ChatDC

ChatDC is a chatbot designed for Daly College (DC), Indore. Powered by the Deepseek-R1 LLM and the Chroma vector database, it provides detailed responses to queries about the school. This repository includes all project code, including the GUI.

Note: This project is versioned. Each version's code is in its respective directory.

Project Structure

📁 v3 - Third (Latest) Version

• vector_dc_info/: Stores the vectorized information about DC as embeddings.
• dc_info.txt: A text file with comprehensive details about Daly College. Its information is vectorised and stored in the vector_dc_info directory.
• v3_functions.py: Functions used across the project.
• 1_Overview.py: Code for the GUI of the project's welcome page.
• pages/2_ChatDC.py: Code for GUI of the project's main page. It allows the user to ask questions about Daly College.

Features and Working

1. Query Submission: Enter your query via the Streamlit-based GUI.
2. Query Expansion: The query is expanded by the Deepseek-R1 LLM to improve its clarity and to include the context of previous interactions if required.
3. Similarity Search: The expanded query is matched against the vector database.
4. LLM Response: The most similar chunks are appended to the query and sent to the LLM, which generates a response.
5. Context Maintenance: The chatbot maintains conversational context using previous interactions.
6. Expandable Database: The database can be expanded to include more information about Daly College.

v2 Improvements

• Expanded Event Coverage:
  ChatDC can now answer questions about almost all 2023 events and activities at Daly College.

v3 Improvements

• Enhanced Knowledge Base:
  Can provide in-depth information on school facilities, educational boards, and faculty details now.
• Advanced LLM Upgrade:
  Switched from Llama-3.3-70b-versatile to Deepseek-R1 for more accurate, context-aware answers as it can think before answering.
• Real-Time Response Streaming:
  Answers from the LLM are streamed to the user in real time.
• Improved User Interface:
  Added a new welcome page that provides an overview of the app and its features.

Website

You can try out the latest version of ChatDC here: ChatDC

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

For questions or suggestions, feel free to open an issue or reach out:

• Email: adnanbarwaniwala7@gmail.com

🙏 Thank You

Thank you for exploring ChatDC! I hope you find it useful.