Meet the AI4Umass 2025 Team & Projects

Unity computing center

Unity ChatBot

The Unity Research Computing Platform is a powerful research computing system, but like many advanced systems, it can present a learning curve for unfamiliar users. This AI4UMass team is creating an AI-powered Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot trained on Unity’s documentation to explore how AI can enhance the user support experience.

Haluk Yuzukirmizi

Riddhiman Senapati

Culinary Career Ladder Program

The Culinary Career Ladder Program at UMass Amherst is a workforce education program that assists employees in learning English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) in the first stages of their culinary career in Massachusetts. 

To enhance and automate the process of transcribing instructional videos in English and translating those transcripts into other target languages, this AI4UMass team is using AI to develop a Translation Management System. This system will provide users with high-accuracy, time-stamped closed captions, increase accessibility for non-English speakers, and enhance learner engagement. 

Adriana Caraeni

Mehak Bhola

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