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Archive of presentations from our community events. Learn how others are using Cursor in their workflows.

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Academic Writing & Research

Using AI for literature synthesis, fact-checking, and academic work

Career & First Job Success

Excel, automation, and professional deliverables with AI

Software Development

Full-stack development, debugging, and production code with Cursor

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MVPs, landing pages, and rapid prototyping for founders

Featured Talks

development

Cursor + Marimo Demo: Agentic Data Science at PyData x Cursor Boston

by Eric Ma

A live demo of agentic data science where Cursor Agent Mode interacts directly with a Marimo notebook kernel runtime for faster iterative analysis. Eric walked through a protein data example, notebook visualizations, and practical prompting patterns that teams can reuse for exploratory data work.

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Featured Articles

Key AI research from Boston-area universities

UMass Lowell News

UMass Lowell Launches AICORE for Applied AI Research

New interdisciplinary AI center connects research, industry, and hands-on student experience to advance safe, practical AI applications in healthcare, defense, robotics, and beyond.

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MIT News

Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models

EnCompass executes AI agent programs by backtracking and making multiple attempts, finding the best set of outputs generated by an LLM.

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MIT News

New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs

MIT researchers use large language models to optimize genetic sequences of proteins manufactured by yeast.

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MIT News

AI-generated sensors open new paths for early cancer detection

MIT and Microsoft researchers developed an AI model to design molecular sensors using nanoparticles coated with AI-generated peptides.

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Harvard Gazette

When you do the math, humans still rule

Harvard mathematician Lauren Williams leads First Proof, challenging AI to solve unpublished research-level math problems.

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Harvard Gazette

New kind of AI model gives robots a visual imagination

Kempner Institute investigator Yilun Du unveils Large Video Planner, enabling robots to envision actions before executing them.

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BU Today

Boston University Ramps Up Strategy on AI

BU launches the Artificial Intelligence Development Accelerator (AIDA) for university-wide AI adoption and collaboration.

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BU Today

BU Launches Open-Source AI Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool

BEACON combines AI analysis with human expert verification to monitor infectious disease outbreaks globally.

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Share Your Ideas

We're always looking for speakers to share their experiences with Cursor and AI-powered development.

All skill levels are welcome – whether you're a seasoned developer, a designer exploring AI tools, a student learning to code, or from any other discipline using Cursor in creative ways.

Talk ideas include:

  • A workflow or technique you've discovered
  • A project you built with Cursor
  • Tips for using Cursor in a specific domain
  • Lessons learned from AI-assisted development
  • Live coding demos and tutorials
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