2026 AI Bootcamp

August 6th - October 9th | FREE

Registration

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Florida State University

An engaging exploration of AI fundamentals and their applications in Chemistry.

*Please bring your own laptop and create an account on your preferred large language model (LLM) platform before the bootcamp.

Program Schedule

  • Welcome, Arrive and Meet

  • Overview and Introduction

  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

  • Large Language Models

  • Guest Lecture: Autonomous Materials Synthesis by Dr. Elias Nakouzi (PNNL)

❋ Day 1: August 6th 2026

  • Data Analysis Using LLMs

  • History: From Perceptrons to Modern AI

  • Guest Lecture: Agentic AI by Dr. Gordon Erlebacher

  • Agentic AI Project Workshop

❋ Day 2: August 7th 2026

  • Guest Lecture: AI and Copyright by Dr. Scott Schmucker

  • Guest Lecture: AI Literacy for Navigating Bias by Dr. Seul Lee

  • Guest Lecture: AI Alignment by Dr. Yushun Dong

  • Career Planning with AI

  • Featured Talk: Natural Products in the AI Era by Dr. Edward Kalkreuter

  • Panel Discussion: Drs. Wenjun Xie (UF), Fang Liu (Emory), Gabe Gomez (Google X/CMU), and Nathan Collins (Synfini)

❋ Day 3: August 19th 2026

  • Guest Lecture: AI and Research Conduct by Dr. Mike Wolfe

  • Featured Talk: AI-enabled Discovery of New Materials by a Non-computational Chemist by Dr. Mike Shatruk

  • Featured Talk: Identifying Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Use and the Impact of Question Design on Multiple-Choice, General Chemistry Exams by Dr. Ken Hanson

  • AI Detection

❋ Day 4: September 25th 2026

  • Guest Lecture: AI Policies and Mental Health by Dr. Robert Fuselier

  • AI Debate: Will AI Expand or Reduce Career Opportunities for Chemists? Opportunities and challenges of AI in the future workforce.

❋ Day 5: October 2nd 2026

  • AI Debate: Can Artificial Intelligence Accelerate Learning in Chemistry? Benefits, Risks, and Future of AI in Education.

❋ Day 6: October 9th 2026

  • "I'd like to use AI to better search for references. The breadth of scientific literature is incredibly large, and it is very slow to find what you need by hand, especially if you are looking for methods."

  • "What I love most is the acitivities in this bootcamp. Even as a total beginner, I never felt lost."

  • "I plan to use AI generating or debugging code, explaining concepts or papers I'm struggling with and conduct literature search."