CS8803 SAI: Systems for AI

Fall 2025

This is a research focused course on systems for AI. Students will read and discuss state-of-the-art systems in this space and pursue a substantial research project with the aim of publishing it in a top tier venue.

For a general sense of the syllabus and format, please see the 2024 offering. The 2024 offering was a great success, with atleast two student projects becoming peer-reviewed publications, and several students succeeding in getting job offers from top tier companies in the AI space.

Notice that the aim of the course is to focus on the current hot topics, so the 2025 version of the course will emphasize on agentic systems and multimodal models (we will still cover the basics of LLMs).

This is a permit-only class. If you are interested in taking this class, please fill this form to request a permit.