UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1331 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1331

Submission ID: 21251

Submission UUID: 0ba13d04-8a4e-428c-a4c8-03dea47a99fa

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

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Created: Fri, 08/22/2025 - 03:59 PM

Completed: Fri, 08/22/2025 - 03:59 PM

Changed: Mon, 08/25/2025 - 11:12 AM

Remote IP address: 69.254.218.229

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Guang Wang

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) guang.wang@fsu.edu

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FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Computer Science

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Harnessing Large Language Models for Human Mobility Understanding and Prediction

Project Keywords AI, Large Language Models, Human Mobility

Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors

Project Location: 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): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 10

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 This project will utilize the language understanding and reasoning capabilities of LLMs for analysing human mobility data, especially during extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes. Understanding human mobility is very important since it can help with proactive intervention strategies such as emergency evacuation and resource allocation.

Research Tasks literature review, data analysis, experiments with LLMs

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Python is required

Mentoring Philosophy My mentoring goal is to encourage every student to learn something. Based on my previous mentoring experiences, I think all students are talented and my role as a teacher is to guide them to knock on the correct door. To this end, my mentoring philosophy concentrates on encouraging students to ask questions. I treat all students with respect and maintain academic fairness. In addition, I strive to create a friendly learning environment and make students feel comfortable and supported. I think students can improve their performance after they know what they do not know, and a very effective way is by asking questions, so I usually encourage students to ask questions.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://guangwang.me/#/home

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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

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Year 2025

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