Define the study
Read prior work, find a gap, and set the data, baselines, and metrics.
Founding cohort · 2026–27
Build work that represents
what you can do.
Take responsibility for an original AI project and leave with a report, code repository, research poster, and public presentation.
8–12week research cycle
3–6first-year project teams
DublinTri-Valley home base
Publicpaper, poster, code, and talk
The work of a researcher
Produce more than
an assignment.
Carry one worthwhile question from the literature to a rigorous result with your name and contribution attached.
Run the research
Build, experiment, document, analyze, and revise with team review.
Publish the result
Complete a report, poster, code repository, and symposium presentation.
Room L208.
Our in-person club meetings are held on campus in L208.
First & third Fridays.
We meet twice each month: on the first and third Friday.
Team work sessions.
Members continue through shared documents, repositories, experiments, and research review.
Small, focused research teams
Serious questions.
Complementary talent.
Each team combines shared interests, complementary strengths, and an ambitious but defensible project scope.
Lead and design
Question · literature · methods · timeline
Engineering and evaluation
Data · experiments · metrics · reproducible code
Writing and presentation
Evidence · limitations · report · research talk
Roles may overlap. Students conduct the work; PIs and mentors review it.
Founding cohort applications
Bring us a question
worth pursuing.
Tell us what you want to investigate, what you can contribute, and why the question matters.