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| 1 | +# Agentic Research Course |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +A 10-week live course teaching researchers how to use Claude Code and AI coding agents for academic research workflows, hosted by the [Open Science Collective](https://osc.earth). |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Format |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +- **Sessions:** 30-45 min live + 15 min Q&A |
| 8 | +- **Schedule:** Wednesdays at 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM UTC |
| 9 | +- **Dates:** April 8 -- June 9, 2026 |
| 10 | +- **Zoom:** [Join via Zoom](https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/93199206194) |
| 11 | +- **Nextcloud Talk:** [Join via Nextcloud](https://skynas.tail75926.ts.net/call/z2qi8v6g) (alternative for those without Zoom access) |
| 12 | +- **Recordings:** Uploaded to [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@neuromechanist) after each session |
| 13 | +- **Community:** [Discord](https://discord.gg/5dWJCUmUww) (OpenScience Collective) |
| 14 | +- **Plugin:** [research-skills](https://github.com/neuromechanist/research-skills) (free, open source) |
| 15 | +- **Source:** [GitHub](https://github.com/OpenScience-Collective/agentic-research-course) |
| 16 | +- **License:** CC-BY-4.0 |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +<a target="_blank" href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M3RmMG83bG9lbXZ0YzRmc2VxOWY4dmphbG5fMjAyNjA0MTVUMTYwMDAwWiBzaGlyYXppQGllZWUub3Jn&tmsrc=shirazi%40ieee.org&scp=ALL"><img border="0" src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/images/ext/gc_button1_en.gif" alt="Add to Google Calendar"></a> |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## Schedule |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +| Date | Session | Topic | |
| 23 | +|------|---------|-------| |
| 24 | +| Wed April 8 | [Week 1](week-01.md) | Git, GitHub, and the Command Line | |
| 25 | +| Wed April 15 | Week 2 | Setting Up Claude Code for Research | |
| 26 | +| **Tue** April 21 | Week 3 | Project Management with AI | |
| 27 | +| Wed April 29 | Week 4 | CI/CD and Code Quality | |
| 28 | +| Wed May 6 | Week 5 | Literature Search and Review | |
| 29 | +| Wed May 13 | Week 6 | Grant Proposal Writing | |
| 30 | +| Wed May 20 | Week 7 | Manuscript Preparation and Peer Review | |
| 31 | +| Wed May 27 | Week 8 | Scientific Figures | |
| 32 | +| Wed June 3 | Week 9 | Neuroinformatics | |
| 33 | +| **Tue** June 9 | Week 10 | Building Your Own Plugins | |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## Prerequisites |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +- A computer with terminal access (macOS, Linux, or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)) |
| 38 | +- A [GitHub](https://github.com) account (free) |
| 39 | +- No prior coding experience required for Weeks 1-2 |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +## Practicum |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +The course includes a running practicum analyzing Healthy Brain Network (HBN) EEG data for movie shot-change events. The instructor demonstrates each workflow live using EEGLAB + [matlab-mcp-tools](https://github.com/neuromechanist/matlab-mcp-tools) (Claude Code drives MATLAB). Students are encouraged to bring their own projects. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +## Instructor |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +**Seyed Yahya Shirazi, Ph.D.** |
| 48 | +Assistant Project Scientist, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, UC San Diego |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +- [Website](https://neuromechanist.github.io) |
| 51 | +- [GitHub](https://github.com/neuromechanist) |
| 52 | +- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/neuromechanist/) |
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