Learn faster. Build smarter. Use AI responsibly. Free lunch!
A free five–session, hands-on series for Harvard graduate students and postdoctoral scholars hosted on Tuesdays from October 7 to November 4, 2025. Self contained workshops of short demos and guided coding labs geared for graduate students & postdocs in STEM and beyond seeking practical AI skills for research. Bring a laptop; we’ll work in Python/Colab with practical, research-focused exercises!
What you’ll learn
- Coding and doing math faster with LLMs and agentic workflows
- Open-source LLM tooling and lightweight fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA)
- Embeddings, RAG, and multi-modal foundation models for science
- Responsible AI: privacy, bias, policy, and safe data sharing
- Costs and carbon: making efficient, ethical choices in research
Schedule
- Oct 7 — Coding & Math with LLMs and Agents
- Oct 14 — Open-source Tools & Customization
- Oct 21 — Embeddings & RAG in Science
- Oct 28 — AI in Society: Ethics, Handling Privacy, Bias
- Nov 4 — Environmental Costs & the Future of AI
Location: Jefferson Building, Room 450
Limited to Harvard ID holders only