UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1291

Research Mentor Information
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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
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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?: Yes
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/
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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
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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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