History

The workshop titled "From Theory to Practice: Workshop on Large Language and Foundation Models" was hosted for the first time at the IEEE BigData Conference 2023, where a high turnout was experienced, with a diverse group of participants from numerous countries and research institutions. The workshop showcased a remarkable scientific diversity, covering a wide array of topics from theoretical model underpinnings to practical applications in many domains. Given the relevance of large language models (LLMs) in today's AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data landscape, the second iteration of the workshop is being this year at the same venue as well. For this year, the agenda is planned to be augmented to include keynote(s) from renowned experts in the area and a group discussion about problem solving with large language models.