The DIAS Project. Development of an Intelligent Digital Assistant in Higher Education

Abstract

[EN] The following paper will introduce the DIAS project (Digital Intelligent Assistant for Studying and Teaching) hosted at the University of Applied Sciences Ansbach, Germany. In this research project, a digital study assistant based on conversational Artificial Intelligence will be developed. To meet the multi-faceted needs of students in their day-to-day studies, the assistant will have four components: communicator, for answering questions, for conversation, and for mentoring; a planner, for performing time management and course planning; a motivator, for actively managing learning success; and an analyzer, for providing the necessary information about the student's study progress.