Discover, Build, and Explore AI with Microsoft Discovery and GitHub

Note: Lunch will be provided to all participants.

In this session, we'll explore the emerging intersection of AI and scientific discovery, including how organizations are beginning to leverage Microsoft Discovery to support research workflows and accelerate the path from question to insight. Participants will gain an understanding of how agentic systems can assist with literature exploration, knowledge synthesis, and research planning while keeping subject-matter expertise and scientific judgment at the center of the process.

During this immersive, hands-on lab, participants will receive access to GitHub Copilot Business licenses and Azure resources and learn how emerging AI capabilities can be leveraged. 

Working through a guided research scenario, participants will:

• Explore how AI can support literature review, knowledge discovery, and research productivity.
• Use GitHub Copilot to accelerate coding, notebook development, and documentation tasks.
• Learn the foundational concepts behind AI agents and research assistants.
• Build and customize a researcher agent tailored to a specific area of inquiry.
• Explore how future research environments may combine human expertise, AI reasoning, and specialized research agents to accelerate discovery.

Participants will need to complete this form before the workshop.


AGENDA

Welcome & Introduction (10 Minutes)
How AI Is Reshaping the Research Lifecycle (25 Minutes) 

• Emerging trends in AI-assisted research
• Real-world examples of AI augmenting research workflows

Microsoft Discovery: The Future of Scientific Collaboration (25 Minutes)
Research is increasingly becoming a collaboration between human expertise, computational systems, and specialized AI agents.

• Introduction to Microsoft Discovery
• Exploring agentic approaches to scientific discovery
• How specialized AI agents can support knowledge exploration, literature synthesis, and research planning

Building Your Digital Research Collaborator (20 Minutes)
Before building an agent, researchers need to understand what makes an effective research assistant.

• Accelerating research workflows with GitHub Copilot Business
• Using AI to improve documentation and reproducibility
• Best practices for responsible AI adoption in research environments

Interactive Research Lab: Build Your Own Researcher Agent (2 Hours)
Participants will receive access to GitHub Copilot Business licenses and Azure resources as part of a guided hands-on experience.
Working through a research scenario, attendees will:

• Use GitHub Copilot to accelerate coding, analysis, and workflow development
• Build a custom Researcher Agent tailored to a specific domain or area of inquiry
• Ground the agent in trusted research content and knowledge sources

What's Next for AI-Enabled Research? ( 10 Minutes) 

• Resources for continued exploration
• Q&A and discussion

Prerequisites
Your own laptop with a modern browser.

All participants must register individually and will be initially added to our waitlist. You will receive an email confirmation once your registration has been approved.

Attendees must adhere by the Microsoft Code of Conduct.

Be prepared to roll up your sleeves, learn, and participate in an interactive team environment.

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