Presentation day for the 2024 Gen AI SW Development Bootcamp, held over Google Meet.

Highlights from our eight-week bootcamp on Gen AI and the Future of Software Development, organized by Computer Science for Equity & Beyond (CSEB) and VC.in.Taiwan. Under the guidance of Coach Alwin Lin, the course demystified machine learning concepts and introduced high school students to large language models like ChatGPT.

Learning outcomes

Mastered machine learning basics with Teachable Machine
Learned Python and how to work with APIs
Built a content summarization bot with the Whisper and GPT APIs
Learned the fundamentals of chatbot development
Automated web searches and information gathering
Shipped a Portfolio AI project combining everything above

Week by week

Week 1: Teachable Machine & project forethought

Machine learning basics and end-to-end development, hands-on.

Week 2: APIs and basic Python

Python syntax, API calls, and speech-to-text with the Whisper API.

Week 3: Building a summary bot

A bot that transcribes YouTube videos and writes Markdown summaries with GPT.

Week 4: Preparing the web search bot

Web scraping with requests and BeautifulSoup, plus LangChain tools.

Week 5: Coding the web search bot

A research bot integrating scraping and API calls, hosted on Streamlit.

Week 6: Portfolio AI workshop

An AI-powered portfolio bot to help with college applications.

Weeks 7–9: Group projects

Teams built a gen-AI project of their choosing and presented to the class.

Skills acquired

Python proficiency, from syntax to advanced libraries
Practical API knowledge in real projects
Core machine learning concepts
Interactive bots with scraping, NLP, and summarization

Thanks to every participant, and to guest speaker Jainam Shah (March 8, 2024). We’re proud of what these students accomplished.

Gen AI & The Future of SW Development Bootcamp