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-title: UB Virtual Student Assistant
-emoji: ⚡
-colorFrom: pink
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-sdk: docker
-pinned: false
-short_description: UB CSE 676 Deep Learning Final Project
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+title: UB Virtual Student Assistant (UB-VSA)
+emoji: 🎓
+colorFrom: pink
+colorTo: blue
+sdk: docker
+pinned: false
+short_description: AI assistant for University at Buffalo students.
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+# UB Virtual Student Assistant (UB-VSA)  
+**RAG-powered chatbot for UB admissions, visa & campus life questions**
+
+[![HF Space Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/🤗 Spaces-Live-brightgreen.svg)](https://huggingface.co/spaces/TeamSAS/UB_VSA)  
+[![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-ready-blue)](Dockerfile) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](#license)
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+UB-VSA is a **retrieval-augmented conversational agent** that gives accurate, source-grounded answers about the University at Buffalo, with special focus on the needs of international students (F-1/OPT, I-20, course selection, housing, etc.).
+It combines:
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+| Layer | Tech |
+|-------|------|
+| **Retriever** | FAISS dense vectors (`BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5`) + keyword hybrid search |
+| **Reranker** | `cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2` |
+| **Fine-tuning** | LoRA / QLoRA adapters on `microsoft/phi-1_5` with RAFT |
+| **API** | Flask (backend) |
+| **UI** | Flask (+ vanilla JS) single-page chat |
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 Check out the configuration reference at https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference