UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1004

serial: '1004'
sid: '19606'
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uri: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
created: '1745957009'
completed: '1745957009'
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data:
  roundtable_info: {  }
  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '8'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: abirkovsky@fsu.edu
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: pvandermark@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: N/A
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Research Computing Center'
  headshot_optional_: ''
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: 'The Research Computing Center (RCC) at Florida State University provides high-performance computing resources and expert support, including access to a large compute cluster, GPU servers, and consulting services. Education and innovation are central to our mission. We offer workshops and host internships to help students and researchers develop essential computational skills. Students involved with the RCC enjoy substantial freedom in their research while also receiving strong mentorship and support to ensure their success.'
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: 'Alex Birkovsky'
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '1'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: "The Research Computing Center (RCC) at Florida State University supports research and education by maintaining a distinct campus cyberinfrastructure and offering training opportunities and dedicated consulting services. Within RCC, the AI Lab explores the rapidly evolving fields of AI, machine learning, and generative AI to better serve its customers. This has led to several UROP projects, such as the classification of Shakespeare's works and election prediction based on Twitter content. "
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://its.fsu.edu/about-its/initiatives/machine-learning-and-data-sciences-lab'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Paul Van Der Mark'
  project_keywords: 'llm, rag, ai, resource computing'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Computer Science'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: ''
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'FSU has published a significant amount of formal documentation on policies related to travel, purchasing, security, HR, and other areas. However, it can be hard to find specific information. The goal of this project is to develop a chatbot that utilizes RAG and LLM technologies to provide users with answers to questions about FSU policies. This will involve scraping relevant policy documents, training an LLM, and making it accessible through a web interface, such as Open WebUI. '
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: NA
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'Interest or experience with Large Language Models. '
  title_of_the_project: 'PolicyBot: A Retrieval-Augmented Generation assistant for FSU policy and procurement guidance'
  update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=jQcDh1R-nmRgaPpGXsTwILIcvKd6f4UbHCpp7gczcK0'
  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: Dr.
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'No'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2025'