ResearchCraft

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Pathway to Research & PhD

A 1-day 3-hour intensive workshop teaching you how academia works, literature review, LaTeX, cluster computing, and the PhD application playbook.

Duration
3 Hours
Format
Online Workshop
Modules
10

The research pipeline

From idea to publication

The complete AI-assisted research workflow you'll learn — every stage, in the order you'll actually do it.

  1. 01

    Literature Review

    AI agents scan arXiv, Semantic Scholar & PubMed to map the existing knowledge landscape

  2. 02

    Gap Analysis

    Identify unexplored problems, contradictions, and high-impact research opportunities

  3. 03

    Method Design

    Architect experiments, select datasets, and design the evaluation framework

  4. 04

    Experimentation

    Run on HPC clusters with SLURM, iterate rapidly, and validate hypotheses at scale

  5. 05

    Write Paper

    Structure in LaTeX using IMRaD, craft the abstract, figures, and reference list

  6. 06

    Publication

    Submit to IEEE, ACM, Nature or arXiv — navigate peer review and respond to reviewers

Curriculum

10 modules, one session

3 Hours of live teaching, in the order you'll use it on a real project.

  1. 01

    Literature Review (Agentic Workflow)

    AI-powered paper discovery using arXiv, Semantic Scholar & ResearchRabbit. PRISMA framework, systematic vs. scoping reviews, and agentic summarisation pipelines.

  2. 02

    Gap Analysis

    Identifying unexplored problems and contradictions in the literature. Mapping the research frontier, formulating research questions, and validating novelty.

  3. 03

    Method Design

    Designing experiments end-to-end — selecting datasets, defining evaluation metrics, choosing baselines, and architecting your methodology.

  4. 04

    Experimentation

    Running controlled experiments, tracking results, iterating on hypotheses, and managing reproducibility with version control and logging.

  5. 05

    Comparison, Statistical Analysis & Ablation

    Benchmarking against baselines, performing t-tests and significance testing, designing ablation studies, and visualising results effectively.

  6. 06

    Supercomputer, GPU Cluster & Cloud Computing

    SSH workflows, writing SLURM job scripts, managing remote ML jobs on HPC clusters, and leveraging cloud GPUs for large-scale experimentation.

  7. 07

    LaTeX Bootcamp

    Overleaf, document structure, BibTeX reference management, formatting figures, tables, equations, and conference/journal templates.

  8. 08

    Paper Writing (Agentic Modular Fashion)

    Writing each IMRaD section modularly with AI assistance — abstract, introduction, related work, methodology, results, and conclusion — then assembling the full paper.

  9. 09

    Journal Publication Guidelines

    Selecting the right venue, understanding submission requirements, navigating peer review, and responding professionally to reviewer comments.

  10. 10

    PhD Application Masterclass

    Writing a compelling Statement of Purpose, optimising your academic CV, cold-emailing professors strategically, and shortlisting the right PhD programs and labs.

Outcomes

What you'll leave with

01

Draft Publication

A formatted, structured draft ready for arXiv or conference submission.

02

Working ML Pipeline

Code deployed on an HPC cluster proving technical competence.

03

PhD Application Package

Reviewed SOP, academic CV, and a shortlist of target labs.

04

Research Proposal

A compelling research proposal for PhD programs or funding applications.

Tools & frameworks you'll use

  • LaTeX
  • Overleaf
  • Python
  • HuggingFace
  • SLURM
  • Zotero
  • Mendeley
  • arXiv
  • PyTorch
  • Connected Papers
  • Semantic Scholar
  • ResearchRabbit
  • Scispace
  • Elicit
  • OpenAI API
  • Claude Code
  • Jupyter

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Supervisor Cold-Email Kit

Five email templates for contacting a potential PhD supervisor — and the checklist to send them safely.

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