Idea collection of LLM Chatbot Use Cases for Researchers
Mastering AI Chatbots: Optimizing Research through Effective Use
Collection of ideas for where you might experiment with chatbots in the future
Mag. Dr. Hannah Metzler
Complexity Science Hub & Medical University of Vienna
Slides: https://hannahmetzler.eu/ai_skills
Summarizing content
- Record workshops, interviews, meetings: note taking & summaries
- Summarize lectures/workshops
- Context: Background/focus/purpose of meeting/analysis, exam…
- Upload long reports/papers & analyse:
- compare 2 university annual reports, table with 10 differences
- Grant regulatios: ask your specific questions
- Summarizing a paper based on notes you took for other papers: Zotero note example
- Example instructions from Maastricht University prompt library
Writing
- Write abstract draft given the paper
- Social media thread based on paper
- Adapt application to new position: upload CV, job call/description & motivation letter examples
- Adapt paper for submission to new journal
- Upload paper version, journal requirements, example papers from journal
- Emails: use email thread as context
- Feeding it with my papers, digital scientific twin
- Recommendation letter
- Refining cover letter & teaching statement
Writing: Prompt inspirations for…
- Idea generation
- Structuring content
- Proofreading
- Citation guidance
- Paraphrasing
- Improving language & vocabulary
- Clarifying concepts
- Draft review
- writing prompts
- Abstract & Summary
- Help with Methods
Getting feedback on everything
- Upload presentation slides: how to improve slides?
- Screenshot of your weekly schedule: better time management?
- Reports, papers, course syllabi…
- Career (and other) decisions & time management
Create outline and structure suggestions
- Outline/structure for a presentation
- Course syllabus draft
- Which topics should I cover?
Area specific research tasks
Brainstorming & Exploration
Tasks involving code
- Data analysis: analyse a data file and provide information about it
- Create any type of graph: e.g., a scatter plot showing x on the x-axis, y on the y-axis.
- Which type of graph would allow to show…
- Translate code between languages
- Creating a website from scratch based on your CV
- Upload a screenshot of a website design you like and update the design …
Statistics questions
- Use ChatGPT to explain your statistical question
- Specify the data set involved, the analysis you’re attempting, and any issues you’ve encountered
- Provide a persona: e.g., “You are a statistics expert with experience in [field of research]”
- Ask for a specific solution, including step-by-step instructions
- Upload a sample of your data or describe it in detail as context
Coaching, time planning
- Any career-related decision you want feedback on/are unsure about
- What type of job could you do with your skills? Which types of companies? Upload your CV, describe your skills.
- For productivity coaching: Upload some data (agenda screenshot, time tracking data…)
- LLMs can be very empathic and are infinitely patient!
- See these slides for examples