# Adaptation of Large Language Models \(PhD sponsorship\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Ofcom.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Ofcom](/buyers/ofcom/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD](/suppliers/university-of-sheffield/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £46,000
- Tender value: £46,000
- Award date: 27 June 2023
- Published: 6 September 2023
- Contract start: 1 September 2023
- Contract end: 30 September 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4b25dba9-1add-445a-aa9c-5f0bce0ce7ee-678073
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e54fdcb-a6cc-4319-b95b-4b3bfd2cc725

## Description

Contribution to the funding of a 4 year PhD project at the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training \(CDT\) in Speech and Language Technologies \(SLT\) and their Applications\. The PhD is topic is "Adapting large language models to respond to domain changes in content moderation systems\. The aim of this project is to develop new/improved techniques for domain transfer for large language models so that they can be rapidly and efficiently adapted/fine-tuned so that performance is maintained after one or more of these domain changes\.

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## Source

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