Primer: AI Coding Assistant

Overview

Instructor(s): Keegan Smith

Time: Friday, November 7, 2025 1:30PM-2:30PM CT

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisite(s): Active ACCESS ID

This course is a hands-on introduction to using the Jupyter AI Assistant on Texas A&M's ACES cluster. Attendees will launch a session via Open OnDemand, load the provided notebook, choose the HPRC-hosted model, and complete four short labs.

Course Materials

The presentation slides will be made available as downloadable PDF files.

Learning Objectives

In this course, participants will:

  • Launch a session on ACES via Open OnDemand
  • Load a provided Jupyter notebook
  • Set up a session
  • Use AI-assisted debugging
  • Build MNIST classifiers in PyTorch and TensorFlow

Note: During the class attendees will complete the tasks and exercises on their own devices, following with the instructor.