UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1239

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Fengjiao Liu
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: She/her
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): fliu@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Position Title: Faculty
FSU College (if applicable): FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above): Xiaoyang Ming
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): xm24b@fsu.edu
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Convergence Rate Analysis in Multi-Agent Systems
Project Keywords: multi-agent system, graph theory, reinforcement learning
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 1
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Project Location:: The location is flexible, we can discuss on Zoom or on Engineering campus, or occasionally on FSU main campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: No, the project is remote
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Fully Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 6 hours per week
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
In multi-agent systems, multiple (intelligent) agents often need to reach consensus on their decisions via local communication with their neighboring agents within their sensing radii. Naturally, the convergence rate of their decisions depends on how well-connected their communication network is. In this project, we propose to study how adding and removing an edge in the communication network, which can be either directed or undirected, will affect the convergence rate of the consensus for multi-agent systems. In particular, given a communication network, we would like to study adding (or removing) which edge will contribute the most to increasing (or decreasing, respectively) the convergence rate. We may need to adopt a reinforcement learning approach for this project.

Research Tasks:
literature review, understanding the convergence rate from a graph-theoretical point of view, simulation and coding.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Recommended: a certain level of math background to understand the problem from a graph-theoretical point of view.
Required: coding and programming skills.

Mentoring Philosophy:
The students should have a good math background and are expected to work independently and plan their timelines. The advisor and students can have a short Zoom meeting biweekly to discuss progress and challenges.

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: No
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UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes

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Year: 2025
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