Students gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI tools and learn from UCLA's leading AI researchers and faculty in a world-class university setting.
The UCLA Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) offers a rigorous three-week pre-college program with a Generative AI track. This immersive, in-person experience at the UCLA campus is designed for high school students passionate about computer science and artificial intelligence. The curriculum introduces the foundations and modern techniques of Generative AI, adapted from existing UCLA CS courses like Machine Learning (CS146) and Natural Language Processing (CS162). Students will explore a wide range of generative AI tasks, including language generation, mathematical reasoning, and multimodal generation. The program covers foundational algorithms and methods such as neural networks, representation learning, and large language models. Through lectures, hands-on projects, and homework assignments, participants will learn the machine learning principles that enable generative systems to learn from large-scale data and produce coherent, structured outputs. The program culminates in a tutor-supervised capstone project, allowing students to apply learned techniques and gain practical skills in building and experimenting with generative models. Upon successful completion, students receive either an official certificate or course credit, depending on their chosen enrollment track.
A typical day involves morning lectures from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, followed by group discussions and labs in the afternoon from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
This program is ideal for high school students (grades 10-12) with a keen interest in AI and some prior Python coding experience, along with a strong math background (AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB recommended).
UCLA campus, Los Angeles, CA
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