Join us October 22, 2026 for AWS Day at FSU!
As part of FSU’s Discovery Days, AWS will provide free workshops on Thursday, October 22 to faculty, staff and students to advance your cloud computing capabilities and apply data-driven tools to your research.
Discovery Days 2026 is hosted by FSU's Office of Research and will take place Oct. 17-24.
For the full lineup of events, visit DiscoveryDays.fsu.edu.
Scheduled Workshops
NOTE: All sessions will be held within the Student Services Building.
Accelerating discovery with AI agents and automation
9AM - 9:45AM
Room 203, Student Services Building
Discover how AI-powered chat agents and automated research capabilities can help you explore data, generate insights, and accelerate your research workflows—all through natural language conversations. Experience demos showing how Amazon Quick Suite transforms complex data analysis into simple questions and answers, enabling researchers to focus on discovery rather than technical implementation.
Transforming academic research with unified data science and AI platforms
10AM - 10:45AM
Room 203, Student Services Building
This session showcases how Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio and Quick Suite transform research workflows through real-world use cases and live demonstrations. Attendees will discover how these integrated platforms streamline data science operations, enable seamless team collaboration, and accelerate the path from data exploration to actionable insights. Through interactive demos, participants will see how unifying analytics, machine learning, and research intelligence in a single environment reduces complexity and empowers researchers to focus on discovery rather than infrastructure management.
Accelerating research workflows with code assistance and automation
11AM - 11:45AM
Room 203, Student Services Building
See how researchers use Kiro, a code assistance tool, to streamline data analysis pipelines, automate experimental workflows, and reduce processing time from weeks to hours. This session demonstrates both interactive development environments (IDE) and command-line (CLI) approaches that help you move from research questions to results faster.
Protecting research data and meeting compliance requirements
12PM - 12:45PM
Room 203, Student Services Building
Learn how to safeguard sensitive research data while meeting institutional and funding body requirements. This session demonstrates cloud-based approaches that help researchers maintain data protection standards, streamline audit processes, and focus more time on breakthrough discoveries rather than compliance paperwork.
Building custom ML models for research
1PM - 3PM
Room 203, Student Services Building
Learn how to train, fine-tune, and deploy machine learning models tailored to your research needs using Amazon SageMaker AI's integrated development environment. This hands-on workshop guides you through the complete ML lifecycle—from data preparation and model experimentation to production deployment—enabling you to build custom AI solutions that address your specific research challenges.
Kiro for Research: Accelerating development with AI-powered coding
1PM - 3PM
Room 208, Student Services Building
Learn how to use Kiro—an AI-powered IDE and CLI—to accelerate code development, automate repetitive tasks, and build research applications faster. Participants will gain practical experience with spec-driven development, AI agents that understand research workflows, and integration with AWS services through Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
For more information and the full schedule of Discovery Days events, visit research.fsu.edu/discovery-days.