Pre-requisite: Participants need to bring their Laptops & must have access to, ChatGPT Plus & Claude Pro subscription.

Course Overview:

This AI programme teaches you to talk to AI; this one teaches you to delegate to it. Over two hands-on days, the core ideas (the agent loop, the autonomy spectrum, orchestration, and governance) emerge from concrete builds, and you leave with a small portfolio of agents and automations you actually use.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply basic prompt and context-engineering techniques to improve AI-generated outputs.

• Distinguish an AI agent from a chatbot or fixed workflow using criteria related to goals, tools, adaptation, and autonomy.

• Describe the stages of the agent loop and identify where a simple agent task may have failed.

• Write a structured agentic prompt that defines the task, expected output, constraints, and points requiring human approval.

• Create a basic Custom GPT tailored to a defined workplace use case.

• Use NotebookLM and Gamma to organise source material and produce a presentation.

• Build a simple Make.com workflow containing a trigger, an AI-enabled step, conditional logic, and basic error handling.

• Interpret and compare agent-based and workflow-based approaches in terms of flexibility, visibility, cost, reliability, and trust.

• Identify common agent risks and apply basic safeguards such as limits, checkpoints, and human approval.

• Evaluate whether an agentic AI tool is suitable for a specific workplace task before adopting it.

Course Outline

Dr. Agha Ali Raza

Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at LUMS
Founding director of the Center for Speech and Language Technologies (CSaLT)

Rehana Kazi

Faculty Training Lead, Technology Enhanced Learning
Social Media Manager, LUMS Learning Institute
MPhil, Educational Leadership and Administration, LUMS
Bachelor's Degree, Accounting and Finance, IBA

Application Process:

Participants must register online through the CES website by clicking on their desired course and filling out a one-page form. Before starting the registration process, please ensure that you have the following:

- A passport-sized photograph for the CES smartcard. It should be against a white background.

- Correct CNIC details.

Incorrect information provided during the registration process will lead towards cancellation of your enrolment at any stage, and participants will not be entitled to claim a refund.

Once you have completed your online registration, you may proceed to the payment section. You have two options:

1. Pay online using your bank debit/credit cards through LUMS online payment system https://pay.lums.edu.pk

2. Download the fee voucher and deposit cash in any branch of the designated banks specified on the fee voucher.

Once the payment has been made, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 to 48 working hours, and your payment status will be updated to "ENROLLED" in the online application portal.

Installment:

KalPay Taleem offers monthly installments for all CES on-campus courses and workshop fees. For more details, contact via WhatsApp at 0328 3044414 (working hours - 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM), or visit taleem.portal.kalpayfinancials.com/sign-up to apply!

Note: CES may cancel or postpone a course due to insufficient enrolment or unforeseen circumstances. In this case, the university will refund registration/processing fee (if any) but will not be responsible for any other related charges/expenses including cancellation/change charges by airline and travel agencies.

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