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SMU BIA · 8-week programme

AI Lodge

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8–10
lodgers / lodge
3
lodge captains
10
weeks to a project
A past AI Lodge group together after a session.
Curious about AI but don't know where to begin?

How a lodge works

Small lodges, by design.

Every lodge is 8–10 lodgers guided by 3 lodge captains. Small groups create the space for deeper connections and better collaboration.

  • Lodge captains
  • Lodgers

Why join a lodge

Why join AI Lodge?

Ten weeks of building with people as curious as you — and something real to show for it at the end.

Guided weekly projects

Hands-on, project-first sessions every week. You learn by building, not just watching slides.

AI tools and foundations

Exposure to the AI tools people actually use, plus the foundational technical knowledge underneath them.

Build your own project

Bring an idea to life with your lodge captains' support — and show it off at the exhibition.

Compete in AI Lodge's hackathon

Your final hackathon project can be that startup idea you've always wanted to build, with mentors supporting and guiding you, and experienced industry judges giving real feedback.

AI Lodge lodgers and captains together at the Tencent × SCOGA AI Safety Workshop

From the lodge

Past moments

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The CJB lodge together
A CJB lodge session
Lodgers in a CJB session
CJB lodgers working together
A combined session with multiple lodges
Curiositymaxxer lodgers together
The Curiositymaxxer lodge
The Hackstreet Boys lodge
The Paiseh lodge
A Paiseh lodge session
Paiseh lodgers together
The Vampire lodge
The WSS lodge
Lodges gathered over dinner
Orientation night
Orientation night
Orientation night
Orientation group photo
Industry workshop with Tencent
Lodgers at the Tencent workshop
Group photo at the Tencent workshop
Lodgers at an AI Lodge event
Lodgers at an AI Lodge event
A lodge gathered together for a group photo
Lodgers heads-down building during a session
A lodge posing together after a session
A team presenting their project on demo day
Lodge members together at the lab
The cohort together on demo day
A lodge hanging out over food
A team showing off what they built
A lodge group photo
Lodgers presenting their demo-day project
A project demo in front of the room
A team at the project exhibition
Lodgers demoing their final build

The lodges

Pick the lodge that fits you

Each lodge has its own focus, vibe, and captains — from total beginners to the frontier.

Full lodge details drop 26 Oct

Hemlock Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Prompt EngineeringMCPDeployment
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Cedar Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Hallucinations & BiasDeployment-focusedAPI Tooling
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Birch Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Real-world AIAgentic WorkflowsAI App Patterns
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Juniper Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

APIs & Function CallingMultimodal AIPython foundations
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Spruce Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Building AI AgentsLLM ApplicationsNeural networks
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Willow Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

RAG & DeploymentVibe CodingTransformers
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Aspen Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Agentic SystemsAgentic AIPrompt Engineering
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Larch Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

MCPDeploymentHallucinations & Bias
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Rowan Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Deployment-focusedAPI ToolingReal-world AI
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Alder Lodge

Reveals 26 Oct

A brand-new lodge for this cohort.

Focus, captains and weekly trail drop 26 Oct.

Agentic WorkflowsAI App PatternsAPIs & Function Calling
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Previous lodges · Fall 2026

Meet the lodges that came before

7 lodges, their captains, and the week-by-week trails they ran — a peek at what a lodge really looks like.

See previous lodges→

The trail · 10 weeks

The programme, week by week

  1. Weeks 1–7

    Lodge sessions

    Weekly hands-on sessions with your lodge — guided projects, building intuition and skills together.

  2. Week 5

    Side trail

    Industry workshops

    AI Lodge-exclusive workshops run by industry partners and experienced seniors — AI skills, tools, and more.

  3. Recess week

    Lodge hack day

    A full day to get your hands dirty — your lodge hacks together on something real.

  4. Week 10

    Finals & exhibition

    Hackathon finals and a project exhibition day — show what your lodge built.

Exact session day & time confirmed after applications close — TBC.

Save the dates!

Applications timeline

  1. 05Oct
    01

    Applications open

    The form goes live — get your application in early.

  2. 26Oct
    02

    Lodges revealed · interviews begin

    Full lodge details drop and the first interviews start.

  3. 16Nov
    03Deadline

    Applications close

    Last call — submit before the form closes.

  4. 24Dec 2026
    04

    Interviews end

    Final interviews wrap up; results follow after.

How to join · three stages

Finding your way in

The stages run in order — each one builds on the last.

1

Stage 1

Application form with task suite

Submit your application form along with the required recruitment task suite.

2

Stage 2

Interviews

Short interviews with the captains of your first choice lodge.

3

Stage 3

Results & allocation

Results are released and lodges are allocated (with potential reshuffling).

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