UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1239

serial: '1239'
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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '6 hours per week'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: xm24b@fsu.edu
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: fliu@eng.famu.fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'FAMU-FSU College of Engineering'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Electrical and Computer Engineering'
  headshot_optional_: ''
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'No'
  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.'
  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: '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.'
  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: 'Fully Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'The location is flexible, we can discuss on Zoom or on Engineering campus, or occasionally on FSU main campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Fengjiao Liu'
  project_keywords: 'multi-agent system, graph theory, reinforcement learning'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: He/his
  research_mentor_pronouns: She/her
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: 'Xiaoyang Ming'
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'literature review, understanding the convergence rate from a graph-theoretical point of view, simulation and coding.'
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_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.
  title_of_the_project: 'Convergence Rate Analysis in Multi-Agent Systems'
  update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=L-d6DjofCxUTDYoQEIMU1cMmxLg41Yw5IeKbbmf8xEA'
  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: ''
  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'