AI Spring School 2026

AI Foundations and
Frontiers for the Future

Two Days of AI from Strong Foundations to the Frontiers Beyond LLMs

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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

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Dr. Mark Finlayson

Florida International University

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Dr. Muhammad Adnan Siddique

Information Technology University

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Dr. Muhammad Tahir

Lahore University of Management Science

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Dr. Ihsan Ayyub Qazi

Lahore University of Management Science

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Dr. Momina Moetesum

National University of Science & Technology

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Dr. Rizwan Ahmed Khan

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

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Dr. Murtaza Taj

Lahore University of Management Science

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Dr. Muhammad Atif Tahir

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

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Dr. Arif Mahmood

Information Technology University

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Dr. Muhammad Sher Daudpota

Sukkur Institute of Business Administration

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Dr. Usman Qayyum

AI Resolve

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Dr. Zubair Khalid

Lahore University of Management Science

 

What to Expect

Panel Discussion

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.

Research Talks

8 Talks by renowned faculty members and researchers from universities across Pakistan covering emerging directions in AI, core methods, and real-world applications.
 

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

PhD

Nausherwan Malik

Data/AI Engineer

Usama Imdad

AI Engineer

From strong foundations to meaningful AI innovation

Venue

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

Registration

Limited seats available : Register Now

Contact

Email: city@lums.edu.pk