HKUST Connect Service Leaders Network - Me2
"Me2" is the product from the UROP program - AI for Social Innovation: leveraging chatbots to combat sexual harassment. The project is inspired by many news reporting sexual harassment cases in university orientation camps. By building the chatbot, we aim to support the victims by providing them with a platform to report and raise public awareness of sexual harassment.
The chatbot can interact with users by having casual conversations, providing relevant information for education and allowing users to record the details of the case with proper guidance. Currently, we have successfully implemented the flowcharts of conversations as well as improving the flexibility of the content by using computer language C#. Moving forward, the chatbot is anticipated to be launched in the short future on university websites and some student mobile apps while enhancing the user experience. Ultimately, the team would like to make a positive impact in the lives of those who have experienced sexual harassment and would like to find a sustainable way to create a truly useful and effective tool.
We are looking for more students to join our team to develop the project for promoting the ideas of combatting sexual harassment together.
Who we are?
We started with just four members back in January 2021 by joining Connect for Change an idea competition organized by HKUST Connect, and now we are proud to say that our team has grown to nine members! We are a diverse group of students from the SBM, SENG, and SHSS, consisting of Year 1 and Year 3 students. Our team is made up of members from India, Mainland China, and the local community. Through our teamwork, we have been able to make friends from diverse backgrounds, and establish a strong footing in the HKUST environment.
Project Timeline
- 10 April 2023 Application deadline
- 13 March - 15 April 2023 Interview (Flexible time! We just chitchat as we hope to know more about your background to see if your vibe fits)
- April - June 2023 Regular meetings, we work together to solve the problems we face! It will be about 1-hour meeting, twice per week and subject to team members’ availability.
- June - August 2023 Expected product launch. We hope to launch the chatbot on university websites and some popular apps used by our schoolmates.
- After August 2023 Ongoing maintenance (Information keeps evolving so we have to update the chatbot from time to time)
Project Highlight
- Let your creative juices run free through ideation, coding and helping the team develop the bot and reach its goal of making HKUST an even-safer space
- Fastrack to implement and learn industry-specific skills (a great project to add to the CV!! )
- Make friends from different years, and backgrounds and get a strong footing in the HKUST environment
- We are an open and fun-loving team and hence, we not only work but also ensure that we have fun together (dinners, talking about stress and assignments all included in the package ? )
Project Requirement
We are recruiting new members for the programming and administration teams. All UG students are welcome to join as long as you are passionate about creating social impact through an innovative application.
For the role of Programmer, we expect you are:
- Familiar or interested to learn with C# and .Net
- Performs technical planning, architecture development, and modification of specifications
- Good team player
- Show a can-do attitude
For the role of Administrative Executive, we expect you are:
- Communicative team player
- Good leadership skills
- Strong attention to details
- Comfortable with ad-hoc tasks
Team Members
CHAN, Wan Ting (ECOF, Year 3)
GANGAR, Simar (CS&ECON, Year 3)
LEUNG, Tsz Ching (CPEG, Year 3)
LI, Wanshan (IS&ECON, Year 3)
MOK, Nga Yiu (CS&FINA, Year 3)
NG, Lok Lam (ELEC, Year 3)
TAM, Kwan Yiu (SENG, Year 1)
TSANG, Chin Yung Virginia (CS&ECON, Year 3)
ZHU, Qiyun (GCS, Year 3)