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.