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The General Directorate of the Scientific Research Centre at Duhok Polytechnic University, through the Directorate of Capacity Development and Laboratories, held a workshop today entitled

“AI Tools in Education and Research.”

In the presence of Prof. Dr. Diyar Ahmad Saib, Director of the Scientific Research Centre,and Prof. Dr. Masoud Abdulkarim, Director of the Directorate of Capacity Development and Laboratories, the workshop was attended by 75 lecturers, researchers, and academic staff members. The workshop, which addressed artificial intelligence through four main themes, was delivered by Dr. Masoud Mohammed Hassan in the Seminar Hall at the Presidency of Duhok Polytechnic University.

The first theme focused on the foundations and paradigm shift in education: An introduction to artificial intelligence neural networks and the data-driven revolution was presented. The shift from traditional rote memorization to personalized learning, managed through artificial intelligence, was also discussed.

The second theme addressed Applied Prompt Engineering: The main techniques discussed included role-based prompting, few-shot prompting, and chain-of-thought prompting. The four fundamental principles were also presented: conciseness, clarity, logical structure, and output formatting.

The third theme focused on the practical use of academic artificial intelligence tools: Tools for literature review and research, such as Elicit, SciSpace, and Google Deep Research, were introduced. The use of NotebookLM, Gamma, and Beautiful.ai for content creation, lesson design, and presentation preparation was also demonstrated. Finally, a comparison was made among large language models (LLMs), including Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek.

The fourth theme addressed ethics, integrity, and the future: This theme examined the management of academic integrity, academic plagiarism, algorithmic bias, and data privacy. It also highlighted the evolving role of the lecturer as a guide and discussed the shift from “artificial intelligence” to “artificial wisdom”.

At the end of the workshop, participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers. Following the discussions, the workshop concluded with the reading of its recommendations and outcomes.