Program Focus
From strong foundations to meaningful AI innovation
April 4-5, 2026
AI Spring School 2026
Two Days of AI from Strong Foundations to the Frontiers Beyond LLMs
About
At its core, the AI Spring School is designed as a platform for bringing together top researchers and industry professionals from across Pakistan to engage in meaningful dialogue on AI foundations, emerging frontiers, and future directions for education, research, and industry.
Speakers
What to Expect
01
Panel Discussions
Focused conversations on AI in education, the future of work, and applying AI to local challenges in Pakistan, highlighting industry readiness, skills development, infrastructure, and strategic adoption.
02
Research Talks
Talks by renowned faculty members and researchers from universities across Pakistan covering emerging directions in AI, core methods, and real-world applications.
03
Technical Workshop
An intensive hands-on workshop covering LLM foundations, core concepts, linguistic annotation and corpus curation (by Mark Finlayson), and a deep dive into the mathematical intuition and internal formulation of large language models.
Activities & Schedule
Who Should Attend
1
Faculty members and researchers
2
AI and data professionals from industry
3
MS and PhD students
4
Senior undergraduate students
5
Anyone interested in AI fundamentals and real-world impact
Organizers
Dr. Zubair Khalid
Associate Professor
Mina Rafael Arif
Program Manager
Omer Abdul Jalil
AI Engineer
Salaar Khan
PhD Research Scholar
Nausherwan Malik
Data/AI Engineer
Usama Imdad
AI Engineer
Venue
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
Registration
Limited seats available : Register Now
Contact
Email: city@lums.edu.pk