Building secure and reliable LLM applications
Cagliari, July 14-18 2025
Building secure and reliable LLM applications is a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) exploring the development of secure and reliable applications built on top of modern Language Models. Through a mix of lectures, tutorials, keynote sessions, and project-based work, students gain both theoretical foundations and hands-on experience. Topics include LM architectures, knowledge graphs, safety and reliability, and industrial use cases. Special attention is given to ethical implications, open research challenges, and the use of LMs for social good. Participants will work in international teams to design and implement real-world LM-based solutions.
Program:
The program is available here (last update: June 24 2025).Partner Institutions
Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Universite Sorbonne Paris Nord (France)
Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (Romania)
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania)
The Hague University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
Organizing committee
This BIP is organized by the Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy):
Livio Pompianu, Co-organizer, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Diego Reforgiato Recupero, Co-organizer, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Davide Buscaldi, Instructor, Universite Sorbonne Paris Nord (France)
Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi, Instructor, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (Romania)
Ana-Maria Ghiran, Instructor, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (Romania)
Daniel Ayala Hernández, Instructor, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
Local Event Assistants
Alessandro Giuliani, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Marco Manolo Manca, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Leonardo Piano, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Alessia Pisu, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Alessandro Sebastian Podda, Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Number of credits, dates, and venue
The course (3 credits) includes an in-person part held from July 14 to 18, 2025, at the Palazzo delle Scienze, Via Ospedale 72, 09124 Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy), and an online part on July 21, 2025.
