UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1291 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1291

Submission ID: 21051

Submission UUID: 6aea334e-d75d-4cf9-b86f-9b0ea46af7ce

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Mon, 08/18/2025 - 11:59 PM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Nelu D. Radpour

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) radpour@psy.fsu.edu

Position Title Graduate Student

Faculty Advisor Name Dr. Michael Kaschak

Faculty Advisor's FSU Email kaschak@psy.fsu.edu

FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Psychology

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Adaptive Minds and Machines: Insights into Human Learning, AI Representation, and Decision-Making

Project Keywords AI, learning, cognition, decision-making, perception, language models

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors.

most relevant would be: Computer Science, Psychology, Information, Neuroscience, Computational Science, Economics, Linguistics, Statistics

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 6

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 We are exploring how humans learn, categorize, and make decisions in uncertain or novel situations, and how these processes compare to machine learning approaches. Research assistants will help with designing and running experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and contributing to discussions about how human and artificial intelligence intersect. This is a great opportunity for students interested in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, or AI.

Research Tasks Research assistants may help with recruiting participants, running behavioral or online experiments, data collection, coding and programming tasks, organizing and analyzing data, conducting literature reviews, and exploring large language model applications through prompt engineering.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required skills include reliability, attention to detail, good communication, and willingness to learn. Recommended skills include basic programming, experience with data analysis, familiarity with experimental design, literature review skills, and interest in AI or large language models.

Mentoring Philosophy My mentoring philosophy prioritizes communication across the mentor and mentee. First, I seek to develop a safe, judgement free-environment in which a mentee can confidently and earnestly talk through their research interests and goals. So often students are afraid to ask for help as they feel they do not know enough to even reach out to a fellow student or professor. Such an environment impedes the self-development of the mentee. But, this mentoring relationship is not a one-way street. Second, by sharing my own research interests, projects, and goals with my mentee, I aim to not only to introduce them to new topics that they may find interesting, but to also help them develop their own voice in offering suggestions, feedback, and acting in collaboration. By sharing my research challenges with my mentee I hope to imbue within them confidence and a mode of respectful exchange in an academic setting.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://dradpour.github.io/

Please add any additional information here (if applicable): link to publications here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B5xj-8IAAAAJ&hl=en

Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? No

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

Faculty Advisor Confirmation Yes

Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? No

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Year 2025

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