Hello, LLM! for 4th-Year FPL Students (2026/2027)

“Introduction to Neural Network” course at HSE University – Nizhny Novgorod.

Teaching Staff:

• Demidovskiy Aleksandr Vladimirovich — Course Lead

• Trutnev Aleksei Igorevich — Instructor

• Sviridov Viacheslav Mikhailovich — Instructor

• Kaizerova Anna Andreevna — Assistant

Laboratory Works

1. Laboratory work #7. Neural Language Model Inference and Evaluation

   • Milestone: November 27

   • Deadline: December 18

2. Laboratory work #8. LLM Interpretation

   • Milestone: TBA

   • Deadline: TBA

3. Laboratory work #9. Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning

   • Milestone: TBA

   • Deadline: TBA

Class Log

Detailed notes and materials for all completed sessions are available here.

Literature

Basic Level

1. HuggingFace LLM Course.

Resources

1. Gradebook

2. Models and Datasets Spreadsheet

3. Laboratory works submission and grading policy

4. Course Website

5. Getting Started & Environment Setup Guide

6. Running Tests Guide

7. Running .py Scripts via Terminal Guide

8. Conflict resolution in VSCode Guide

9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)