Meet the Jury Jiahuan Pei on Conversations That Build: How AI Learns to Heal, Teach, Play, and Judge

Arenberg Doctoral School is proud to invite you to Meet The Jury!

When internationally renowned experts visit KU Leuven as a member of a PhD Examination Committee, we like to seize this opportunity to give this expert a forum to a large audience. All members of Science, Engineering & Technology are most welcome to the Meet The Jury Lectures.

Dr. Jiahuan Pei (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) will give a lecture on “Conversations That Build: How AI Learns to Heal, Teach, Play, and Judge”.

Abstract:
Conversations shape how we learn, create, and connect. Today, large language model agents are moving beyond question answering to become collaborators that can heal, teach, play, and even support justice. This talk introduces multi-agent workflows that simulate real-world human interactions, from psychotherapy dialogues to classroom exchanges, collaborative building in Minecraft, and legal reasoning with multiple parties. Across these diverse domains, we examine how conversational AI can build trust, enhance creativity, and provide explainable support in sensitive, high-stakes contexts. By exploring both the promises and limitations of these systems, we highlight what it takes to design agents that are not only intelligent but also trustworthy, transparent, and aligned with human values.
Following the lecture, there will be opportunity for young researchers to interact with her.

• Venue: Prolog Room, Computer Science Department, Celestijnenlaan 200A, 3001 Leuven
• Date: 24 September 2025 – 14:00-15:00
• Dr. Jiahuan Pei is visiting KU Leuven on the occasion of the PhD defence of Chang Tian