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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '6'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: ehduval@bio.fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Florida State University'
  headshot_optional_: '26716'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: 'Open communciation is at the heart of my mentoring philosophy.  I work with my mentees to customize their research experience to help them achieve their long-term goals, as well as the short-term aims of performing a specific analysis or processing a given piece of data. When something isn''t working, I expect that we will discuss and work through it together. All members of my lab, including undergraduates, take full part in weekly lab meetings where we read and disucss articles from the primary literature. All lab members are expect to interact collaboratively, respectfully, and considerately so that we all benefit from the diverse perspectives and experiences that we bring to the table. I expect to learn from you, just as you should expect to learn from me. '
  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: 'This project investigates variation in display behavior of a small tropical bird, the lance-tailed manakin. In this species and many others, males perform conspicuous courtship displays for females. These displays can involve extreme acrobatic feats, change over time or in response to female behavior, and play an important role in reproductive success. How males perform courtship has an immediate effect on whether they get the chance to pass on their genes to a future generation. During this project, a team of two UROP students will work together with Dr. DuVal to assess the suitability of machine learning programs to analyze and compare display performance (1) among males and (2) within the same male over time. '
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: |-
    https://www.bio.fsu.edu/duval/Publications.html
    https://www.bio.fsu.edu/duval/index.html
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/lance-tailed-manakins/'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Emily DuVal'
  project_keywords: 'birds; behavior; video analysis; machine learning'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'computer science, computational biology, statistics, biology, other majors considered'
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  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: 'Daniel Gutierrez'
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'Students will take part in guided reading of the primary literature, self-guided training on how to use pre-coded machine learning programs like Deep Lab Cut, literature searches to identify other useful programs, and tests of program accuracy.  They will collect and analyze data focused on one discrete question (of the many we will discuss) and create a poster explaining their findings.  Finally, they will generate a written or video-recorded tutorial to help others effectively applying the protocol they identify as best for addressing their chosen question.'
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: 'Video summary of the project and advising plan: https://youtu.be/QmkdHtfTUcU'
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    Recommended:  MS Access, experience with video editing software (we use Sony MovieStudio), programming experience (not essential, but Python may help)
    Required: curiosity, interest in animal behavior and computational approaches to understanding behavioral variation, self-motivation, reliability
  title_of_the_project: 'Sexual selection in the lance-tailed manakin - using machine learning to analyze display variation'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
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  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: ehduval@bio.fsu.edu
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  year: '2023'