Paper Pigeon

Interactive research network explorer with resume-driven recommendations, RAG-powered paper chat, and rich researcher/lab profiles.

Features

• Research Network Graph

  • 3D ForceGraph with labs and researchers, hover profiles, and clickable nodes
  • Smart highlighting from search and keyboard navigation

• Search & Quick Select

  • Fast typeahead for researchers, labs, and tags
  • Enter to select, arrow keys to navigate

• Resume Upload & Recommendations

  • Shadcn-styled upload button next to the search bar
  • Client-side PDF parsing; resume text runs through Bedrock RAG or a local similarity fallback
  • Recommendations modal with similarity scores; names clickable to open profiles

• Paper Chat (RAG)

  • Ask questions about a paper; responses include citations
  • Uses Bedrock Retrieve-and-Generate with your knowledge base

• Researcher Profiles

  • Full modal with contact info, labs, tags, publications, and influence score
  • Hover panel for quick glance; clickable items to open full modal or paper chat

Tech Stack

• React 19, TypeScript, Vite 7
• Tailwind CSS v4 (+ shadcn/ui components)
• AWS SDK v3 (Bedrock Agent Runtime, DynamoDB, S3)
• 3d-force-graph, three.js for visualization
• pdfjs-dist for client-side PDF parsing

Environment Variables

Required for AWS integrations (set in .env):

• VITE_AWS_REGION
• VITE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• VITE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• VITE_BEDROCK_MODEL_ID (optional; defaults to meta.llama3-1-70b-instruct-v1:0)
• VITE_BEDROCK_KNOWLEDGE_BASE_ID (primary KB)
• VITE_BEDROCK_DATA_SOURCE_ID (primary DS)
• VITE_BEDROCK_KNOWLEDGE_BASE_ID_2 (recommendations KB)
• VITE_BEDROCK_DATA_SOURCE_ID_2 (recommendations DS)

Data Tables (DynamoDB)

• researchers: { researcher_id, name, advisor, contact_info[], labs[], standing, tags[], influence, about }
• papers: { document_id, title, year, tags[], lab_id }
• library: { researcher_id, document_id }
• paper-edges: { researcher_one_id, researcher_two_id }
• advisor_edges: { advisee_id, advisor_id }
• lab-info: { lab_id, description, faculty[] }

Development

Install dependencies and run locally:

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Or with npm/yarn:

npm i && npm run dev
# or
yarn && yarn dev

Building

pnpm build
pnpm preview