Course Schedule

Power Systems and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

8:30 AM – 9:30 AMArrival and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:45 AMSession 1: Grid Operation Basics
10:45 AM – 11:00 AMBreak
11:00 AM – 12:15 PMSession 2: Introduction to AI and Its Recent Advances in Power Systems
12:15 PM – 1:15 PMLunch
1:15 PM – 2:30 PMSession 3: Energy-efficient AI Infrastructure I: datacenter architecture, LLM training, and inference systems
2:30 PM – 2:45 PMBreak
2:45 PM – 4:00 PMSession 4: Energy-efficient AI Infrastructure II: datacenter architecture, LLM training, and inference systems
4:00 PM – 4:30 PMSession 5: Green AI Report and Use Cases
4:30 PM – 5:00 PMClosing Ceremonies

All sessions will be taught by Program Co-Directors Le Xie, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harvard SEAS; and Minlan Yu, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard SEAS.