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Workshop Update

Dear DSH Hacks participants,

We want to apologize for the delays in getting these workshop announcements out. Thank you for your patience, dedication, and continued support throughout DSH Hacks V1. It means a lot to us.

Here are the planned Live Workshops and Judge Q&As coming up. Join whichever fit your schedule!

 

July 7 — Judge Q&A

Talk to Your Data: How AI Is Changing Dashboards

Presented by Prabu Deivendran

11:00 – 11:30 AM EST

https://meet.google.com/zyu-zqto-azq

How AI is layered onto tools like Tableau and Power BI, and what it means for data careers.

 

July 8 — Live Workshop

From STEM Journey to Trustworthy AI Systems

Presented by Ravi Teja Reddy Mandala

11:00 – 11:30 AM EST

https://meet.google.com/uef-qkjr-mdc

Cloud reliability, safe AI deployment, monitoring, and incident response, with a mini activity diagnosing a simulated production issue. Best suited for students interested in AI, cloud, software engineering, cybersecurity, or STEM career growth.

 

July 9 — Live Workshops

Must-Know Tools for Platform Engineers

Presented by Bedil Karimov

4:00 – 4:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/hfd-ivru-aad

What it takes to be a Platform Engineer, including key skills, tools, and a realistic career timeline.

 

Distributed Database

Presented by Sarvesh Gupta

5:30 – 6:00 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/mqq-paaj-fcm

Learn how the databases behind apps like Instagram, Uber, and your bank scale across thousands of machines without falling over. Best suited for students with basic SQL knowledge or an intro databases course.

 

July 10 — Judge Q&As + Live Workshop

How Do I Protect Data Using AI

Presented by Siyuan Feng

7:00 – 7:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/vob-kspk-ted

Learn how a project called TDM started to protect test data in a corporate environment and how significant portions of the work were automated using AI. Best suited for people seeking AI applications in the data field.

 

Introduction to Quantitative Finance / Research

Presented by Eshan A

9:00 – 10:00 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/oor-xjui-hfm

Covers python, stats, hypothesis testing, time series analysis, and financial markets. Best suited for students ages 13 and up.

 

Search to Intelligence: RAG Driven Agents

Presented by Maulik Bhatt

11:00 – 11:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/cbw-fdwy-cst

Learn how modern AI systems evolve from simple search into intelligent agent driven experiences using Retrieval Augmented Generation, reasoning workflows, and autonomous agents. Ideal for students and aspiring AI engineers.

 

July 11 — Live Workshops

Distributed Database

Presented by Sarvesh Gupta

12:30 – 1:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/xzj-gvnw-fqx

Learn how the databases behind apps like Instagram, Uber, and your bank scale across thousands of machines without falling over.

 

How Companies Build AI Systems

Presented by Ravi Kiran Pagidi

5:00 – 5:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/rfz-wbab-ijo

A behind the scenes look at how companies build real AI systems, covering data, pipelines, and business context.

 

The History and Future of Agentic AI

Presented by Eshaan Jain

11:00 – 11:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/pyj-wzpz-ooe

Explore the evolution of Agentic AI from foundational rule based systems to modern, autonomous multi agent frameworks, plus a forward looking roadmap of where technology is headed.

 

July 12 — Live Workshop

Agentic AI with LangChain

Presented by Bharat Khanna

12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/cec-jzun-pfu

Learn the fundamentals of building AI agents using LangChain and Python, covering LLMs, tools, memory, and orchestration patterns for real world agentic applications.

 

July 18 — Live Workshops

How to Break into Product Management in the AI Era

Presented by Reshmika Dhandapani

12:00 – 12:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/ata-osyh-odc

What Product Managers actually do, how AI is changing the role, and the skills, tools, and experiences that help candidates stand out today.

 

July 24 — Judge Q&A

Introduction to ETL

Presented by Ankit Srivastava

4:00 – 4:30 PM EST

https://meet.google.com/qpy-wiba-ubr

Covers the role of ETL in Data Warehousing.

 

Sincerely,

DSH Hacks V1 Staff

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