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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# scx-devsched
+
+> A research project exploring domain-specific CPU scheduling on Linux using `sched_ext` and eBPF.
+
+## Overview
+
+`scx-devsched` investigates whether domain-specific scheduling strategies can improve the performance of software development workloads compared to the default Linux scheduler.
+
+This repository contains research notes, experimental schedulers, benchmarking tools, and the implementation developed throughout the project.
+
+## Status
+
+Work in progress.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+* [ ] Literature review
+* [ ] Research design
+* [ ] Baseline benchmarks
+* [ ] Scheduler implementation
+* [ ] Experimental evaluation
+* [ ] Thesis
+
+## License
+
+Apache License 2.0
+
diff --git a/benchmarks/README b/benchmarks/README
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+# benchmarks
+
+Benchmark scripts, workload definitions, and measurement helpers used for scheduler evaluation.
diff --git a/benchmarks/scripts/.gitkeep b/benchmarks/scripts/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/benchmarks/workloads/.gitkeep b/benchmarks/workloads/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README
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+# docs
+
+Project documentation, architecture notes, setup guides, and technical explanations.
diff --git a/misc/org-capture-templates.el b/misc/org-capture-templates.el
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+(setq org-directory "~/dev/scx-devsched/org")
+
+(setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/inbox.org"))
+
+(setq org-capture-templates
+      '(("i" "Inbox" entry
+         (file "~/dev/scx-devsched/org/inbox.org")
+         "* TODO %?\nCaptured: %U\n\n")
+
+        ("p" "Paper note" entry
+         (file "~/dev/scx-devsched/org/literature.org")
+         "* TODO %^{Paper title}\n:PROPERTIES:\n:TITLE: %\\1\n:AUTHORS: %^{Authors}\n:YEAR: %^{Year}\n:VENUE: %^{Venue}\n:CITEKEY: %^{Citation key}\n:DOI:\n:URL:\n:END:\n\n** Problem\n\n** Contribution\n\n** Method\n\n** Evaluation\n\n** Metrics\n\n** Results\n\n** Weaknesses\n\n** Relevance to thesis\n\n** Notes\n%?")
+
+        ("e" "Experiment" entry
+         (file "~/dev/scx-devsched/org/experiments.org")
+         "* TODO EXP-%^{Experiment ID} %^{Title}\n:PROPERTIES:\n:ID: EXP-%\\1\n:DATE: %U\n:KERNEL: %^{Kernel version}\n:SCHEDULER: %^{Scheduler}\n:WORKLOAD: %^{Workload}\n:STATUS: planned\n:END:\n\n** Objective\n\n%?\n\n** Environment\n\n** Workload\n\n** Command\n#+begin_src sh\n\n#+end_src\n\n** Metrics\n\n- Completion time\n- Context switches\n- CPU migrations\n- Cache misses\n- Instructions\n- Cycles\n\n** Results\n\n** Observations\n\n** Conclusion\n\n** Next steps\n")
+
+        ("t" "Thesis note" entry
+         (file "~/dev/scx-devsched/org/thesis.org")
+         "* TODO %^{Section / idea}\nCaptured: %U\n\n%?")))
diff --git a/org/README b/org/README
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+# org
+
+Research notes, thesis planning, literature notes, experiment logs, and project agenda.
diff --git a/org/experiments.org b/org/experiments.org
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+#+title: Experiments
+#+author: Levent Kaya
+#+startup: overview
+
+* Experiment Log
+
+** TODO EXP-001 Baseline scheduler benchmark
+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID: EXP-001
+:DATE:
+:KERNEL:
+:SCHEDULER: default
+:WORKLOAD:
+:STATUS: planned
+:END:
+
+*** Objective
+
+*** Environment
+
+*** Workload
+
+*** Command
+
+#+begin_src sh
+# command here
+#+end_src
+
+*** Metrics
+
+- Completion time
+- Context switches
+- CPU migrations
+- Cache misses
+- Instructions
+- Cycles
+
+*** Results
+
+*** Observations
+
+*** Conclusion
+
+*** Next steps
diff --git a/org/inbox.org b/org/inbox.org
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+#+title: Inbox
+#+author: Levent Kaya
+#+startup: overview
+
+* Inbox
+
+** TODO Unprocessed idea
+Captured at: %U
+
+Notes:
diff --git a/org/literature.org b/org/literature.org
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+#+title: Literature Review
+#+author: Levent Kaya
+#+startup: overview
+
+* Papers
+
+** TODO Paper Title
+:PROPERTIES:
+:TITLE:
+:AUTHORS:
+:YEAR:
+:VENUE:
+:CITEKEY:
+:DOI:
+:URL:
+:END:
+
+*** Problem
+
+*** Contribution
+
+*** Method
+
+*** Evaluation
+
+*** Metrics
+
+*** Results
+
+*** Weaknesses
+
+*** Relevance to thesis
+
+*** Notes
diff --git a/org/roadmap.org b/org/roadmap.org
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+#+title: Roadmap
+#+author: Levent Kaya
+#+startup: overview
+
+* Milestones
+
+** TODO Literature review
+** TODO Baseline benchmark environment
+** TODO sched_ext examples
+** TODO Initial scheduler prototype
+** TODO Experimental evaluation
+** TODO Thesis draft
+
+* Research Questions
+
+** RQ1
+Can a domain-specific sched_ext scheduler improve software development workloads compared to the default Linux scheduler?
+
+** RQ2
+Which scheduling metrics are most affected by domain-specific policies?
+
+* Hypotheses
+
+** H1
+A domain-specific sched_ext scheduler reduces workload completion time.
+
+** H2
+A domain-specific sched_ext scheduler reduces context switches and CPU migrations.
+
+** H3
+A domain-specific sched_ext scheduler improves latency without significantly degrading throughput.
diff --git a/org/thesis.org b/org/thesis.org
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+#+title: Thesis Draft
+#+author: Levent Kaya
+#+startup: overview
+
+* Title
+
+Domain-Specific Linux Scheduling with sched_ext
+
+* Abstract
+
+Placeholder.
+
+* 1. Introduction
+
+** Motivation
+
+** Problem Statement
+
+** Research Questions
+
+** Contributions
+
+** Thesis Structure
+
+* 2. Background
+
+** Linux Scheduling
+
+** CFS / EEVDF
+
+** sched_ext
+
+** eBPF
+
+* 3. Related Work
+
+* 4. Methodology
+
+** Workloads
+
+** Metrics
+
+** Experimental Setup
+
+** Baseline
+
+** Proposed Scheduler
+
+* 5. Implementation
+
+* 6. Evaluation
+
+* 7. Discussion
+
+* 8. Conclusion
+
+* References
diff --git a/papers/README b/papers/README
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+
+### `papers/README.md`
+
+```md
+# papers
+
+Local notes and metadata for papers used in the literature review.
+
+PDF files may be managed externally with Zotero.
diff --git a/refs.bib b/refs.bib
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+# results
+
+Raw and processed benchmark results.
+
+Structure:
+
+```text
+results/
+├── raw/
+├── processed/
+└── figures/
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diff --git a/results/processed/.gitkeep b/results/processed/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/results/raw/.gitkeep b/results/raw/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
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+# src
+
+Source code for experimental sched_ext schedulers and related user-space tooling.
diff --git a/thesis/README b/thesis/README
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+# thesis
+
+Draft thesis materials, chapter outlines, figures, and final export artifacts.
diff --git a/thesis/chapters/.gitkeep b/thesis/chapters/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/thesis/figures/.gitkeep b/thesis/figures/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/thesis/main.tex b/thesis/main.tex
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