The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SRM University-AP is set to organise a five-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Scalable LLMs and Multimodal Agentic AI Systems” from May 11 to 15, 2026, in collaboration with Global Infoventures Pvt. Ltd.. The programme aims to equip faculty members, researchers, and PhD scholars with advanced knowledge and practical expertise in the rapidly evolving domains of Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Multimodal AI systems.
Designed as an intensive hands-on learning experience, the FDP will provide participants with exposure to cutting-edge AI frameworks and deployment tools including Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LangGraph, FastAPI, Docker, and vLLM. The sessions will focus on scalable AI model training using NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, parameter-efficient fine-tuning techniques such as PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA, and the development of intelligent agentic workflows and multimodal applications.
A major highlight of the programme is its practical orientation, featuring hands-on RAG pipeline implementation, multimodal AI and vision-language model integration, and deployment strategies for real-world AI systems. Participants will also engage in a capstone project integrating multimodal and LLM capabilities to solve practical challenges.
The FDP is expected to serve as a collaborative platform for academicians and researchers to explore emerging research directions, publication opportunities, and innovative AI-driven applications shaping the future of computing and intelligent systems.
The organising committee includes Dr Ashu Abdul, Dr M Naveen Kumar, Dr Saleti Sumalatha, and Dr Sunil Chinnadurai from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.