CS 498 FU4

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in computer science intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Understanding and Building AI Agents. This course provides an overview of modern AI agents with a heavy emphasis on implementation. You will learn prompting techniques, agentic loops, modern techniques for splitting work across agents, mechanisms that let people steer agents while they run, and other advanced topics. There will be a heavy emphasis on the final project. In lieu of a textbook, this course will require ~$100 of LLM credits. We will try to provide free API access (for example, open-source models hosted on campus), but please be prepared to pay for LLM usage. There will be online and in person components. You are responsible for completing homeworks, quizzes, and projects. Prerequisites: CS 447 and one of CS 440, 441, 446. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/CSregister