UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #928

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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5-10 hours a week'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes'
  confirmation_1: '1'
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  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: m.vasconcelos@fsu.edu
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  fsu_college: 'FAMU-FSU College of Engineering'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Electrical and Computer Engineering'
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  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'Yes'
  mentoring_philosophy: 'Our mentoring philosophy centers on empowering students to gain confidence in their ideas and nurturing their creativity. At the MINDS lab, we embrace the motto that there is no limit to what the human mind can accomplish and that the world of ideas offers infinite low-hanging fruits. Currently, our lab supports a diverse group of researchers, including six undergraduate students, two PhD students, and one postdoc. We believe that a diverse team representing a broad spectrum of backgrounds and perspectives leads to more innovative work, thereby contributing to the broadening of participation of underrepresented groups in the scientific community and society as a whole.'
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  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
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  overall_research_project_description: |-
    The project aims to develop a new control framework that enables autonomous agents to coordinate effectively in constrained environments. This involves creating a multi-level architecture where agents first establish a teaming structure to form a control network, and then refine their control policies through collective learning via wireless networks. The two primary objectives are:

    1. Understanding the Impact of Control Network Structures: Investigate how different control network structures affect coordination among agents, particularly when they have bounded rationality. This will include the design of teaming algorithms tailored for tasks of varying complexity.

    2. Characterizing Collective Learning under Constraints: Study how agents collectively learn coordination policies when faced with challenges like stochastic disturbances, signal fading, and power limitations inherent to wireless networks.

    This work could lead to advancements in various domains, including drone swarms, micro-robotics, and other autonomous systems operating in complex, real-world environments. The holistic approach of integrating teaming, sensing, learning, and control is particularly promising for addressing the challenges posed by imperfect information and limited infrastructure.
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: ''
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'FAMU-FSU College of Engineering'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Marcos Muller Vasconcelos'
  project_keywords: 'Robotics, Artificial Inteligence, Learning'
  relevant_student_major_s_: |-
    Electrical Engineering
    Computer Engineering
    Mechanical Engineering
    Computer Science
    Mathematics
    Statistics
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: He/Him/His
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |-
    Literature Review
    Programming Robots
    Data Collection
    Mathematical Modelling
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    Programming (Required)
    Familiarity with mathematical notation and language (Required)
    Problem-solving (Required)
  title_of_the_project: 'Learning and Teaming for Coordination of Intelligent Networked Multi-Agent Systems'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
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  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'No'
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  year: '2024'