# Teaching AI to Lend a Hand: customizing large language models for data, writing & coding

**Event**: Methods Reading Group · Imperial Business School
**Date**: December 2023
**Speakers**: Xule Lin
**Keywords**: large language models, research methods, ai tools, prompt engineering, customizing LLMs, academic writing with AI, coding assistance, human-AI collaboration


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A practical workshop on customizing large language models for academic research workflows — covering data analysis, academic writing, and coding assistance. Demonstrates how researchers can move beyond generic prompting toward task-specific LLM configurations.

Also presented in 2023.