Dear list members, As in previous years, the University of Cologne is once again hosting a summer school on Machine Learning – this time with a special focus on Large Language Models. Please find the full call for applications below and feel free to share it with anyone who might be interested. *** Call for participation *** This year’s Summer School on “Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Research“, organized by the University of Cologne’s Competence Area III, in conjunction with the Center for Data and Simulation Science, the Department for Digital Humanities, the Cologne Center for eHumanities, and the Data Center for the Humanities, takes place 8th – 11th September 2025, at Cologne University (on site). This summer school addresses MA students and doctoral candidates from Linguistics and Digital Humanities, as well as other fields that focus on the application of LLMs for DH Research. After an introductory workshop on LLMs and Prompt Engineering (Day 1+2), led by Christopher Pollin (Digital Humanities Craft OG), participants will join one of four specialized workshop tracks (Day 3+4). Participants can choose between four alternative workshop tracks: 1) “Large Language Models for Qualitative Data Analysis” – Instructor: Sarah Oberbichler (Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz) 2) “Deep Learning in the Computational Literary Studies” – Instructor: Janis Pagel (University of Cologne) 3) “LLM-Supported Modeling, Operationalization, and Exploration for Digital Editions” – Instructor: Christopher Pollin (Digital Humanities Craft OG, Institute for Documentology and Scholar Editing / IDE) 4) “Using LLMs for Psycholinguistic Research” – Instructor: Hanna Woloszyn, Job Schepens and Benjamin Gagl (University of Cologne) Please Note: Participation in the summer school is free of charge! However, minor costs might occur if specific hardware (e.g. Google Colab) is required during workshops. Application Deadline: 1 June 2005. Further information and application instructions: http://ml-school.uni-koeln.de/ Best wishes, The LLMs for DHR Summer School Organizing Committee How to apply: Please send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the following information: Your full name Your current affiliation Desired Workshop Track (1)-(4) (please provide your first choice + 1 alternative) Highest Degree you are holding Your current academic position and field Python experience: 1-2 sentences describing a course or project where you used python Motivation: 2-3 sentences why you would like to participate in the summer school Application Deadline: 1 June 2025