5/14/25:

 The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. Discuss the paper that was submitted.
2. We found some papers to consider reading. We can screen their abstracts next time.
1. A Socratic RAG Approach to Connect Natural Language Queries on Research Topics with Knowledge Organization Systems. L Lefton, K Rong, C Dankhara, L Ghemri… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org. … (RAG) agent that maps natural language queries about research topics to precise, machine-interpretable semantic entities. Our approach combines RAG with Socratic dialogue to align … . A few pages. 
2. Google Scholar: intitle:socratic intitle:"large language models": SocraticLM: Exploring socratic personalized teaching with large language models
   J Liu, Z Huang, T Xiao, J Sha, J Wu… - Advances in …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
   Large language models (LLMs) are considered a crucial technology for advancing intelligent
   education since they exhibit the potential for an in-depth understanding of teaching … Cited by 13 Related articles All 2 versions
3. Prompting large language models with the socratic method 
   
   EY Chang - 2023 IEEE 13th annual computing and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
   … Abstract—This paper presents a systematic approach to using the Socratic method in
   developing prompt templates that effectively interact with large language models, including GPT-3. … Cited by 78 Related articles All 4 versions
4. The art of SOCRATIC QUESTIONING: Recursive thinking with large language models,  J Qi, Z Xu, Y Shen, M Liu, D Jin, Q Wang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
   … Specifically, SOCRATIC QUESTIONING leverages large language models to raise and …
   Unlike CoT, SOCRATIC QUESTIONING explicitly navigates the thinking space, stimulates … Cited by 25 Related articles All 5 versions
5. SocraticLM: Exploring Socratic Personalized Teaching with Large Language Models (VK emailed the full paper)
6. A Socratic RAG Approach to Connect Natural Language Queries on Research Topics with Knowledge Organization Systems, Lew Lefton, , Kexin Rong, Chinar Dankhara, Lila Ghemri, Firdous Kausar, A. Hannibal Hamdallahi (RS emailed the full paper)
7. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1528603/full (VK emailed the suggestion)
   
8. Google Scholar: intitle:socratic intitle:"generative artificial intelligence":  1 result: Socratic Dialogue with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Where is the Future?
   J Leoste, K Fenyvesi, G di Rosario - Future of Information and …, 2025 - Springer

   This paper demonstrates the practical use of AI in academic writing, utilizing OpenAI's GPT-4
   to generate and refine content through a collaborative dialogue between the researcher …

4/30/25: Find papers to consider for reading

 The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. Discuss the paper that was submitted.
2. RS has a final next week ending 4:45 so he will be late.
   
3. We found some papers to consider reading. We can screen their abstracts next time.
1. A Socratic RAG Approach to Connect Natural Language Queries on Research Topics with Knowledge Organization Systems. L Lefton, K Rong, C Dankhara, L Ghemri… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org. … (RAG) agent that maps natural language queries about research topics to precise, machine-interpretable semantic entities. Our approach combines RAG with Socratic dialogue to align … . A few pages. 
2. Google Scholar: intitle:socratic intitle:"large language models": SocraticLM: Exploring socratic personalized teaching with large language models
   J Liu, Z Huang, T Xiao, J Sha, J Wu… - Advances in …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
   Large language models (LLMs) are considered a crucial technology for advancing intelligent
   education since they exhibit the potential for an in-depth understanding of teaching … Cited by 13 Related articles All 2 versions
3. Prompting large language models with the socratic method 
   
   EY Chang - 2023 IEEE 13th annual computing and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
   … Abstract—This paper presents a systematic approach to using the Socratic method in
   developing prompt templates that effectively interact with large language models, including GPT-3. … Cited by 78 Related articles All 4 versions
4. The art of SOCRATIC QUESTIONING: Recursive thinking with large language models,  J Qi, Z Xu, Y Shen, M Liu, D Jin, Q Wang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
   … Specifically, SOCRATIC QUESTIONING leverages large language models to raise and …
   Unlike CoT, SOCRATIC QUESTIONING explicitly navigates the thinking space, stimulates … Cited by 25 Related articles All 5 versions
5. SocraticLM: Exploring Socratic Personalized Teaching with Large Language Models (VK emailed the full paper)
6. A Socratic RAG Approach to Connect Natural Language Queries on Research Topics with Knowledge Organization Systems, Lew Lefton, , Kexin Rong, Chinar Dankhara, Lila Ghemri, Firdous Kausar, A. Hannibal Hamdallahi (RS emailed the full paper)
7. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1528603/full (VK emailed the suggestion)
   
8. Google Scholar: intitle:socratic intitle:"generative artificial intelligence":  1 result: Socratic Dialogue with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Where is the Future?
   J Leoste, K Fenyvesi, G di Rosario - Future of Information and …, 2025 - Springer

   This paper demonstrates the practical use of AI in academic writing, utilizing OpenAI's GPT-4
   to generate and refine content through a collaborative dialogue between the researcher …

4/23/25: Short meeting

 The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. Discuss a paper being written.
2. We can start discussing another AI Socratic dialog paper next time.
• A Socratic RAG Approach to Connect Natural Language Queries on Research Topics with Knowledge Organization Systems. L Lefton, K Rong, C Dankhara, L Ghemri… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org. … (RAG) agent that maps natural language queries about research topics to precise, machine-interpretable semantic entities. Our approach combines RAG with Socratic dialogue to align … . A few pages. This would be the one to read, unless we find something else.
• AI Knowledge Paradox: From Socratic Wisdom to Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Revolutionizing AI: How RAG Solves Hallucinations and Expands Knowledge Boundaries. https://www.neuroevolution.ai/p/ai-knowledge-paradox-from-socratic. Short. Has nothing to do with Socratic dialogue.

4/16/25: Discuss what to read next

  The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. We will start discussing another AI Socratic dialog paper next time.
• We finished  https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13919 on 3/26/25.
• A Socratic RAG Approach to Connect Natural Language Queries on Research Topics with Knowledge Organization Systems. L Lefton, K Rong, C Dankhara, L Ghemri… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org. … (RAG) agent that maps natural language queries about research topics to precise, machine-interpretable semantic entities. Our approach combines RAG with Socratic dialogue to align … . A few pages. This would be the one to read, unless we find something else.
• AI Knowledge Paradox: From Socratic Wisdom to Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Revolutionizing AI: How RAG Solves Hallucinations and Expands Knowledge Boundaries. https://www.neuroevolution.ai/p/ai-knowledge-paradox-from-socratic. Short. Has nothing to do with Socratic dialogue.

4/9/25: Decide to read another paper, etc.

  The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. We will start discussing another AI Socratic dialog paper next time.

    We finished  https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13919 on 3/26/25.

 

3/26/25

  The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. VJB will work on the case study section, RS will work on the introduction section.

2. Automating the Socratic method of teaching. 

• TE is leaning toward this for a dissertation.
  
• See research at https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13919 
• 3/26/25: We finished the paper.

3/19/25

 

  The Human Race Into Space Requires Kidneys, and Other Important Topics 

 

          A research and discussion group             

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Agenda and Minutes

1. RS sent us a list of relevant references which he has obtained.

2. Next step is to work on an introduction for a paper. 

3. Another next step is to start the background section.

4. Automating the Socratic method of teaching. 

• TE is leaning toward this for a dissertation.
  
• See research at https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13919 
• 3/19/25: We got up to "7 Conclusion" and can start there next time.