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Overview On March 28, 2025, Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama, a PhD student in the Computer Science department, presented a research topic on “LLMs as Judges,” a trending subject in the field of large language models. Her presentation provided a comprehensive survey covering functionality, methodology, applications, meta-evaluation, and limitations. Key conclusions included: LLMs as evaluators are versatile, evaluation is context-specific, challenges persist, human-AI collaboration is essential, and evaluation should extend beyond traditional research papers.

Overview On 02/21/2025, the first NIU AI/ML Research Seminar was held in PM103. Ibrahim Al Azher, a PhD student from the CS department, delivered a general introduction to current studies on Large Language Models, their limitations, and recent advancements in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). The presentation, which lasted about an hour, was well received by the participants and sparked engaging discussions afterward. This event marked a successful start to the AI/ML research seminar series.