[Project]: GuideGenie

[shrutivarade]

Name

Shruti Varade

Email Address

[email protected]

Email Addresses of Team Members

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Project Description

We deployed a recommendation system employing content-based filtering with real-world data. Initially, we conducted web scraping of UMass Faculty data using regular expressions for data preparation. Subsequently, we filtered the professors from the collected faculty data. To identify the research papers of these professors and determine their areas of interest, we leveraged Scholarly, ensuring accurate extraction of research papers. Next, we preprocessed and cleaned the data, generating word embeddings. Utilizing cosine similarity, we matched the word embeddings to the user input, thus creating an intuitive web application for the recommendation system.

Inspiration behind the Project

I really love doing research, but finding the right professor to work with can be tough. I tried searching online, but it took forever, and the information wasn't always accurate. Eventually, I had to rely on a connection from one of my current professors to find the right match. This got me thinking – what if there was a better way? What if there was a way for people interested in research to easily find professors who share their interests? This could help us connect faster and even boost interest in research, which could improve literacy rates.

Tech Stack

Machine Learning Model:
Gemini
Bert
cosine_similarity

Frontend:
Streamlit - Python framework

Backend
Pandas
Scholarly
API's
sklearn

Hackathon Track

Graduate

Project Repo

https://github.com/shrutivarade/GuideGenie

Demo Link

https://guide-genie.streamlit.app

Demo Video/Photos

https://liveumb-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/n_jain001_umb_edu/EkcK1OhCATRMm2zycONinpIBpgbDBZ9LLoD3so6L7tvJYw?e=gcCFsV

Anything Else?

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Rules and Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this BostonBridge hackathon's Rules and Code of Conduct

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[cogumbreiro]

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