Emerging Technologies' AI: Community of Practice (AICoP) is a multidisciplinary gathering of curious minds, exploring the practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) at Columbia University. The community provides a platform for learning, discussion, and experimentation—helping to demystify AI, encourage exploration, and foster inclusive collaboration.
AICoP continues with a practical look at prompt and context engineering. Understanding of both will help you get reliable results from language models in research, teaching, and administration. The session will be led by Spencer Ames, Associate AI Analyst, and John P. Martin, Emerging Technologist, at CUIT Emerging Technologies.
Through clear examples and a live demo, we’ll cover beginner-to-intermediate use cases and show how to apply these techniques within Columbia’s trusted AI environments.
Agenda
- Opening Remarks
- Prompt Engineering Essentials
- What a good promot looks like
- Prompting template and library
- Introduction to Context Engineering
- “Context” is everything the model sees: instructions, examples, tools, etc.
- How to budget attention
- Live Demo
- Prompt tune-up and how to give a simple agent the right context to maximize effectiveness
- Q&A Session
- Open discussion on applications in your field
Meeting Details
Date: November 21st
Time: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
You will need a Zoom account to join the session. If you do NOT already have a Zoom account, visit columbiauniversity.zoom.us and Sign in with your UNI to create your basic Zoom account.
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