses is not required unless explicitly indicated; please consult the course information to verify whether registration is required or not. When registration is actually required, instructions will be sent well in advance. No confirmation e-mail will be sent after signing up. Please do not enquiry: if you entered the requested information, then registration was silently successful.
3. When Zoom links are not explicitly indicated, courses are delivered in presence only.
4. All information we have is published here. Please do not enquiry for missing information or Zoom links: if the information you need is not there, then it means that we don't have it yet. As soon as we get new information, we will promptly publish it on this page.
Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Linguistic Activities
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PRESENTATION SKILLS [Arts and Humanities]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PRESENTATION SKILLS [Law and Economics]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PRESENTATION SKILLS [Life and Health Sciences - 1 st Session]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PRESENTATION SKILLS [Life and Health Sciences - 2 nd Session]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS [Arts and Humanities]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS [Law and Economics]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS [Life and Health Sciences - 1 st Session]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS [Life and Health Sciences - 2 nd Session]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS [Natural Sci. and Engineering-1st Session]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS [Natural Sci. and Engineering-2nd Session]
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Research management and Enhancement
SEMINARIO AVANZATO SULLE RISORSE BIBLIOTECARIE PER LA RICERCA [Arts and Humanities]
Credits: 2,5
Language: Italian
SEMINARIO AVANZATO SULLE RISORSE BIBLIOTECARIE PER LA RICERCA [Law and Economics]
Credits: 2,5
Language: Italian
SEMINARIO AVANZATO SULLE RISORSE BIBLIOTECARIE PER LA RICERCA [Scientific Area]
Credits: 2,5
Language: Italian
Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Statistics and Computer Sciences
CORSO STATISTICA - LIVELLO BASE
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY (MODULE I)
Credits: 1
Language: English
Introduction to Probability (module II)
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Marco Minozzo
Introduction to Statistical Inference
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Marco Minozzo
USO DI R PER L'ANALISI STATISTICA - LIVELLO BASE
Credits: 1
Language: English
Validità e affidabilità delle misure e dei test diagnostici
Credits: 0,5
Language: English
Teacher: Alessandro Marcon
APPLICATION OF META-ANALYSIS TO THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL FIELD
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Giuseppe Verlato
CORSO STATISTICA - LIVELLO INTERMEDIO
Credits: 2,5
Language: English
DETERMINATION OF SAMPLE SIZE TO ACHIEVE A PREDEFINED PRECISION OR POWER
Credits: 0,5
Language: English
Teacher: Giuseppe Verlato
GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS: LOGISTIC REGRESSION, LOGLINEAR MODEL, POISSON MODEL
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Lucia Cazzoletti
Disegno dello studio nella ricerca osservazionale e sperimentale
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Alessandro Marcon
Survival analysis: log-rank test, Kaplan-Meier survival curves, Cox regression model
Credits: 1,5
Language: English - Inglese
Teacher: Simone Accordini
USO DI R PER L'ANALISI STATISTICA - LIVELLO INTERMEDIO
Credits: 0,8
Language: English
Teacher: Alessandro Mantovani
Teaching Activities: Free choice
DOING INTERVIEWS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Credits: 2
Language: English
Teacher: Chiara Sità
PROGETTAZIONE E CONDUZIONE DI FOCUS GROUP
Credits: 2
Language: Italian
PROTECTING PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN THE PHD PROGRAM. DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF PERSONAL STRATEGIES AND ATTITUDES PREDISPOSING TO PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION AND ETHICAL COLLABORATION
Credits: 1
Language: Italian
Teacher: Michela Rimondini
QUANDO LA RICERCA SI FA ETICA (PERCORSO ORGANIZZATO E FINANZIATO DAL TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER DI UNIVR)
Credits: 2
Language: English
Teacher: Roberta Silva
Workshop /Participatory approaches and methods in doing research with local actors
Credits: 1,5
Language: English
Teacher: Antonietta De Vita
...E SE VOLESSI FARE IMPRESA
Credits: 1
Language: Italian
IMPARA IL MARKETING DIGITALE
Credits: 1
Language: Italian
LA POESIA ITALIANA ALL'ESTERO
Credits: 1
Language: Italian
Teacher: Massimo Natale
THE EMPIRICAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD (EPM): THEORETICAL FOUNDATION AND EMPIRICAL APPLICATION IN EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTHCARE FIELDS
Credits: 2
Language: English
Teacher: Luigina Mortari
DOTTORATO E MERCATO DEL LAVORO: WORKSHOP FORMATIVI PER DOTTORANDI E NEO-DOTTORI DI RICERCA
Credits: 4
Language: Italian
ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN DEFEAT A CHATBOT?
Credits: 1
Language: Italian
MEETING UKRAINE: THE IMPACT OF WAR AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
Credits: 1
Language: Italian
EMOTIONS, BELIEFS, AND SKILLS TO FACE CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMBRACE CLIMATE ACTION
Credits: 0,5
Language: English
OPEN SCIENCE: THE MIGHTY STICK AGAINST "BAD" SCIENCE
Credits: 2
Language: English
Teacher: Michele Scandola
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SENSORIMOTOR LEARNING
Credits: 3,5
Language: English
Teacher: Matteo Bertucco
CSF DYNAMICS: ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES
Credits: 0,5
Language: English
Teacher: Alberto Feletti
Differential diagnosis of demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system
Credits: 2
Language: English
Teacher: Alberto Gajofatto
sleep related disoders: focus on REM and NREM parasomnia and SR movement disorders
Credits: 1,5
Language: italiano o inglese
Teacher: Elena Antelmi
Tecniche di immagine per l'analisi della composizione corporea
Credits: 1
Language: Inglese/English
Teacher: Carlo Zancanaro
Tecniche di ricerca in neuroscienze: misurare e modulare l'attività neuronale
Credits: 2,3
Language: non prevista
Teacher: Giuseppe Busetto
Faculty
daniele.artoni@univr.it
+39 045802 8465
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Guidelines for PhD students
Below you will find the files that contain the Guidelines for PhD students and rules for the acquisition of ECTS credits (in Italian: "CFU") for the Academic Year 2024/2025.
Documents
| Title | Info File |
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39th-cycle PhD students: handout of first meeting (3 October 2023)
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pdf, it, 115 KB, 26/09/24 |
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Dottorandi: linee guida generali (2023/2024)
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pdf, it, 118 KB, 12/12/23 |
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PhD students: general guidelines (2023/2024)
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pdf, it, 89 KB, 12/12/23 |
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PhD students: guidelines for editing your personal webpage
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pdf, it, 434 KB, 12/12/23 |
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Second and third-year PhD students: general guidelines
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pdf, it, 104 KB, 26/09/24 |
