Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Erim Yanik
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: He/Him
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: Dr.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): yaniker@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Position Title: Post Doc
FSU College (if applicable): FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering / Dean's Office
Headshot (optional): https://cre.fsu.edu/system/files/webform/urop_project_proposal_portal/9266/Erim%20Yanik.jpeg

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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Video-Based Surgical Skill Assessment using Artificial Intelligence
Project Keywords: Artificial Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Video Processing
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Maybe one more
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Open to all Engineering and Computer Science majors. 

Open to medical school (On different terms. Please reach out and ask).

Project Location:: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering / FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: Yes
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?: 5-10
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:
Current surgical education predominantly relies on mentor-apprenticeship, leading to subjective and labor-intensive learning paradigms. Regrettably, this approach detrimentally impacts surgical outcomes, contributing to the loss of approximately 400,000 lives annually due to surgical errors.

In this interdisciplinary study, we strive to use artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies to develop automated and objective state-of-the-art solutions to improve surgical education & evaluation, and feedback, as well as surgical data collection procedures, aiming to alleviate the patient safety concerns.
 
We use models from simple fully-connected networks to large language models, e.g., ChatGPT to achieve our objective.

Research Tasks:
1. Literature Review
2. Data Processing & Analysis
3. Artificial Intelligence Modelling
4. Video Editing, Processing & CAD modelling

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Required:
* Proficiency in basic deep learning concepts, e.g., convolutional neural networks, fully-connected neural networks, recurrent neural networks.
* Proficiency in coding in Python.
* Proficiency in Tensorflow packages.
* Basic computer skills: open/edit images and videos.
* Microsoft Office skills
* Good communication skills.
* Most importantly curiosity and an open mind

Recommended:
* Experience in PyTorch package.
* Experience in ChatGPT prompt engineering or Large Language Models in general (not a requirement).
* Experience in meta learning, active learning, self-supervised contrastive learning concepts (not a requirement).
* Technical Writing Skills.
* Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.
* CAD skills.
* Basic understanding of Surgical procedures (not a requirement).

Mentoring Philosophy:
My philosophy is to enhance mentees' learning and comprehension as an "independent researcher". In our interdisciplinary studies, there are no textbook solutions and we figure things out using our own intuition and research capabilities. As a mentor, I will do my best to convey "why" any of what we do matters, "how" do we approach to these interdisciplinary problems and "what" are some solutions we can come up with together.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-ekL3ZYAAAAJ
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Roundtable times and Zoom links:
Friday, September 8th from 3 pm to 5 pm.

Erim Yanik is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Erim Yanik's Personal Meeting Room

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6674363117?pwd=c1ozam14UU1vZ01oNG8ydEhnMjdQUT09

Meeting ID: 667 436 3117
Passcode: bB0Eby



UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes

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Year: 2023
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