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      <title>Runner H as My Academic Research Assistant: Exploring Women in Tech Education</title>
      <dc:creator>Rithika</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/rithika_b7c2a7813e2912064/runner-h-as-my-academic-research-assistant-exploring-women-in-tech-education-26no</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I Built:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I used Runner H to act as an academic research assistant.&lt;br&gt;
With a single prompt, it:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Found research papers on "women in tech education"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Summarized the main findings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drafted a professional email I could send to a professor to express research interest&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It helps students like me explore academic research without coding or searching for hours.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Demo:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Since I couldn't record a video, here are screenshots of my Runner H run in action:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prompt used in Runner H:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F0ffgsqytp9ubv2stmjdv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F0ffgsqytp9ubv2stmjdv.png" alt=" " width="800" height="216"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**Summarized Research Results:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ft6yx6s8rvtjnxtm84qe5.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ft6yx6s8rvtjnxtm84qe5.png" alt=" " width="800" height="428"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ffzdayic6ydlq60trivi8.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ffzdayic6ydlq60trivi8.png" alt=" " width="800" height="296"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**Email Draft:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbrabkt3m0xo90379xjrw.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbrabkt3m0xo90379xjrw.jpg" alt=" " width="800" height="371"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How I Used Runner H:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here’s the exact prompt I used in Runner H:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Act as my academic research assistant. Search the latest 5 research papers from arXiv.org related to ‘women in tech education’ or ‘female students in computer science’. Summarize the key findings from each paper in 3–5 lines. Then, draft a professional summary email I can send to a professor to show that I’m interested in doing research in this area and have explored relevant papers.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Runner H understood the prompt, found academic papers, extracted insights, and drafted an excellent outreach email in a single run.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use Case &amp;amp; Impact&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This project helps:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Students explore real research areas easily&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Beginner researchers contact professors confidently&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Non-tech users complete complex academic tasks using AI&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s perfect for:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;. Anyone preparing for internships, research opportunities, or thesis          topics&lt;br&gt;
. Female students (like me!) trying to break into tech research&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instead of hours of Googling, this entire workflow was done in one prompt.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;👩‍💻 Built By:&lt;br&gt;
Rithika R.&lt;br&gt;
1st-Year CSE Student | India 🇮🇳&lt;br&gt;
DEV: &lt;a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/rithika_b7c2a7813e2912064"&gt;@rithika_b7c2a7813e2912064&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
LinkedIn: &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rithika01/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/rithika01/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks to the Runner H team &amp;amp; DEV for making prompting so exciting and beginner-friendly!&lt;/p&gt;

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