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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '10 hours. '
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: gerlebacher@fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Scientific Computing'
  headshot_optional_: '26696'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: 'My own philosophy of mentoring is having a continuous two-way conversation about the work we are doing. Simply meeting once or twice a week is not sufficient. Good research is frustrating, which can easy lead to the research grinding to a halt. I would expect presentations of the work done over the period of a week, made with Google Slides or equivalent tool. Given that the research involves AI, I would expect the presentations and any written materials to take advantage of the latest AI tools to get more done faster and better. However, I will insist that the assistant be responsible for any content. The AI tools make errors so they should not be taken for granted. I communicate a lot by email, and would like a free-flowing email exchange. I tend to be rather direct, which some people find hard to tolerate. But the more work the assistant accomplishes, the more engage I, as a mentor, become.'
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '3'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: 'In the past six months, generative AI tools have taken a giant leap forward. Starting with ChatGPT, we are now besieged by a plethora of language models that number in the thousands. Research has accelerated to generate model that run faster, consume less memory, and produce better results. I am interested in constructing specialized tools to provide faculty and students to help them in their research and studies. Such tools might include the ability to scan a collection of papers, and converse with the AI. Although such tools exist, they are general, and do not work very well. I much prefer having these tools in-house at no cost. Also, the development of these tools is a learning experience. Promising applications of such tools is the generation of personalized curricula, tools to help study new subjects, chatbots that can help you prepare for tests, and systems to help with grading. We will use langchain (https://docs.langchain.com/docs/), a framework that simplifies the access to language models and allows the construction of programs to mix and match them for specific tasks. We will explore the use of vector databases to store books and articles to allow later querying, and we will develop simple to use interfaces for the users. The specific task will be decided once the research begins. '
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=GYQIwJkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Gordon Erlebacher'
  project_keywords: 'GPT Claude AI tools python '
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Scientific Computing'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: He
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'The student will develop code based on existing templates to interface with language models via standards APIs (Application Program Interfaces). There will be lots of documentation to read, and code experimentations. The work might be frustrating, but rewarding. You will have the opportunity to experiment with several AIs, and you''ll be up to date on the progress made in the field. '
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: |-
    Thurs, Sept 7, 11 am - 1 pm
    Fri, Sept 8,   10 am - noon, 3 pm - 4 pm. 
    Zoom link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9038137210
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'The assistant should be comfortable with Python and not afraid to experiment with new Python modules. and experiment. The assistant should ask many questions, as that is the only way to make progress. These questions will be posed to the mentor, and to different forums on the Internet, such as Stack Overflow and Discord, depending on the need.'
  title_of_the_project: 'Experiments with large language models'
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  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: Professor
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2023'