JstKiraOfficials/cs-chatbot-kwasu

# 🤖 Computer Science Chatbot Advisor (KWASU) An intelligent chatbot designed to assist Computer Science students at Kwara State University (KWASU) with academic guidance, course information, career advice, and technical support. ## Features - **Intelligent Response System**: Uses sentence transformers for semantic understanding of user queries - **Fallback AI**: Integrates DialoGPT for handling queries outside the knowledge base - **Interactive Web Interface**: Built with Streamlit for easy deployment and usage - **Comprehensive Knowledge Base**: Covers topics like programming languages, exam preparation, internships, tools, and career guidance - **Real-time Chat**: Instant responses with conversation history - **Suggested Questions**: Quick-start buttons for common queries ## Tech Stack - **Frontend**: Streamlit - **NLP Models**: - Sentence Transformers (paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2) - Microsoft DialoGPT-small - **ML Libraries**: PyTorch, Transformers - **Data**: JSON-based knowledge base ## Installation 1. Clone the repository: ```bash git clone github.com cd cs-chatbot-kwasu ``` 2. Install dependencies: ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` 3. Run the application: ```bash streamlit run app.py ``` ## Usage ### Starting the Chatbot - Launch the app using `streamlit run app.py` - Access the web interface at `localhost` - Start asking questions or use the suggested question buttons ### Sample Questions - "How do I register my courses?" - "What programming languages should I learn?" - "Give me final year project ideas" - "How do I prepare for exams?" - "What career options do I have after CS?" ## Project Structure ``` ├── app.py # Main Streamlit application ├── chatbot_app.py # Alternative app version with enhanced UI ├── chatbot_qa.json # Knowledge base with intents and responses ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies └── README.md # Project d …