AI Agents for Managers (UCLA Executive MBA program)
This newly created course prepares business leaders to leverage AI Agents in the workplace. Students learn to design, implement, and manage AI systems powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) that can transform business operations, and are enabled to evaluate design choices and potential issues when deploying AI agents in real-world settings. Also covers impacts of AI agents on firms and the broader economy.
As part of this course, students learn how to do evals for AI tools. Here is an example evals tool that students use in class (requires an Azure API key and the correct model deployments to run):Â
Eval Tool (download HTML and then open in browser)
I also developed a no-code visual workflow builder that allows non-technical students to build AI workflows and highlights the strategic decisions (models, information flow, database retrieval etc.) that matter for business applications. You can download the tool here - it works as an HTML tool in every browser - and can be used freely for teaching:
AI, Data Analytics and Technology in Real Estate (UCLA MBA program): Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025
This course (which I created) covers key ideas and techniques for understanding the business models of modern real estate technology companies (e.g. AirBnB, Zillow), including Generative AI applications and data analysis methods. It also covers how these technologies are changing cities and housing markets
Here is a chatbot that answers questions about the material covered in the class: MBA Class Chatbot
Urban Real Estate Finance and Investing (UCLA MBA program)
Core course for the real estate concentration, covering real estate valuation, real estate finance terminology, and real estate market dynamics.
Urban Economics and Real Estate Finance (UCLA Anderson Ph.D. elective)
This class covers fundamental models and recent work at the frontier of research in urban economics and real estate finance, including both theoretical model in spatial economics and applied empirical methods, as well as identification in spatial data.