AI for Computational Design and Manufacturing - Course Schedule

Instructors: Wojciech Matusik (MIT)

Teaching Fellow: Rashmi Banthia (Harvard University)

 

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Time	Day 1 – July 21	Day 2 – July 22	Day 3 – July 23	Day 4 – July 24	Day 5 – July 25
9:00am - 10:45am	Module 1: LLM-Driven Parametric CAD Workflows	Module 3: Predictive Modeling & Responsible AI in Engineering	Module 5: Computer Vision for Quality Control & Robotic Inspection	Module 7: Validating, Securing & Trusting Engineering AI Models	Module 9: Multi-Objective Optimization for Manufacturing Processes
10:45am - 12:30pm	Module 1: Hands-On Prompt-Based CAD Generation	Module 3: Hands-On Model Training + MLflow Experiment Tracking	Module 5: Hands-On Defect Detection with CNN / Vision Transformer Models	Module 7: Hands-On Cross-Validation, Uncertainty & Adversarial Robustness	Module 9: Hands-On Multi-Objective Optimization for Manufacturing Processes
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
1:30pm -   3:15pm	Module 2: Generative AI Agents for Engineering Analysis	Module 4: AI-Optimized CAM: Subtractive, Additive & RL Paths	Module 6: Neural Surrogates & Transformers for Materials Simulation	Module 8: Sim-to-Real Calibration, TinyML & Streaming Digital Twins	Module 10: Integration Framework & Workflow Customization
3:15pm -   5:00pm	Module 2: Build & Test a LLM Engineering Agent	Module 4: Hands-On Tool-Path Optimization & Sustainability Metrics	Module 6: Hands-On Simulation Surrogate Training + Bayesian Hyper-Tuning	Module 8: Hands-On Live Sensor Calibration & Real-Time Twin Update	Module 10: Hands-On End-to-End AI Engineering Workflow Build-Out