AI Agents in VS Code for Academic Work
From Prompting to Workflows
Nim Dvir, PhD, MBA · University at Albany, Massry School of Business
Cengage Computing Experience 2026 · Trends and Emerging Technologies in Computing Education
Short URL: spoo.me/cHzhyF2
This website is the presentation, and AI agents helped me build it.
During this session you will see how this site was built. You will see how agents work on academic tasks. And you will watch part of this site change live.
About me
Dr. Nimrod (Nim) Dvir is a Lecturer at the University at Albany's Massry School of Business, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience (UX), Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Information Systems. He earned his PhD from UAlbany, where his award-winning dissertation on computational linguistics received both the Distinguished Dissertation and Excellence in Research Awards. His work combines academic research with practical applications to improve digital products, user engagement, and AI-driven technologies.
- Teaching: databases, SQL, programming, analytics, information systems, responsible AI use. Lecturer in Information Systems and Business Analytics at the Massry School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY.
- Research: artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, user experience, business analytics. Over a decade of experience in UX and AI research.
- Building: courseware, course websites, a database and MIS textbook, academic workflows.
- Why agents: I always wanted to build things but didn't feel I had the knowledge. Without being an engineer, I thought I couldn't do it. Then AI agents changed everything. Now I build websites, scripts, automations, you name it, and I'm happy to share that knowledge.
More about me, and how to stay in touch
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