Projects

Voz

Voz, a system that explores techniques for automatic extraction of narrative information from text. Josep Valls, Santiago Ontañon, Jichen Zhu.

ask.py

Finite State Machine to handle voice interaction

A lightweight template and utilities for developing skills for the Amazon Alexa Skill Kit using Python.

A detailed project that I build using ask.py: https://www.hackster.io/josep-valls/alexa-message-board-now-with-slack-324b84
Another detailed project using ask.py: https://devpost.com/software/easy-hangman
Source code: https://github.com/josepvalls/ask.py
Check my Alexa skills on Amazon
Check my Cortana skill on Microsoft (under AI and Games)

Parallel

Parallel, NSF-funded project that explores teaching of parallel programming topics and personalized content generation. PI: Santiago Ontañón, Co-PI: Brian Smith, Jichen Zhu, Bruce Char.

TAEMILE

TAEMILE [YouTube], NSF-funded project examining how game AI, integrated with play-based pedagogy, can facilitate learning in interactive environment. PI: Jichen Zhu, Co-PI: Glen J. Muschio, Aroutis N. Foster.

Story2Map

Story2Map, a map generator for stories from a story space defined as plot points.

CeBeTA

Case Based Text Adaptation (CeBeTA), a text realization module to improve the output of the Riu interactive narrative system