Model Context Protocol Workshop

December 12, 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

AI Technology Workshop Series: Model Context Protocol 

A one-day workshop held in person at the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus or online

Join us for an engaging exploration of the Model Context Protocol—a groundbreaking framework designed to improve communication and context-sharing across AI agents. As AI systems become more modular and collaborative, MCP offers a powerful solution for maintaining continuity across tasks, tools, and models. 

Topics

  • The origins and motivations behind MCP
  • How MCP structures and preserves context
  • The growing importance of MCP in the development of scalable, interoperable AI agent systems
  • Real-world use cases
  • Current limitations of MCP
  • How MCP is shaping the future of AI infrastructure
  • How to advance your knowledge and skills in this frontier technology.

Instructor

Praveen Krishna, AI Program chair and platform architect for Audio AI/ML Solutions, Performance & Power, Intel, teaches AI Essentials, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Open Computer AI Agent by Hugging Face, Practical uses of DeepSeek/Llama, Computer Vision and Image Processing, and Capstone Building Integrated AI Applications.

Organizer

This workshop is part of a the AI Technology Workshop Series sponsored by the AI Program at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension.

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