Build Your Agentic Research Assistant

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​A Hands-On Workshop by Marbella AI @ Harvard School of Education (HGSE) AI Lab Marbella AI

​💻 Bring your laptop!

​What You’ll Build

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​A working Agentic Research Assistant (AI Research Assistant) that can:

​✅ Autonomously collect and organize education research data

​✅ Push progress updates to your phone via Telegram/WhatsApp

​✅ Run automated workflows — email, scheduling, data pipelines

​✅ Serve as your personal AI-powered research pipeline

​Agenda

​🔧 3:00–3:15 Check-in & Setup

​🎤 3:15–3:30 Max Lu — Why Agentic AI Matters for Education Research (HGSE Perspective)

​🎤 3:30–3:45 Dr. Jason Dou — Demo: Agentic Research Assistant in Action

​🛠 3:45–5:20 Hands-On Build Session

​Set up OpenClaw or similar tools, build your pipeline, and connect it to your phone

​🤝 5:20–6:00 Show & Tell + Networking

​Speakers & Mentors

​🎙 Dr. Jason Dou — Founder & CEO of Marbella AI

​Peking University CS undergraduate → Harvard AI postdoctoral researcher

​🎙 Max Lu — PhD Student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

​Research focus: AI and educational innovation

​⚠️ This is NOT a lecture. You will leave with a working agentic system already running on your machine.

​Location: In person at the Harvard Graduate School of Education