Following code is typical header for research post.
--- header begins with ---
layout: post
category: research
title: Visual Surveillance
title: Your research title, e.g., Visual Surveillance.
teaser: Your research thumbnail will be shown in the research page, e.g., /img/research/vissurv/teaser.png
collaborators: [Seon Ho On, Sajid Javed, Jae Ho Goo, Soon Ki Jung]
--- header ends with ---
Your contents here
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We use markdown for ease of use.
For more details, please see GitHub Flavored Markdown and my example