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Research Translator

AI agent for academic meeting preparation. Built for KU Lighthouse.

Handed over to KU Lighthouse · Internal enterprise tool

Advisors at KU Lighthouse spent 60 minutes preparing for each researcher meeting. Manually. Research Translator reduced that process to 10 minutes. Not by making the work faster. By redesigning it.

83 %

Time saved

From 60 min to 10 min per briefing.

+204

Hours freed

Per advisor, per year.

$0

Operating costs

Open source architecture (GitHub + Cloudflare).

+1.25

FTEs reclaimed

When scaled to 10 advisors.

The Problem

Manual, inconsistent process

  • ✕60 minutes of manual preparation per researcher meeting
  • ✕Inconsistent quality depending on advisor experience
  • ✕No structured method to assess research potential
  • ✕Fragmented information search across platforms

The Solution

AI-orchestrated web application

  • ✓Automated information retrieval via KU Pure in real time
  • ✓Structured output in 6 specialized tabs
  • ✓Consistent quality regardless of advisor experience level
  • ✓Complete briefing ready for print or sharing in 10 minutes

Application structure

6 specialized tabs

01

Researcher Profile

Overview of background and research area.

02

Publications

Relevant articles with direct source links.

03

Research Translation

Academic language translated to business context.

04

Collaboration Opportunities

Analysis of synergies with Lighthouse.

05

Risk Assessment

Evaluation of relevance and commercial potential.

06

Meeting Briefing

Complete synthesis ready to use.

Governance

Trust through transparency

1

Public data only

All information is sourced exclusively from KU Pure — the university's open research database.

2

Source verification

All results are delivered with direct source links. No hallucinations.

3

Human in the loop

The AI provides the foundation. The advisor qualifies the result.

Technical architecture

Tech Stack

IntelligenceClaude Sonnet
OrchestrationClaude Code + Gemini
InfrastructureGitHub + Cloudflare ($0 operating cost)
Status: Handed over

Research Translator has been handed over to KU Lighthouse. API access is closed and the source code remains private as part of the handover agreement. The architecture is documented above.

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