MunichNLPxLRZ: Building Multilingual LLMs & Hands on cerebras Workshop

Please bring a laptop with you if you want to actively participate in the workshop!

Join Munich NLP for an engaging in-person meeting featuring one expert talks and one workshop on cutting-edge developments in natural language processing and AI. The event will be held on January 20, 2026, starting at 18:00 at LRZ in Garching bei München. Food and drinks will be provided! Don't miss this opportunity to learn and network with fellow NLP enthusiasts!

Agenda:
18:00-18:20: Arrival & Networking
18:20-18:30: Welcome & Intro by LRZ & MunichNLP
18:30-19:00: Research Showcase: "Llama-GENBA-10B: A Trilingual Large Language Model for German, English and Bavarian" - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05668

• Speakers: Michael Hoffmann and Jophin John (BDAI at LRZ)
• Description: Michael and Jophin will introduce LLama-GENBA-10B, the first large language model designed for English, German, and Bavarian. The presentation focuses on the challenges of building multilingual systems with low-resource languages and the solutions the team developed to overcome them.

19:00-19:30 Pizza Break 🍕
19:30-20:00 Second Technical Talk - "Build Impossible Things with Cerebras – What's New?"

• Speaker: Dmitry Gaynullin
• Description: Dmitry will provide a hands-on exploration of building multi-agent workflows using Cerebras inference. The talk will demonstrate practical approaches to creating agent systems and share insights into the latest developments at Cerebras.

20:00-21:00 Networking Session
Location:
LRZ, Boltzmannstr. 1, 85748 Garching bei München
Sponsors:
Thanks to our sponsors LRZ and Cebearus for hosting the event.
Organizer:
Munich NLP