Course Introduction
Welcome, team introductions, module outline, schedule, coursework, and grading.
emba X5 · Essentials III
Cognitive Technologies
Workshop slide decks
Wednesday · 08 July 2026
| from 08:30 | Welcome coffee |
| Rock Jock of the Day: Aline Crouquet | |
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Course Introduction Welcome, module outline & coursework Team introductions ETH AI Center & IVIA Module outline & grading |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Intro to AI From Machine Learning to Transformers Online slides PDF download What is AI? ML & deep learning Attention & transformers |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | AI in Practice & Agentic AI Online slides PDF download Which tool for which job Context engineering Skills & tool calling Autonomous workflows |
| Lunch | |
| 13:45 – 15:00 | AI-based Products & Services From prototype to product Real-world use cases |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | AI Explainability & Safety Online slides PDF download Bias detection Explainable AI (XAI) ML & LLM basics Trustworthy AI |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Wrap-up & Reflection Key takeaways Open Q&A |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Apéro & Series Kick-off with Amina ETH GLC Foyer |
Intro to AI
From machine learning to transformers: encodings, embeddings, generalization, and deep learning.
AI in Practice & Agentic AI
From data, tasks and the right tool to skills, contracts, and autonomous agentic workflows.
AI-based Products & Services
Alex's afternoon session on moving from prototypes to dependable products and services.
Explainability & Safety
Looking inside the black box — and where AI goes wrong: bias, robustness, hallucinations & how to validate outputs.