What this is

A way for small student teams to ship real research writeups that are public, reproducible, and easy to review.


For Researchers

Benefit Description
Skill Building Learn to go from idea → experiment → writeup → publish
Portfolio Build a track record for recruiters and grad programs
Platform Access Run experiments, generate artifact bundles (tables/plots/logs)
Verification Ship a “golden run + golden test” that makes work verifiable
Feedback Industry supervisors check correctness and suggest methods

For Supervisors

Benefit Description
Low Commitment Review that changes shipped output, without ongoing mentoring
Intellectual Stimulation Exposure to new approaches and interesting problems
Optional Credit Public acknowledgment is opt-in and anonymisable by default

What counts as a “publication”

A short research note (usually 2–5 pages, longer if it genuinely adds value):

Component Description
Question Clear question + takeaway
Methods Existing methods reviewed
Results Your method + results
Limitations What might break
Artifacts Reproducible run + outputs

Teams

Rule Description
Size 1–4 students per paper
Freedom Teams pick topics and approaches freely
Focus One active paper per team at a time
Requirements Reproducibility and publishability bar must be met

Publication Policy

Policy Description
Default Publish openly
Proprietary Data Must be publishable without leaking restricted inputs

Supervisor Reviews

Aspect Description
Focus Correctness, better methods, relevant prior work
Credit Public unless they ask to be anonymous

Paper Stages

Stage Description
Draft Question + plan + success criteria
Consultation Supervisor feedback
Run Produce artifacts + golden run
Write Claims + plots + limitations + summary
Review Supervisor feedback
Publish Ship it

Success Criteria

Metric Description
Output Papers ship regularly
Reproducibility Anyone can reproduce results from links
Efficiency Supervisors review quickly without meetings
Platform Growth Real papers keep pushing the platform forward