Jill Watson and AskJill: AI-Powered Q&A Agents

Info about the Project

Jill Watson and AskJill are AI-powered Q&A agents. Jill Watson, currently deployed in four classes, serves as a virtual TA that answers student questions related to course syllabus and schedule. It's goal is to enhance teacher presence in the class. AskJill, evolved from Jill Watson, is an artificial intelligence explanation agent that can answer questions about the domain, operation and functionality of other AI systems as outlined in their user guides. It is currently deployed in an AI-based interactive learning environment VERA (Virtual Ecological Research Assistant).
Faculty: 
Sandeep Kakar, Ashok Goel
Students: 
Pranav Guruprasad, Sona Jain, Raj Krishnan, Robert Lindgren, Pratyusha Maiti, Sanjeev Rao, Karan Taneja