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These are ways to familiarize yourself before it becomes available this Fall.
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) along with campus partners from The University Library, Technology Services, NCSA, ATLAS and The Siebel Center for Design will host the Summer of AI at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Throughout this summer-long series faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops, guest talks, and conversations on how AI impacts the future of teaching and learning.
If you are interested in learning some more on your own about Illinois Chat the link is HERE.
For more guided information there will be two Summer of AI sessions on Illinois Chat:
Session 1:
This session, presented by CAII’s Rohan Marwaha, will showcase what the Illinois Chat platform is about including the use cases and future plans and will include a Q&A and feedback session.
Event Information: link
Location: Armory room 156 and online via Zoom
Virtual: Join online
Date: Jul 2, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Speaker: Rohan Marwaha
Contact: Przemek Bosak
E-Mail: pbosak2@illinois.edu
*To access the Zoom link for this event, click here: Join Online
Session 2:
Train your own LLM and deploy it as a Teaching Assistant and link it with Canvas. Set it up as a trustworthy tutor that provides instruction, yet does not give away answers to homework problems. Have it assist you with literature review. This hands-on beginners’ workshop will walk the participants through the creation process of a custom LLM for classroom purposes with Illinois.chat created by the the Center for Supercomputing Applications (CAII) in cooperation with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Please bring your laptop.
Event Information: Link
Location: Armory room 156 and online via Zoom
Date: Jul 10, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Speaker: Przemek Bosak
Registration: Registration required
Contact: Przemek Bosak
E-Mail: pbosak2@illinois.edu
Summer of AI
What to Expect this Summer
Bi-Weekly Newsletter
Subscribe to the Summer of AI newsletter to receive GenAI tips directly in your inbox. This newsletter will also be your source for upcoming events, workshop registrations and highlights from the summer series.
GenAI Workshops
Register for a hands-on workshop to help you get started using campus-supported tools like Copilot, Adobe Firefly, and Illinois Chat. We’ll also offer workshops focusing on student success with AI, and how to use and create your own AI agent. Workshop descriptions and registration links can be found HERE.