AI Faculty Fellow Events

Explore how to transition teaching assistants from Custom GPTs and Gemini Gems to Skills, connectors, and plugins. Participants will build and test a working skill while considering privacy, accessibility, accuracy, and human oversight.

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 12:00–1:15 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Mithila Guha, Assistant Professor, Lucas College and Graduate School of Business

Register for the workshop here!

Our team will work with faculty to help transition its key functionality into the new plugin format. 

Please complete the form below if you would like CFETI to assist you with the migration of your Custom GPT.

Learn how AI-integrated assignments can promote critical thinking, reflection, revision, and deeper learning. Participants will redesign one of their own assignments and leave with a ready-to-use version.

Date: Tuesdays, October 27, 2026
Time: 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: AI Center for Civic and Social Good
Facilitator: Wendy Lee, Associate Professor, College of Science

Register for the workshop here!

Hear personal stories from students and faculty about how AI has shaped their academic and campus experiences. Attendees can participate in a story wall, vote for the Audience Choice award, and join conversations about AI on campus.

Date: Monday, November 9, 2026
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Location: King Library Digital Humanities Center
Facilitator: Vishnu S. Pendyala, Associate Professor, College of Information, Data and Society

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Inspired by Dr. Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms, this interactive professional development workshop explores how faculty can use AI to foster deeper thinking, meaningful collaboration, productive struggle, and student independence. Participants will redesign a classroom activity using thinking classroom principles and intentional AI integration

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Jila Maleksalehi, Lecturer, Connie L. Lurie College of Education

Register for the workshop here!

Take part in a cross-disciplinary conversation about AI disclosure practices in teaching, research, scholarship, and creative activity. Faculty will share perspectives, discuss ethical and practical concerns, and explore areas of common ground.

Date: Monday, November 16, 2026
Time: 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: MLK Library AI Center
Facilitators: Jason Aleksander, Professor, College of Humanities and the Arts and Kerri Malloy, Associate Professor, College of Social Sciences

Registration opens soon!

This webinar will feature panelists from various departments and will introduce key topics, including Draft, Verify, Approve: A Responsible Workflow for AI-Assisted Course Prep; How to Avoid AI Hallucination; and Cautionary Use of AI and Assessing Dangers to Professions and Society, etc.

Date: Friday, November 20, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom 
Facilitator: Ni Zhang, Associate Professor, College of Health & Human Sciences

Register for the webinar here! 

Human + AI: How Engineering Faculty Are Transforming Teaching and Research
This interdisciplinary faculty panel will explore how engineering professors are using AI to transform teaching, research, data analysis, and technical practice. Dr. Sravani Vadlamani will lead a discussion featuring faculty lightning talks, a moderated roundtable, and audience Q&A on responsible, ethical, and human-centered AI adoption across engineering disciplines.

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 
Time: To be announced
Location: To be announced
Facilitator: Dr. Sravani Vadlamani, Assistant Professor, Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering

Registration opens soon!

 Monday, January 26, 2025, 12:00 p.m. PT, Zoom (Online)
Host: Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, Mark Ammar Rayes (Computer Engineering)
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Designed for SJSU engineering faculty to explore and implement GenAI tools in curriculum and student project workflows, with hands-on demonstrations, discussion-based learning, and examples of academic and industry best practices.

Thursday, September 11, 2025, DiNapoli Honors Commons (DHC), University Library (In-Person)
Host: University Library, Sharesly Rodriguez
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Two-hour workshop building a RAG chatbot using Streamlit, LlamaIndex, and Gemini.
Please register here

Thursday, October 2, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT, DiNapoli Honors Commons (DHC), University Library (In-Person)
Host: University Library, Sharesly Rodriguez (AI Librarian)
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Learn about the newly enabled AI Research Assistant in OneSearch; get strategies for getting started, see how the tool supports searching, and discuss benefits and limitations.

Thursday, October 9, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT, Sweeney Hall 449 (In-Person)
Host: College of Education, Lara Ervin-Kassab
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Hands-on session to integrate AI with accessibility and belonging; explore tools for diverse learners, apply UDL principles, examine privacy/bias/environmental impacts, and design equitable learning experiences.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 12:00–2:00 p.m. PT, Zoom (Online)
Host: College of Science, Gianmarc Grazioli (Chemistry)
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Beginner-friendly session using ChatGPT to generate plotting code and refining it in Google Colab; first half with provided datasets, second half supports participants’ own datasets.

Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT, DiNapoli Honors Commons (DHC), University Library (In-Person)
Host: University Library, Sharesly Rodriguez
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

A beginner-friendly introduction to everyday AI in plain language, key terms, and practical tips for thoughtful, responsible use.

Thursday, October 23, 2025, 10:00–11:15 a.m. PT, MLK 225 (Hybrid)
Host: College of Social Sciences, Priya Raman (Communication Studies)
Format: Panel
Open to other colleges: Yes

Student and faculty voices on the use of AI in the classroom challenges and opportunities.

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT, Zoom (Online)
Host: CIDS, Souvick Ghosh (School of Information)
Format: Workshop (Tentative)
Open to other colleges: Yes

Introduces “vibe coding,” an intent-first, AI-assisted way to create software and content by describing the audience, feel, and constraints in natural language, then iterating with feedback while maintaining human judgment.

Friday, October 31, 2025, 10:00–11:45am PT, Washington Square Hall 119 (Hybrid)
Host: Jason Aleksander, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities and Arts AI Faculty Fellow
Format: 75-minute workshop with 5–7 minute presentations followed by group discussion
Location: Washington Square Hall 119 and via Zoom
Open to other colleges: Yes, (only if attendees wear costumes)

Presentation and discussion of concrete AI assignments; share ideas and get feedback; some presentations are assignment-focused, others address broader problem-solving.

Join us for a lively, hands-on workshop exploring creative and critical uses of generative AI in teaching and learning.

We’ll feature short “trick-or-treat” presentations (5–7 minutes), collaborative brainstorming, and experiments with classroom applications of generative AI tools. Costumes optional; curiosity required.

Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT, DiNapoli Honors Commons (DHC), University Library (In-Person)
Host: University Library, Sharesly Rodriguez
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Practical techniques to guide AI tools effectively; common use cases. Check out the event page.

Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. PT, Zoom (Online)
Host: Lucas College & Graduate School of Business, Mithila Guha (Marketing & Business Analytics)
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Student-focused training on how AI works, key terminology, hands-on exploration, responsible use strategies, and campus resources to navigate AI effectively and ethically.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 10:00–11:00 a.m. PT, Zoom (Online)
Host: College of Health & Human Sciences, Ni Zhang (Public Health & Recreation)
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Quick review of AI Literacy Essentials (applications; responsible use; campus resources), plus a teaching-with-AI showcase and breakout discussions on syllabus AI policy language.

 Monday, January 26, 2025, 12:00 p.m. PT, Zoom (Online)
Host: Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, Mark Ammar Rayes (Computer Engineering)
Format: Workshop
Open to other colleges: Yes

Designed for SJSU engineering faculty to explore and implement GenAI tools in curriculum and student project workflows, with hands-on demonstrations, discussion-based learning, and examples of academic and industry best practices.