UROP Project

Adaptive Minds and Machines: Insights into Human Learning, AI Representation, and Decision-Making

AI, learning, cognition, decision-making, perception, language models
Research Mentor: Nelu D. Radpour, she/her
Department, College, Affiliation: Psychology , Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: radpour@psy.fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Faculty Collaborators:
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Open to all majors.

most relevant would be: Computer Science, Psychology, Information, Neuroscience, Computational Science, Economics, Linguistics, Statistics
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required:
Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 6, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable

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.

Additional Information

link to publications here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B5xj-8IAAAAJ&hl=en

Link to Publications

https://dradpour.github.io/
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