BIP: Artificial Intelligence for European University Alliances: Research, Teaching and Administration

Where will this BIP be?

This BIP will take place in the Edificio del Rectorado, Avda. Cervantes, 2, 29071, Málaga, Spain.

Who can join this BIP?

This BIP is aimed at university administrative staff and professors passionate about AI in general, and specifically about AI Agents.

When and where is this BIP taking place?

• Virtual component: 18th of May 2026.
• Physical component: 15-19th of June 2026.
• Location of the physical component: University of Málaga (Málaga, Spain)

What will you learn?  ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

• Virtual component:
• • What's an AI Agent?
  • Main types of AI Agents
  • Uses in universities
  • Data needed to train AI Agents
• Physical component:
• • AI Agents in Higher Education: technical, legal and ethical aspects.
  • Learning how to create a new AI Agent
  • AI Agents for education: create your own agent.
  • AI Agents for research: create your own agent.
  • AI Agents for administrative tasks: create your own agent.

Programme for the Virtual Component 

1. What are AI Agents
2. How do they work
3. • The LLM
   • The AI Agent server
   • The Agent
4. Homework: Download and setup your Tommilite Agent server

Programme for the Physical Component  ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Day 1 – Introduction to AI agents in European Universities Alliances

• 10:00 – 10:30 - Registration & Welcome session. Introduction to the BIP objectives, agenda and expected outcomes 
• 10:30 – 11:30 - Theory: Agent workflows, Agent types, System promts, Evaluation... 
• 11:30 – 12:00 - Coffee break
• 12:00 – 13:30 - Observe and explore: One-shot architecture
• 13:30 – 14:30 - Lunch break
• 14:30 – 16:00 - Challenge: Create a Oneshot agent that informs about your University

Day 2 – AI for Research and Innovation

• 10:00 – 11:30 - Theory: RAG architecture
• 11:30 – 12:00 - Coffee break
• 12:00 – 13:30 - Observe and explore: Tools to create research assistants with RAG architecture
• 13:30 – 14:30 - Lunch break
• 14:30 – 16:00 - Challenge: Create a basic RAG research assistant

Day 3 – AI in Teaching and Learning

• 10:00 – 11:30 - Theory: teaching assistants. Keynote: Francisco Rejón Guardia (UMA)
• 11:30 – 12:00 - Coffee break
• 12:00 – 13:30 - Observe and explore: Reliable Research assistants with advanced RAG architecture
• 13:30 – 14:30 - Lunch break
• 14:30 – 16:00 - Challenge: Create your virtual tutor

Day 4 – AI for University Management and Administration

• 10:00 – 11:30 - Theory: Toolcall agents (Text2SQL)
• 11:30 – 12:00 - Coffee break
• 12:00 – 13:30 - Observe and explore: Database access in research/administration
• 13:30 – 14:30 - Lunch break
• 14:30 – 16:00 - Challenge: Create you DB query system

Day 5 – Ethical and legal aspects & Future Collaboration

• 09:00 – 10:00 - AI & Law & Ethics. Keynote speaker 1 | Jorge Villalobos Portales (Law Faculty, UMA)
• 10:00 – 11:00 - AI & Law & Ethics. Keynote speaker 2 | Gómez Jiménez, María Luisa (Law Faculty, UMA)
• 11:00 – 11:30 - Coffee break
• 11:30 – 12:15 - Roundtable discussion: Future collaboration within UNINOVIS and beyond
• 12:15 – 12:30 - Closing ceremony and certificate delivery

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