I have now completed the development of an LLM-augmented, emotionally intelligent pedagogical AI conversational agent (called AIvaluate) and tested it with teachers. I have written up…

I have now completed the development of an LLM-augmented, emotionally intelligent pedagogical AI conversational agent (called AIvaluate) and tested it with students. I have written up…

After dedicating months to this project and delving into thousands of research papers on AI conversational agents within educational settings, we have finally submitted our comprehensive…

After my initial attempt at using face recognition to capture users' emotions for the AI conversational agent (chatbot) project, I opted for a simpler solution. I…

Introduction The development of conversational agents, such as chatbots and virtual assistants, has seen rapid advancements in recent years. These agents are used in various domains,…

The Ethical Approval Journey The ethical approval process at Brunel University was thorough and involved careful scrutiny by the ethics review panel. My research aimed to…

As part of my doctoral study, I aimed to develop an emotionally intelligent AI conversational agent. To achieve this, I began by investigating methods for real-time…

In April 2021, I started my PhD journey in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Brunel University London's Computer Science Department, within the College…