James Finch

James Finch received BS in Computer Science and Psychology from Michigan State University in 2018, PhD in Computer Science and Informatics from Emory University (advisor: Jinho Choi) in 2024, and transitioned to be a research scientist at Emory University (advisor: Jinho Choi).

• LinkedIn
• GitHub
• Semantic Scholar

Research

• Papers with Emory NLP
• Seminars at Emory NLP
• PhD Dissertation

Projects

• Contextual Understanding in Human-to-Bot Conversations (01/2023 ~ 05/2024)
• STDM-based Social Chatbot for College Students (05/2022 ~ 05/2023)
• Emory-Alexa AI Collaboration (09/2021 ~ 08/2022)
• Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge 4 (09/2020 ~ 08/2021)
• Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge 3 (09/2019 ~ 08/2020)

Achievements

• Leader of the Emora team who advanced to the Finals at the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge 4 (07/2021)
• Leader of the Emora team who won the 1st-place at the Alexa Prize Grand Challenge 3 (08/2020)
• Recipient of the George W. Woodruff Fellowship 2018 (09/2018 ~ 05/2023)