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Building Autonomous AI Agents for Scientific Research - Livestream starting Jun 26, 2026 (UTC) How can autonomous AI agents move scientific research beyond simple chat-based assistance and into reproducible, auditable, and methodologically rigorous workflows? This online Instats seminar, led by Renan Maestri, introduces PhD students and professional researchers to the conceptual and practical foundations of agentic AI for research, with a focus on how these systems can plan tasks, use tools, retrieve information, support code generation, and integrate with R-based analytical workflows. Designed for researchers in ecology, genomics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, bibliometrics, computational biology, and related fields, the workshop explores local and cloud-based deployment, privacy and cost trade-offs, token use, software setup, OpenCode, and responsible implementation in academic environments. Participants will learn how to evaluate when autonomous agents are methodologically appropriate, how to use them to support literature workflows, exploratory analysis, workflow orchestration, and reproducible computation, and how to maintain transparency, interpretability, and accountability in publication-oriented research. The seminar is available via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days, and participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion. #BibliometricResearch #Bioinformatics #Biology #Biostatistics #Botany #ClimateChange #ComputationalBiology #Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology #Genetics #Genomics #LifeSciences #PlantEcology #InformationScience #SoftwareEngineering #DataScience #ComputerScience #OpenCode #RStudio #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats https://instats.org/seminar/building-autonomous-ai-agents-for-scient?utm_source=bluesky