UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1076

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  roundtable_info:
    - day: 'Thursday, September 4'
      endingtime: '12:30'
      starttime: '12:00'
      zoomlink: 'https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93647692564'
  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: 6-8
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: ehduval@bio.fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Biological Science'
  headshot_optional_: '63296'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: "Open communciation is at the heart of my mentoring philosophy.  I work with my mentees to customize their research experience to help them achieve their long-term goals, as well as the short-term aims of performing a specific analysis or processing a given piece of data. When something isn't working, I expect that we will discuss and work through it together. All members of my lab, including undergraduates, take full part in weekly lab meetings where we read and discuss articles from the primary literature. All lab members are expect to interact collaboratively, respectfully, and considerately so that we all benefit from the diverse perspectives and experiences that we bring to the table. I expect to learn from you, just as you should expect to learn from me."
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '1'
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  overall_research_project_description: 'This project investigates variation in display behavior of a small tropical bird, the lance-tailed manakin. In this species and many others, males perform conspicuous courtship displays for females. These displays can involve extreme acrobatic feats, change over time or in response to female behavior, and play an important role in reproductive success. How males perform courtship has an immediate effect on whether they get the chance to pass on their genes to a future generation. During this project, a team of two UROP students will work together with Dr. DuVal and project manager Juan Pablo Rios to apply machine learning in the program Deep Lab Cut to videos of manakin displays. Our goal is to use automated video processing to analyze and compare display performance (1) among males and (2) within the same male over time.'
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: |
    https://www.bio.fsu.edu/duval/Publications.html
    https://www.bio.fsu.edu/duval/index.html
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/lance-tailed-manakins/'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Emily H. DuVal'
  project_keywords: 'bird; animal behavior; courtship; artificial intelligence; machine learning; sexual selection; evolution'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Open to all majors; biology, EAOS, math, and computer science students may be particularly interested in this project.'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: he/him
  research_mentor_pronouns: she/her
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: 'Juan Pablo Rios'
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'Students learn how to use the machine learning program Deep Lab Cut (DLC), read primary literature related to the use of machine learning in biology, and take part in the (sometimes boring!) annotation of still images from videos to develop a training set of data for the DLC algorithm. They will collect and analyze data focused on one discrete question (of the many we will discuss) and create a poster explaining their findings.  Finally, they will generate a written or video-recorded tutorial to help others effectively applying the protocol they identify as best for addressing their chosen question. If schedules allow, students also will take part in a weekly lab meeting that includes readings in the primary literature in the field of Animal Behavior.'
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: 'Thursday September 4 11:30am - https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93647692564'
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |
    Required: curiosity, interest in animal behavior and computational approaches to understanding behavioral variation, self-motivation, reliability
    Recommended:  Python or general coding experience, MS Access, experience with video editing software.
  title_of_the_project: 'Developing machine learning tools to understand animal behavior'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: Mr.
  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: 'Yes'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2025'