Teaching Machines to See: From Rules to Vision-Language Models

​Three Eras of Computer Vision: Rules, Neural Networks, and Vision-Language Models

​How has AI learned to "see"? Join us at Northeastern University’s downtown Vancouver campus on September 17 with Dr. Lino Coria, Teaching Professor at Northeastern Vancouver and Program Director of MS in Artificial Intelligence, for a hands-on workshop exploring the evolution of computer vision.

​Working with the same image classification task throughout the session, you'll experience three generations of AI: traditional rule-based computer vision, pretrained neural networks, and today's vision-language models. Through interactive demonstrations and guided activities, you'll see how each approach interprets visual information, where its strengths and limitations lie, and how modern AI has transformed the field.

​Designed for developers, technical professionals, and AI enthusiasts, but accessible to anyone with an interest in AI, this workshop focuses on concepts rather than code, no machine learning background is required. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how modern AI systems process and reason about images.

​📅 Date & Time: Thursday, September 17 | 5-7pm
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