Patents by Inventor Shazia Afzal

Shazia Afzal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220101182
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining a dataset for use in building a machine-learning model; assessing a quality of the dataset, wherein the quality is assessed in view of an effect of the dataset on a performance of the machine-learning model, wherein the assessing comprises scoring the dataset with respect to each of a plurality of attributes of the dataset; for each of the plurality of attributes having a low quality score, providing at least one recommendation for increasing the quality of the dataset with respect to the attribute having a low quality score; and for each of the plurality of attributes having a low quality score, providing an explanation explaining a cause of the low quality score for the attribute having a low quality score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hima Patel, Lokesh Nagalapatti, Naveen Panwar, Nitin Gupta, Ruhi Sharma Mittal, Sameep Mehta, Shanmukha Chaitanya Guttula, Shazia Afzal
  • Patent number: 10984672
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of transcripts, each transcript corresponding to an interaction between a student and a tutoring agent; identifying conversational patterns within the plurality of transcripts, the identified conversational patterns indicating a level of understanding regarding the interaction between the tutoring agent and the student, wherein the identifying comprises (i) identifying an exchange between the tutoring agent and the student, the exchange comprising a conversational turn by each of the tutoring agent and the student and (ii) classifying each of the conversational turns into a response type; determining, based upon the identified conversational patterns, a possible improvement to the tutoring agent, wherein the possible improvement is determined based upon the classified response types of each of (i) the tutoring agent and (ii) the student; and notifying a developer of the tutoring agent of the identified possible improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tejas Indulal Dhamecha, Renuka Sindhgatta, Smitkumar Narotambhai Marvaniya, G. Vinay Shashidhar, Shazia Afzal, Bikram Sengupta
  • Patent number: 10832586
    Abstract: A method and system of interactive tutoring is provided. A question is sent to a user device. Upon determining that the response does not correspond to a known correct answer, a concept map is identified and a cost function between the correct answer and the response is determined. Upon determining that the cost function between the correct answer and the response is above a predetermined threshold, the question is identified to be the origin. Otherwise, the response is identified to be the origin. A present academic proficiency of the student is determined. A difficulty boundary based on the academic proficiency of the student is determined. A next question is provided between the origin and the correct answer, based on the determined difficulty boundary of the student.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shazia Afzal, Jae-wook Ahn, Maria D. Chang, Renuka R. Sindhgatta, Patrick D. Watson
  • Publication number: 20190362642
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of transcripts, each transcript corresponding to an interaction between a student and a tutoring agent; identifying conversational patterns within the plurality of transcripts, the identified conversational patterns indicating a level of understanding regarding the interaction between the tutoring agent and the student, wherein the identifying comprises (i) identifying an exchange between the tutoring agent and the student, the exchange comprising a conversational turn by each of the tutoring agent and the student and (ii) classifying each of the conversational turns into a response type; determining, based upon the identified conversational patterns, a possible improvement to the tutoring agent, wherein the possible improvement is determined based upon the classified response types of each of (i) the tutoring agent and (ii) the student; and notifying a developer of the tutoring agent of the identified possible improvement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tejas Indulal Dhamecha, Renuka Sindhgatta, Smitkumar Narotambhai Marvaniya, G. Vinay Shashidhar, Shazia Afzal, Bikram Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20180301050
    Abstract: A method and system of interactive tutoring is provided. A question is sent to a user device. Upon determining that the response does not correspond to a known correct answer, a concept map is identified and a cost function between the correct answer and the response is determined. Upon determining that the cost function between the correct answer and the response is above a predetermined threshold, the question is identified to be the origin. Otherwise, the response is identified to be the origin. A present academic proficiency of the student is determined. A difficulty boundary based on the academic proficiency of the student is determined. A next question is provided between the origin and the correct answer, based on the determined difficulty boundary of the student.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Shazia Afzal, Jae-wook Ahn, Maria D. Chang, Renuka R. Sindhgatta, Patrick D. Watson