Final Project

The final project is the centrepiece of this module (100% of grade). You will experiment and build a complete AI system demonstrating your ability to address a narrow research question and design and implement a foundational model-based applications.

Project Topics

A list of projects will be shared on Canvas. You may select one of the provided topics and outline your strategy in your proposal. If you prefer to pursue your own idea, you must obtain the instructor's permission beforehand via. email.

Requirements

Projects may be completed individually or in pairs. Your project must demonstrate competency in at least three of:

• Prompt engineering and in-context learning
• Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Fine-tuning (LoRA, instruction tuning, RLHF)
• Multimodal AI (vision, audio)
• Agentic systems (tool use, planning, multi-agent)
• Production deployment (APIs, optimisation, monitoring)

AI Tools Usage Policy

Please refer to the AI Usage Policy and Academic Integrity section on the policies page.

Timeline

Milestone	Due Date	Weight
Proposal (2 pages)	July 2, 2026	5%
Proposal Interview	July 2, 2026	10%
Final Report (4 pages)	August 13, 2026	10%
Vide Demo (1 min)	August 15, 2026	5%
Vide Presentation (5 min)	August 15, 2026	10%
Interview (3 min)	August 15, 2026	30%