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IEEE CIS Summer School hosted by Department of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE registrations are now open. Secure your seat today!Hosted by Department of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE, Pune — June 22–27, 2026.6 Days of intensive residential training with hands-on clinics on GPU-enabled labs.Supported by IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, ARC, and IEEE Pune Section.Earn a prestigious IEEE CIS Certificate of Participation and build industry-grade LLM projects.IEEE CIS Summer School hosted by Department of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE registrations are now open. Secure your seat today!Hosted by Department of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE, Pune — June 22–27, 2026.6 Days of intensive residential training with hands-on clinics on GPU-enabled labs.Supported by IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, ARC, and IEEE Pune Section.Earn a prestigious IEEE CIS Certificate of Participation and build industry-grade LLM projects.

PIMPRI CHINCHWAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CAMPUS

June 22–27, 2026Pune, India

IEEE CIS Summer School • Dept. of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE

Master Fine-Tuning LLMs & Inference Optimization

Name: IEEE CIS Summer School hosted by Department of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE
Start: 2026-06-22
End: 2026-06-27
Location: Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering

An intensive 6-day residential summer school hosted by Department of CSE (AI & ML), PCCOE. Learn from leading researchers and industry experts how to build, optimize, and deploy large language models for real-world applications.

Organized & Supported By

June 22–27, 2026

6-Day Intensive Program

PCCoE Campus

Nigdi, Pune, India

Plenary Presenters

Industry & Academia Leaders

Intensive Days

Full-day learning with tutorials, labs, and discussions

40+

Hours of Content

Comprehensive coverage of core CI topics

10+

Expert Instructors

Leading researchers and industry practitioners

500+

Past Participants

From 40+ countries, all advancing their careers

Why Attend

Designed for Builders, Researchers, and AI Engineers

A 6-day intensive residential program at Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering. Learn from world-class researchers and industry experts in fine-tuning LLMs and inference optimization.

Fine-tune open-source LLMs (LLaMA, Mistral, Phi) using LoRA/QLoRA

Apply quantization (GPTQ, AWQ) to reduce model size and latency

Set up and benchmark LLM serving with vLLM and TGI

Build end-to-end fine-tuning and deployment pipelines

Develop production-grade capstone projects with real applications

Network with industry leaders and earn IEEE CIS certificate

June 22–27, 2026 • Pune, India

Limited to 80 participants. Supported by IEEE CIS and hosted at PCCoE with state-of-the-art GPU-enabled facilities.

Core Modules

What You'll Learn

Comprehensive curriculum covering all major areas of computational intelligence with practical applications.

Neural Networks

Deep dive into artificial neural networks, architectures, and modern deep learning frameworks.

Evolutionary Algorithms

Master genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, and other bio-inspired techniques.

Fuzzy Logic

Learn fuzzy systems, inference engines, and control applications.

Hands-on Labs

Build real systems using Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn.

Expert Networking

Connect with leading researchers and industry professionals in the field.

Career Growth

Advance your skills and credentials with an IEEE CIS certificate.

Curriculum

6-Day Program Schedule

Carefully designed curriculum with expert instruction, hands-on labs, and networking opportunities

Day 1

Monday

June 22, 2026

Foundations of LLM Fine-Tuning

08:30

Opening Ceremony & Welcome

Prof. Pallavi Nikumbh

Discussion

Meet the instructors and fellow participants. Program overview and logistics.

45 minutes

09:15

Plenary: Privacy & Security in LLM Systems

Dr. Debmalya Biswas

Plenary

Understanding big data analytics and security considerations in modern AI.

90 minutes

10:45

Break

30 minutes

11:15

Lecture: Transformer Architecture Review & Pretraining Objectives

Dr. Kishor Burchundi

Lecture

Deep dive into transformer architectures and foundation model training.

120 minutes

13:15

Lunch

60 minutes

14:15

Hands-on Lab: Setting Up Fine-Tuning Environment

Lab Instructors

Lab

Install libraries (HuggingFace, PEFT, bitsandbytes). Configure GPU workstations.

120 minutes

16:30

Break

30 minutes

17:00

Discussion & Reflection

Dr. Anuradha Thakre

Reflection

Q&A, group discussion, and day wrap-up.

90 minutes

Distinguished Faculty & Experts

Plenary Presenters

Renowned professors and industry experts will be presenting.

Our comprehensive six-day curriculum features talks, tutorials, and hands-on clinics led by preeminent researchers and practitioners from top academic institutes and global tech pioneers.

IIT BombayISI KolkataIISER PuneVNIT NagpurNVIDIA (California)UBS (Switzerland)TCS ResearchDassault SystèmesNeilsoftMicrosoft Research Collaborations

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