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Discover resources and training opportunities to get you started with AI, explore real-world use cases, learn how Microsoft Copilot can enhance your work, and build practical skills through hands-on workshops across Northwestern.

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Upcoming AI Workshops Across Northwestern

Sep
11
2026

Open SkAI 2026 (Annual Conference)

All Day
The SkAI Institute’s annual Open SkAI conference, aims to enhance and generate new directions in Astro-AI research. A ce...
Sep
11
2026

Introduction to Machine Learning in Python (Chicago)

9:30 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Learn how to perform foundational machine learning tasks in Python using the popular scikit-learn package. This workshop...
Sep
14
2026

AI for Research: A Practical Introduction to Using Generative AI (Chicago)

1:00 PM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
A beginner-friendly introduction to using generative AI tools effectively. If you’re not yet using generative AI regula...
Sep
15
2026

AI for Research: Coding with AI Assistance (Chicago)

9:30 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Integrate a chat-based AI coding assistant into your daily research programming workflow. This hands-on workshop shows ...
Sep
15
2026

Get to Know Copilot at Northwestern

11:00 AM
Learn about Northwestern’s authorized generative AI tool, Copilot. In this workshop you will learn about:  -Accessing an...
Sep
16
2026

AI for Research: Get Started Safely with AI Coding Agents (Chicago)

9:30 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Set up a coding agent securely and learn permissions, risks, and workflows with Claude Code or Codex. Curious about wor...
Sep
16
2026

AI for Research: Linking VS Code to LLMs (Chicago)

1:00 PM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Set up and compare cloud-based and local AI coding assistants in VS Code to choose the right tools for your work. Get y...
Sep
17
2026

AI for Research: AI for Data Visualization (Chicago)

10:00 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Learn how to use AI to rapidly visualize data, from prototypes to publications, using effective prompting and AI-generat...
Sep
17
2026

AI for Research: Workflow Strategies for AI Agents (Chicago)

1:00 PM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Learn strategies for working with AI coding agents more effectively to improve outcomes and reliability for research. G...
Sep
22
2026

FORGE Summer Poster Session

3:30 PM
Join us for the FORGE Summer Poster Session, where students and project teams will showcase the innovative work they hav...
Sep
23
2026

Quest Orientation (Virtual)

1:00 PM
New users of Quest, Northwestern’s high-performance computing cluster, are encouraged to attend to learn best practices....
Sep
23
2026

Math+AI Panel | The role of the human mathematician in the age of AI

3:00 PM Lunt Hall, 2033 Sheridan Road
Join us for a panel discussion focusing on why we do what we do, our purpose, why did we choose this career, how we see ...
Sep
23
2026

Colloquium | Lionel Levine (Cornell)

4:00 PM Lunt Hall, 2033 Sheridan Road
TBD
Sep
24
2026

From Generation to Validation: Your Role in Prompting

1:00 PM
Learn how to get more useful results from generative AI while developing the skills to assess those results critically. ...
Sep
24
2026

Math+AI Panel | The lay of the land

4:00 PM Lunt Hall, 2033 Sheridan Road
Join us for a panel discussing the landscape of Math+AI led by Ben Antieau and Bryna Kra. 
Sep
28
2026

Perspectives on AI Risk — William Regli

10:00 AM Chambers Hall, 600 Foster St
Join us for the kickoff of our Fall Distinguished Speaker series with our first event featuring William Regli, a pioneer...
Sep
29
2026

CS Seminar: Manuela Veloso

11:00 AM Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library), 2233 Tech Drive
Tuesday / CS Seminar September 29 / 11:00 AM Hybrid / Mudd 3514 Speaker Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University Talk ...
Sep
29
2026

Learning Cellular Organization and Function Across Scales – Jian Ma

1:00 PM Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E. Superior
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Jian Ma, a pioneering leader in computational biology and...
Sep
30
2026

WED@NICO Seminar Series returns on September 30, 2026

12:00 PM Chambers Hall, 600 Foster St
The Wednesdays@NICO seminar series returns September 30, 2026, running through November 11, 2026, with the following spe...
Sep
30
2026

Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC) Orientation (Virtual)

2:00 PM
Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC) Orientations onboard new users to the GCC and inform them of the best practices for using...
Oct
2
2026

Computation + Journalism Symposium

1:00 PM
The 2026 Computation + Journalism Symposium (C+J) is a space for anyone working at or curious about the intersection bet...
Oct
3
2026

Computation + Journalism Symposium

8:45 AM McCormick Foundation Center, 1870 Campus Drive
The 2026 Computation + Journalism Symposium (C+J) is a space for anyone working at or curious about the intersection bet...
Oct
5
2026

Quest Orientation (Virtual)

10:00 AM
New users of Quest, Northwestern’s high-performance computing cluster, are encouraged to attend to learn best practices....
Oct
7
2026

Working from the Command Line (Chicago)

11:00 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Learn to work from the command line in a terminal to interface with remote compute resources. Working from the command ...
Oct
7
2026

Using AI to Improve Digital Accessibility

1:30 PM
Does ensuring that your digital materials are accessible feel overwhelming? Learn how to use AI to make accessibility mo...
Oct
14
2026

Transferring Genomic Data to Quest (Chicago)

11:00 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Transferring genomic data to Northwestern's HPC cluster. Public genomic repositories such as the Gene Expression Omnibus...
Oct
14
2026

Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC) Orientation (In Person)

2:00 PM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC) Orientations onboard new users to the GCC and inform them of the best practices for using...
Oct
21
2026

Sequencing Filetypes and Quality Control (Chicago)

11:00 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Understanding sequencing filetypes and generating QC metrics. Sequencing data is essential to many computational biolog...
Oct
21
2026

Quest Orientation (Virtual)

1:00 PM
New users of Quest, Northwestern’s high-performance computing cluster, are encouraged to attend to learn best practices....
Oct
21
2026

SkAI Colloquium

1:00 PM 172 E. Chestnut St., Suite 3500
The SkAI Colloquia series features presentations from leading scholars and researchers working at the intersection of As...

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