Publish your first AI
research paper in 12 weeks.
Origin Lab is an intensive research program for high school students. Work with university researchers to design, execute, and publish original work by the end of summer.
Real outcomes
Here's what we do.
Most high school students never get to do real research. Traditional programs are either prohibitively expensive ($5,000+), extremely selective (2-5% acceptance), or focused on teaching instead of doing.
Origin Lab is different. Over 12 weeks this summer, you'll work in a small team to design and execute an AI/ML research project in a field YOU care about. By the end, you'll have a completed paper submitted to peer-reviewed conferences.
Just finished the preprocessing pipeline. The accuracy on the validation set jumped to 87.4%! 🚀
Nice work! I'm pushing the updated attention mechanism now. Should help with the long-tail cases.
From idea to publication
in 12 weeks.
A structured, intensive roadmap designed to take you from a blank page to a submitted research paper.
Foundations
Master research basics, form teams, and finalize your research question.
Design
Design experiments, set up tools, and present your research proposal.
Execution
Run experiments, collect data, and iterate with weekly professor guidance.
Analysis & Writing
Finalize results, write your paper draft, and prepare for submission.
Publication
Polish your manuscript, present your work, and submit to conferences.
June 2026
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Click on any date in the calendar to see the full schedule, including session topics, deliverables, and professor time slots.
Research Areas
Work on what you care about.
We help you apply AI to your field of interest. No predefined topics.
Biology & Medicine
Apply computer vision to microscopy, analyze genomic sequences, or detect anomalies in medical imaging.
Computer Science
Design novel deep learning architectures, optimize systems, or push the boundaries of NLP.
Economics & Finance
Build algorithmic trading models or analyze market sentiment using large-scale datasets.
Law & Society
Use computational methods to analyze legal texts, policy impact, and social dynamics.
Mentorship
Backed by real researchers
Origin Lab is supported by domain experts. You'll work directly with researchers who understand the full pipeline.
Yang Gao
PhD Mentor
Yang is a PhD student with cybersecurity research published in ACM DTRAP, IEEE S&P HMISA, and HICSS.
Aadvait Hirde
Program Director
Aadvait is a Research Assistant on the NSF SAFE-OSE project and has published multiple AI/ML papers in IEEE.
Chengjun (Raina) Zhang
PhD Mentor
Raina is a PhD student at IU researching ML and NLP methods for cybersecurity, with work on diachronic embeddings, LLMs, and more.
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Premium Resources
Comprehensive learning materials.
Gain access to a library of high-quality slide decks, templates, and guides. These are the exact same resources used to teach graduate-level research methodology.
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Introduction
Literature Review
Research Design
Results
References
- Timeline
- June 1 - Aug 31
- Early action due April 15
- Commitment
- 15 hours/week
- Live: Mon, Wed, Fri 11 AM EST
- Cohort
- 60 Students
- ~10% acceptance
- Format
- Fully Remote
- Solo, Pair, Teams of 4 or 6
Outcomes
What you'll walk away with
- Completed research paper (5-8 pages)
- Real publication experience
- Portfolio project for college apps
- Network of research peers & mentors
- Letter of recommendation (merit-based)
Publication Guarantee
We guarantee that every student's work will be published. While acceptance into top-tier conferences (like those below) depends on research quality, you will walk away with a published paper to your name.
Target Venues
Tuition
Invest in your future
A single program fee covers everything. Need-based financial aid is available.
Admissions
Ready to publish?
Submit Application
Basic info + short answers about your interests. Takes ~45 mins.
Interview
If selected, a 20-min technical discussion to assess fit and curiosity.
Acceptance
Decisions by May 21. Payment due within 7 days of acceptance.
Early Application Open Until April 15th
60 spots. If you're ready to do real research this summer, apply.
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