AI for Research

Leverage AI research tools with confidence, rigor, and purpose

Researchers and professionals are navigating a rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-enabled research tools—many promising discovery, synthesis, and insight, but differing substantially in how they work and what they can support. This course helps you understand the AI research tool landscape and build skills to critically evaluate the tools and outputs.

Using a set of robust, field-validated AI research tool directories and techniques like AI tool chaining, you'll learn to design and adapt AI-supported workflows aligned with your own research process—while keeping human judgment central to verification and responsible use.

Whether you're an instructor, a graduate student deep in the trenches of research, or an industry professional regularly engaged in research activities, this course will help you increase research productivity without sacrificing quality.