Date of Award
2020
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Computer Science
College
Engineering
Faculty Advisor
Li, Jen
Description
Among all other ethnic groups in the USA, native American’s have higher chances of developing diabetes. A lot of tools have been developed to address this issue and help them in managing diabetes. However, these tools fail to address two major issues, first, the focus on research and need of Native Americans, and second, the intuitive user interface to use the functions available in these tools without requiring a complex knowledge of technology. This project focuses on reducing these two gaps. The project uses the underlying knowledge base to provide personalized recommendations and leverages the benefit of smart speakers to deliver the service to the user’s which is highly intuitive and less demanding technologically. This project utilizes Ontology as a knowledge base and Amazon’s Alexa platform for the initial experiment to provide personalized recommendations to the users.
Recommended Citation
Maharjan, Bikesh, "Alexa, What Should I Eat? A Personalized Virtual Nutrition Coach for Native American Diabetes Patients Using Amazon's Smart Speaker Technology" (2020). Computer Science. 410.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/computer-sci/410
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0002-7284-1808
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32310