Jiahuan Pei

Dr. Jiahuan Pei is an Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Faculty of Science's Department of Artificial Intelligence, the Network Institute, and Social AI. His research focuses on advanced AI applications in dialogue systems, natural language processing (NLP), and large language models (LLMs), with particular emphasis on clinical and therapeutic contexts. Recent work includes improving conversational recommendation systems, enhancing psychotherapy dialogue generation through motivational interviewing strategies, and developing multilingual dialogue management techniques.

Key research topics include information retrieval robustness in LLMs, parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods (e.g., MELoRA), and the ethical integration of AI in healthcare. He has contributed to seminal studies on dialogue alignment, faithfulness metrics for citations, and perceptual quality in 3D point clouds. His work often bridges theoretical NLP advancements with practical applications in healthcare, education, and mixed reality environments.

Pei's articles reflect a strong focus on innovation in dialogue systems, with over 15 peer-reviewed publications since 2020. He teaches the Project Conversational Agents course, emphasizing hands-on AI development. Collaborations span academic and industry partners, addressing challenges in cross-lingual communication, therapeutic AI, and multimodal training systems.