Course Schedule (All topics are tentative and subject to change)
Slides available at here
| Week/Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 (September 4) | Introduction & Course Logistics |
| Week 2 (September 11) | The world of AI Agent |
| Week 3 (September 18) | Build Your First AI Agent & Vibe Coding |
| Week 4 (September 25) | Guest Lecture: Ubiquitous Metadata: Design and Fabrication of Embedded Markers for Real-World Object Identification and Interaction (Doga Dogan) |
| Week 5 (October 2) | Guest Lecture: How LLM is trained (Brenda Yang) + Research Ideation (no presentation this week) |
| Week 6 (October 9) | No lecture, presentation only |
| Week 7 (October 16) | Interface of AI, Human-AI Interaction |
| Week 8 (October 23) | Evaluation of LLM |
| Week 9 (October 30) | Project Proposal |
| Week 10 (November 6) | Guest Lecture (Tongyu Zhou): Concept Authoring for Creative Visual Media |
| Week 11 (November 13) | No lecture, presentation only |
| Week 12 (November 20) | Guest Lecture (Cherry Zhao): Controllable Content Creation and Editing + Closing Remarks (no presentation this week) |
| Week 13 (November 27) | Thanksgiving, no class |
| Week 14 (December 4) | Final Project Showcase |
*Note: Each class consists of a 75min lecture and a 75min paper presentation session.
Student Presentation Schedule
See Blackboard
Important Dates
(Note: all submission are on Blackboard)
- Friday, October 17th, 10pm Submission of Initial Proposal and Teaming.
- Thursday, October 30th Project Proposal Presentation.
- Friday, October 31st, 10pm Upload of Project Proposal Slides.
- Every Friday, November 6th to Nobember 28th, 10pm Weekly Final Project Progress Report.
- Monday, December 1st, 10pm Submission of Title and Abstract of Final Project
- Thursday, December 4th, 3:30pm - 7:30pm Final Project Presentation
- Friday, December 12th, 10pm Submission of Final Project Report