Global AI Coimbatore

This event and the sessions are curated for students and professionals who are serious about building strong engineering foundations in the AI era.

## Event Agenda

09:30 – 09:50 Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome Note
10:15 – 11:00 Keynote Session – Don't Be a Copilot Passenger: Why Foundations Matters When AI Writes the Code by Raju Kandaswamy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajukandasamy/)
11:00 – 11:15 Ice Breaker
11:15 – 12:00 Session 1 – Evolving Your Career with AI: What to Learn, What to Unlearn by Muthaiah Thiagarajan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/muthaiahthiagaraja)
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 02:00 Session 2 – From Arrays to AI: A Hands-on Session by Lovelyn Rose (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lovelyn-rose-b099696a/)
Don’t Be a Copilot Passenger: Why Foundation matters when AI writes code
· As AI-powered coding tools become everyday companions for developers, strong foundations in data structures and algorithms remain essential for building reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient systems.
· This talk explores how AI-generated code can fail without sound engineering judgment, highlighting real-world scenarios where inefficient logic impacts performance, scalability, and cloud costs.
· The session connects core DSA concepts—time and space complexity, optimized searching, graph traversal, and problem decomposition—to modern AI and software engineering workflows.
· Attendees will understand why companies continue to evaluate DSA skills: not to test tool usage, but to assess structured thinking, optimization ability, and decision-making beyond AI assistance.

Evolving Your Career with AI: What to Learn, What to Unlearn
· AI is transforming job roles, not eliminating them—success depends on blending AI tools with strong fundamentals like problem-solving, system thinking, and DSA.
· This session clarifies which skills remain timeless and which need adaptation, helping students build strong foundations early and professional upskill without restarting their careers.
· Attendees will gain insight into how hiring, promotions, and career growth are evaluated in the AI era, enabling smarter, future-proof career decisions.
From Arrays to AI: A Hands-on Session
· The trainer introduces a core DSA concept from first principles and reinforces understanding through an interactive quiz and discussion.
· The session demonstrates how the same concept is applied in a simple AI use case such as data preprocessing, recommendation logic, or intent matching.
· Participants engage in a guided, hands-on coding walkthrough to see how foundational DSA directly translates into real-world AI workflows.