This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems provides $594,390 to Northeastern Illinois University to develop an AI-driven counseling system for underrepresented transfer students in computing majors. The funding supports the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program, which aims to advance computing and information sciences through investigator-initiated research and education.
Specifically, the award will fund a project to design an innovative AI advising system that provides personalized readiness assessments and improvement suggestions to underrepresented transfer students. The system integrates personal, academic, behavioral and environmental factors to evaluate student preparedness for transferring skills and the job market. It employs natural language processing, deep learning and other AI techniques, while curating data to eliminate inherent racial and gender biases. The overarching goals are to investigate challenges faced by underrepresented transfer students and provide an advising resource to support their education and career decision-making through graduation. The three-year project commenced on September 1, 2022.
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