consulting / supervision

Research strategy, European proposals, academic career guidance and student supervision from an active researcher.

Research · EU funding · Academic careers · Supervision

Turn ambitious ideas into funded, published work.

I help students, researchers and institutions design rigorous studies, write competitive European proposals and plan academic careers. My advice comes from doing this myself, in research groups and EU projects across Italy, Belgium, China and India.

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Gagan Narang presenting research on data augmentation with GANs
Presenting research on data augmentation with GANs
225
Google Scholar citations
11
Q1 journal articles
5
EU projects and grants
(Horizon · Erasmus+ · MSCA)
3
PhD scholarship offers
(Italy · Taiwan · India)

What I offer

Research Consulting

For PhD students, research groups and companies

  • Study design and methodology: machine learning, time series, patent analytics, topic modeling and LLMs
  • Choosing target journals and positioning your paper
  • Data pipelines, workflow automation and research visualisation
  • Reviewer-style feedback before you submit

I review for Technological Forecasting and Social Change, ICRA and IROS, and publish in venues such as TFSC, Pattern Recognition Letters, CVIU and ICRA.

European Proposal Writing

For researchers, universities and SMEs

  • Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Marie Skłodowska-Curie and national calls
  • Impact, dissemination and exploitation sections
  • Work package structure and consortium building
  • Proofreading and red-team review of full drafts

Hands-on experience in Smart4ENV (Horizon), iStream (Erasmus+), FOLOU and TRUST-RISE (MSCA), plus an Erasmus+ research mobility grant.

Career Counseling

For master's students, PhD candidates and postdocs

  • PhD and postdoc applications, from shortlisting to interviews
  • Fellowship proposals and research CVs
  • Building a strong academic and LinkedIn presence
  • Planning international mobility and visiting periods

I received PhD scholarship offers from UNIVPM (Italy), National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) and IIM Mumbai (India), and have studied or worked in India, Germany, China, Italy and Belgium.

For students

Looking for a supervisor?

I offer supervision to high school, bachelor's and master's students who want hands-on experience in AI research. I have supervised students at all three levels, including master's theses at the Department of Information Engineering of Università Politecnica delle Marche and, as an external advisor, at the Business School of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.

High schoolA first taste of research: short, guided projects with real data and code.
Bachelor'sThesis and internship projects in machine learning, computer vision and data analysis.
Master'sResearch-grade theses, aiming for results that can be published.

Possible topics: time series forecasting, computer vision and generative AI, remote sensing, patent analytics, and LLMs for innovation and policy analysis. Supervision can take place in person at the VRAI Lab in Ancona or online.

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Gagan Narang with students at the VRAI Lab
With students at the VRAI Lab, Ancona
Online code review of a student's project
Online code review of a student's Gorgovivo groundwater project
Online research meeting
Online research meeting with collaborators
Gagan Narang with an exchange student
With an exchange student

Experience you can draw on

Smart4ENV project workshop
Smart4ENV, an EU Horizon project, where I delivered a MOOC on deep learning for climate change
iStream training course in Kraków
iStream (Erasmus+) Transnational Training Course in Kraków
TRUST-RISE presentation at KU Leuven
TRUST-RISE (MSCA) research stay at KU Leuven, Belgium
At EUAbout
At EUAbout, the Brussels think tank where I researched AI and public policy

Institutions and projects I have worked with

How it works

Tell me your goal

Use the form below to describe your project, deadline and where you are stuck.

Scope it together

We have a short call to agree on what you need, the deliverables and the timeline.

Work and iterate

I deliver feedback, drafts or plans in rounds, so you stay in control of the result.

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