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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

SlipBuddy Development Team

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Carolina Ruiz, left, associate professor of computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and Bengisu Tulu, associate professor in WPI's Foisie Business School, are the developers (with Sherry Pagoto, professor of allied health sciences at the University of Connecticut) of a smartphone app known as SlipBuddy, which integrates behavioral strategies and technologies like mobile devices, machine learning, and text mining to help users avoid overeating.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

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