AI-powered Literature Review & Synthesis
Recording from my workshop last week on smarter literature review with AI
Last week I taught a workshop on AI-powered Literature Review & Synthesis as part of the AI Upskilling series run by Ryan Wright, sponsored by the Provost’s Office. Two workshops, in fact: over 135 people registered so we split the workshop into an in-person session one day and Zoom the next. Here’s the recording of the Zoom session.
In the workshop I talk about using Consensus,1 Consensus + Zotero, and topped it off with some really fun demos using Consensus + Claude via MCP.
If you’re at UVA, make sure to keep an eye on what Ryan Wright and Varun Korisapati are writing over at AI Exchange @ UVA for announcements about future events like this and much more on what’s happening in AI at the University of Virginia.
If you’re at UVA, the Library provides free Enterprise access to Consensus. See more info here, or better yet, talk to your friendly local librarian: guides.lib.virginia.edu/consensus.
Thank you very much for sharing. I learned a lot. I work at a major research institute that gives us access to all the major frontier model, but I wish they included Consensuses or similar tool as well. I hope they will in the near future. Just a fantastic presentation. I enjoy all the content you share online.
I enjoyed the talk very much, but Consensus doesn't appear to be available for non-Ivory Tower folks ... That said, I'm very happy to see you are doing great things with it!
You are a good teacher... even if a little rushed at the end :-) (I'm sure the class notes are great, too!)