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Faculty advisor: Yun-Nung (Vivian) Chen 陳縕儂

Miutsu

We expect Miutsu to incorporate multi-modal (voice and vision) customer experiences to allow for more efficient and intuitive interactions between customers and machines.

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Team Miutsu consists of graduate students from the MiuLab (Machine Intelligence & Understanding Laboratory) at National Taiwan University. Our TaskBot - Miutsu is inspired by Mewtwo, a genetically engineered Pokémon highly adept at utilizing its telepathic powers to communicate with humans. We expect Miutsu to incorporate multi-modal (voice and vision) customer experiences to allow for more efficient and intuitive interactions between customers and machines. We envision our agent can assist with multiple-step cooking and DIY tasks and monitor the customer's state to provide timely assistance before they have a negative experience and enhance customer satisfaction.

Yen-Ting L. - Team leader

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Yi-Cheng C.

Yi-Cheng is currently an undergraduate student in the department of Computer Science and Information Engineering from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, and is going to be a graduate student in the same department from the same university. His research has been focused on Natural Language Processing and Dialogue Systems.

Ssu C.

I like to study and experiment with new technologies. My interest is to read science fiction, stream Netflix. Whenever I encounter a problem, I don't withdraw from the challenge. I enjoy the sense of accomplishment brought by solving puzzles in my way. Implementing is the best path to practice Computer Science. In the future, I hope I can build a product with what I learn, what I am keen on.

Hui-Chi K.

I am Hui-Chi, a graduate student in the department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University. I am working on dialogue systems and natural language processing.

Shang-Yu S.

I am Shang-Yu, a PhD candidate in the department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University. Now I am working with Prof.Yun-Nung (Vivian) Chen on various research topics about Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning and Dialogue Systems.

Ze-Song X.

Ze-Song is an undergraduate student in Computer Science and Information Engineering from National Cheng Kung University. His research focuses specifically on Dialogue Systems.

Yun-Nung (Vivian) Chen 陳縕儂 - Faculty advisor

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