Project Overview

• Develop an AI-powered Virtual Student Advisor chatbot to answer common questions about studying abroad, test registration (SAT, TOEFL, IELTS), scholarships, and academic programs.
• Final product must be integrated into Eddium's website and WhatsApp platforms and support real user interactions.

Key Responsibilities / Tasks

• Identify and catalog the most common student questions to define chatbot intents and scenarios.
• Design detailed conversation flows and implement natural language processing (NLP) capabilities to handle varied user inputs.
• Deploy the chatbot for integration into a website and a messaging platform (WhatsApp) and ensure reliable connectivity.
• Conduct rigorous testing for conversation accuracy and response quality, including edge cases and fallback strategies.

Technical Implementation

• Use Python as the primary language and implement conversational logic with Dialogflow or Rasa.
• Create a backend using Flask and integrate with WhatsApp API and website front-end (HTML/CSS).
• Use Firebase for data storage as needed and Git for version control and collaboration.

Dashboard & Monitoring

• Build a monitoring dashboard to track chatbot interactions, performance metrics, and user satisfaction indicators.
• Implement logging and analytics to measure intent recognition accuracy, conversation success rates, and common failure scenarios.

Deliverables

• A deployed chatbot integrated into Eddium's website and WhatsApp.
• Conversation design documentation, intent catalogs, and NLP model configuration files.
• A dashboard for monitoring interactions and a comprehensive technical documentation report with future improvement recommendations.

Expectations & Internship Details

• Duration: 3 to 5 months (internship for 1 intern).
• Strong interest/experience in NLP, conversational design, and web integrations is expected.
• Regular progress updates and final technical report required.

How to Apply

• To apply for this specific project, send your application to hr@eddium.com with the subject line: "EDU-IT03 Virtual Student Advisor Chatbot PFE".
• Include your CV, relevant project or code samples, and a brief cover note explaining your experience with chatbots/NLP.