Westwood Lecture Series: Sooyeon Jeong

Sooyeon Jeong, assistant professor of computer science in the College of Science, will discuss developing socially interactive AI agents for enhancing human flourishing.

Jeong’s research focuses on designing and deploying interactive AI agents that can improve people’s lives by providing personalized support based on each user’s needs, traits and behaviors. She deploys these agents “in the wild” to evaluate how they build relationships/rapport with people over time and improve their well-being, health and learning. She aims to build relational technologies to be more than just tools and become helpful companions for people by continuously adapting themselves to help users achieve their health goals.

The Westwood Lecture Series is a program aimed at enhancing the intellectual vibrancy of the West Lafayette campus.

Each lecture will take place from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Westwood, the Purdue president’s residence.

Space is limited to the first 50 faculty who register online.