Research Survey on RAG Development Practices & Challenges (8-10 mins)

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm a final-year CS student at NTU Singapore working on my Final Year Research about RAG pipelines. I'm working on a tool designed to help developers evaluate and compare different RAG techniques (retrieval methods, rerankers, etc.).

Before enhancing the tool, I would really like to understand:

How developers currently build and evaluate RAG pipelines

What challenges you face when choosing RAG techniques

What features would actually be useful in an evaluation tool

I'd love to invite anyone who has worked with or is interested in RAG systems to fill out a short 8-10 min anonymous survey: https://ntusingapore.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Ci8hKBioJaOyeG

Your insights would be incredibly valuable for this research! Whether you're experienced with RAG or just getting started, I'd love to hear your perspective.

I'll be sure to share some results and key findings with the community once data collection is complete! Do help to share with anyone who might be interested too!

Thanks in advance! 🙏