Your Own LLMs: Running LLMs on your computer

This workshop will show you how to set up and run open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) directly on your own computer—giving you private, fast, and flexible AI without relying on cloud services.  By the end of the session, you will know:

• What hardware local LLMs require

• How to install and run popular models (LLaMA, Mistral, Phi, Gemma, Qwen, etc.)

• How to use tools like LM Studio, Ollama, and text-generation-webui

• How to choose the right model size and quantization

• How to integrate local LLMs into everyday workflows

• The privacy benefits of running models locally