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Strengthen site positioning: trustworthy agent automation & vertical integration#79

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Summary

  • Homepage hero: Replaced the generic lab description with a sharper two-part thesis — (1) what DAPLab builds (systems, infrastructure, and interaction principles for AI agents to safely and reliably automate real work) and (2) the core research philosophy (vertical integration across OS, data systems, AI, HCI, security, and enterprise workflows). Added an h2 headline: Building the Foundations for Trustworthy Agent Automation.
  • Homepage "Why Vertical Integration?" section: New card between the hero and the news/events/publications grid explaining why fixing one layer is not enough, with a layered stack visual (OS → Infrastructure → Data → Workflow → Retrieval → Reasoning → Human Interaction).
  • Projects page thrusts: Added a framing block above the project browser with four research thrusts: Trustworthy Agent Execution, Agent Safety and Governance, Reliable Agent Evaluation, and Human-Agent Interaction and Usability (intentionally balancing systems-heavy thrusts with the HCI dimension).
  • Site-wide metadata: Updated _config.yml tagline (Infrastructure for Trustworthy Agent Automation | Columbia University), description, and keywords. Updated the fallback raw_desc and schema.org Organization description in _layouts/default.html.

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  • No structural or layout changes — all existing sections (news, events, publications, partner carousel, project cards) are untouched.
  • The .claude/ directory added to the worktree (launch config) is not tracked.
  • The four research thrusts on the projects page are intentionally broad labels; individual project cards are unchanged.

Sharpen the lab's identity from a broad interdisciplinary AI lab to a
full-stack research group whose core thesis is that trustworthy agent
automation requires vertical integration across the entire stack.

Changes:
- _config.yml: Update tagline, description, and keywords to lead with
  "Infrastructure for Trustworthy Agent Automation"
- index.html: Replace hero copy with sharper positioning (headline +
  two-paragraph thesis); add "Why Vertical Integration Matters" section
  with explanatory copy and a layered stack visual
- projects/index.html: Add four research thrusts intro block
  (Trustworthy Agent Execution, Agent Safety and Governance, Reliable
  Agent Evaluation, Human-Agent Interaction and Usability); update page
  meta description
- _layouts/default.html: Update fallback description strings in both
  raw_desc and schema.org Organization block

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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⚠️ This PR modifies structural or configuration files
(e.g., layouts, includes, HTML/CSS, or Gemfile).

These files affect global website behavior.
Please confirm this change is intentional.

If you're only adding/updating content (profile, project, blog, event),
consider limiting modifications to data and content directories.

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