From Questions to Insightful Answers: Building an Informed Chatbot for University Resources

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Main Authors: Neupane, Subash, Hossain, Elias, Keith, Jason, Tripathi, Himanshu, Ghiasi, Farbod, Golilarz, Noorbakhsh Amiri, Amirlatifi, Amin, Mittal, Sudip, Rahimi, Shahram
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author Neupane, Subash
Hossain, Elias
Keith, Jason
Tripathi, Himanshu
Ghiasi, Farbod
Golilarz, Noorbakhsh Amiri
Amirlatifi, Amin
Mittal, Sudip
Rahimi, Shahram
author_facet Neupane, Subash
Hossain, Elias
Keith, Jason
Tripathi, Himanshu
Ghiasi, Farbod
Golilarz, Noorbakhsh Amiri
Amirlatifi, Amin
Mittal, Sudip
Rahimi, Shahram
contents This paper presents BARKPLUG V.2, a Large Language Model (LLM)-based chatbot system built using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to enhance the user experience and access to information within academic settings.The objective of BARKPLUG V.2 is to provide information to users about various campus resources, including academic departments, programs, campus facilities, and student resources at a university setting in an interactive fashion. Our system leverages university data as an external data corpus and ingests it into our RAG pipelines for domain-specific question-answering tasks. We evaluate the effectiveness of our system in generating accurate and pertinent responses for Mississippi State University, as a case study, using quantitative measures, employing frameworks such as Retrieval Augmented Generation Assessment(RAGAS). Furthermore, we evaluate the usability of this system via subjective satisfaction surveys using the System Usability Scale (SUS). Our system demonstrates impressive quantitative performance, with a mean RAGAS score of 0.96, and experience, as validated by usability assessments.
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spellingShingle From Questions to Insightful Answers: Building an Informed Chatbot for University Resources
Neupane, Subash
Hossain, Elias
Keith, Jason
Tripathi, Himanshu
Ghiasi, Farbod
Golilarz, Noorbakhsh Amiri
Amirlatifi, Amin
Mittal, Sudip
Rahimi, Shahram
Emerging Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
This paper presents BARKPLUG V.2, a Large Language Model (LLM)-based chatbot system built using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to enhance the user experience and access to information within academic settings.The objective of BARKPLUG V.2 is to provide information to users about various campus resources, including academic departments, programs, campus facilities, and student resources at a university setting in an interactive fashion. Our system leverages university data as an external data corpus and ingests it into our RAG pipelines for domain-specific question-answering tasks. We evaluate the effectiveness of our system in generating accurate and pertinent responses for Mississippi State University, as a case study, using quantitative measures, employing frameworks such as Retrieval Augmented Generation Assessment(RAGAS). Furthermore, we evaluate the usability of this system via subjective satisfaction surveys using the System Usability Scale (SUS). Our system demonstrates impressive quantitative performance, with a mean RAGAS score of 0.96, and experience, as validated by usability assessments.
title From Questions to Insightful Answers: Building an Informed Chatbot for University Resources
topic Emerging Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08120