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align=\"center\"\u003e\n\n\u003cimg src=\"assets/header.png\" alt=\"BTAJI Crew Research Lab\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\n# BTAJI Crew Research Lab\n\n**Learn how to actually do research, one session at a time.**\n\nA free, beginner-friendly research series for students who want to move from reading papers to finding gaps, asking research questions, and writing their first paper.\n\n![Sessions](https://img.shields.io/badge/sessions-5-8B1A1A)\n![Language](https://img.shields.io/badge/language-Urdu-1A1A18)\n![For](https://img.shields.io/badge/for-beginners-2E7D32)\n![Slides](https://img.shields.io/badge/slides-free%20to%20use-555)\n\n[Community](https://chat.whatsapp.com/E29f5rozhAo8RbKjA00eSh) | [Website](https://btaji-crew.ibrahimqasmi.com/) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Btajicrew) | [Playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJPlXj5tLhiE\u0026si=0679eGl6FdBYb1lH)\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n---\n\n## What This Is\n\nBTAJI Crew Research Lab is a community-led series on how to do research in machine learning, AI, and data science.\n\nThe goal is simple: help beginners understand what research is, how to read papers, how to find gaps, how to build research questions, and eventually how to write and publish their own work.\n\nEach session includes:\n\n- A full recording\n- Slides\n- Session notes\n- Papers and examples discussed live\n- A small task to help you practice\n\n## Start Here\n\nIf you are new, follow the sessions in order:\n\n1. Watch Session 1 to understand research mindset and paper reading.\n2. Watch Session 2 to learn gap finding, literature review, and research questions.\n3. Complete the task at the end of each session.\n4. Share your progress in the community.\n\n## Sessions\n\n| # | Session | Focus | Date | Watch | Slides | Notes |\n|:-:|---------|-------|:----:|:-----:|:------:|:-----:|\n| 01 | **What Research Is and How to Read a Paper** | Research mindset, paper reading, limitations vs gaps | 21 Jun 2026 | [Video](https://youtu.be/IMJx7ECaIEk) | [PDF](sessions/01-first-research-paper/session-1-slides.pdf) | [Read](sessions/01-first-research-paper/) |\n| 02 | **Finding Your Gap, Literature Review, and Research Question** | Idea, hypothesis, literature review, gap, research question | 27 Jun 2026 | [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJni4jwVuo\u0026list=PLJPlXj5tLhiE\u0026index=6) | [PDF](sessions/02-finding-research-gap/session-2-slides.pdf) | [Read](sessions/02-finding-research-gap/) |\n| 03 | **Is Your Gap Real? Finding and Validating a Research Gap** | Where ideas come from, narrowing, Google Scholar, AI sweep, verifying papers, gap validation | 3 Jul 2026 | [Video](https://youtu.be/lGJdD1jZDdo) | [PPTX](sessions/03-is-your-gap-real/session-3-slides.pptx) | [Read](sessions/03-is-your-gap-real/) |\n| 04 | **Planning Your Paper: Structure and Experiment Plan** | Paper structure, literature review, abstract, introduction, methodology vs experiments, data leakage, metrics, ablation, ORCID, LaTeX | 11 Jul 2026 | [Video](https://youtu.be/ln9pncI2niw) | [PPTX](sessions/04-planning-your-paper/session-4-slides.pptx) | [Read](sessions/04-planning-your-paper/) |\n| 4.1 | **Introduction to LaTeX** (volunteer session by Naima Yaqub) | Overleaf, document structure, formatting, tables and booktabs, figures, math with amsmath, references, troubleshooting | 12 Jul 2026 | [Video](https://youtu.be/2XXJIIBPfok) | [PPTX](sessions/4.1-intro-to-latex/session-4.1-slides.pptx) | [Read](sessions/4.1-intro-to-latex/) |\n| 05 | **Running Your First Experiment: From Plan to Results** | Baselines, reading a failure, step by step improvement, ablation studies, learning from winners, saving outputs, smoke tests | 18 Jul 2026 | [Video](https://youtu.be/-VfKmHZJ5I0) | [PPTX](sessions/05-running-your-first-experiment/session-5-slides.pptx) | [Read](sessions/05-running-your-first-experiment/) |\n\nMore sessions are on the way. Star the repo to stay updated.\n\n## Who Runs It\n\n**01. [Muhammad Ibrahim Qasmi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahimqasmi313/)**\n\nMuhammad Ibrahim Qasmi is the youngest 3x Kaggle Grandmaster, achieving this milestone at the age of 19. He is an ML researcher, data scientist, and machine learning competition expert focused on applied AI, research workflows, and helping students move from learning machine learning to doing real research.\n\n[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahimqasmi313/) | [Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/ibrahimqasimi)\n\n**02. [Zulqarnain Ali](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zulqarnainalipk/)**\n\nZulqarnain Ali is a Kaggle Competition Expert, ML practitioner, and research mentor. His work focuses on machine learning, deep learning, medical AI, practical research guidance, and helping beginners understand complex ideas through clear examples.\n\n[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zulqarnainalipk/) | [Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/johndoe2011)\n\nGuest hosts may join for future sessions.\n\n## How To Use This Repo\n\n- Open a session folder under `sessions/`.\n- Watch the recording.\n- Download the slides.\n- Read the notes and timeline.\n- Complete the task.\n- Come back when a new session is added.\n\n## Join Us\n\n- Community: [WhatsApp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/E29f5rozhAo8RbKjA00eSh)\n- Website: [btaji-crew.ibrahimqasmi.com](https://btaji-crew.ibrahimqasmi.com/)\n- YouTube: [@Btajicrew](https://www.youtube.com/@Btajicrew)\n- Playlist: [How to Write Your First Research Paper](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJPlXj5tLhiE\u0026si=0679eGl6FdBYb1lH)\n\nIf these sessions help you, share them with your friends who wants to start doing research.\n\n---\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\nBuilt with care by the \u003cb\u003eBTAJI Crew Community\u003c/b\u003e.\n\u003c/div\u003e\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmuhammadibrahim313%2Fbtaji-crew-research-lab","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmuhammadibrahim313%2Fbtaji-crew-research-lab","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmuhammadibrahim313%2Fbtaji-crew-research-lab/lists"}