Conference Presentation
To be presented at:
First Annual University of Cape Town (UCT) Well-Being and Flourishing Conference
Tuesday, 9 September 2025 | UCT Graduate School of Business
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds | Format: Conference presentation
This presentation introduces FlourishIQ, an intelligent AI-powered platform that personalizes positive psychology interventions for higher education students, built on 25 years of fuzzy logic decision-making research.
Abstract
Higher education institutions increasingly recognize well-being as fundamental to student success, yet implementation often lacks personalization at scale. This presentation introduces FlourishIQ, an innovative AI-powered platform that addresses this challenge by providing personalized positive psychology interventions tailored to individual student needs and contexts.
FlourishIQ represents the culmination of 25 years of research in fuzzy logic decision-making, beginning with CAMPFILE 2005 developed during doctoral studies at Stellenbosch University. The platform employs a hybrid intelligent advisory engine that combines advanced fuzzy logic algorithms with a comprehensive library of 500+ evidence-based positive psychology tools, creating unprecedented personalization capabilities for student well-being support.
The system addresses the fundamental challenge of matching appropriate interventions to individual students by processing multiple input dimensions—including personality profiles, current life circumstances, learning preferences, and wellness goals—through sophisticated decision-making algorithms. Unlike traditional one-size-fits-all approaches, FlourishIQ delivers precisely targeted recommendations that adapt to each student's unique context and evolving needs.
Our early conceptual modeling demonstrates significant potential for enhancing student flourishing outcomes while reducing the resource burden on institutional support services. By scaling human wisdom through intelligent technology, FlourishIQ offers higher education institutions a practical pathway to implement comprehensive, personalized well-being support at scale.
This presentation will demonstrate the platform's core functionality, explore its theoretical foundations in fuzzy decision science, and discuss implementation strategies for higher education contexts. We will also address the broader implications of AI-enhanced positive psychology for student success and institutional well-being initiatives.
Example Tool: Personalized Interventions in Action
20 Guidelines for Developing a Growth Mindset
This interactive tool demonstrates how FlourishIQ transforms evidence-based research into personalized learning experiences. Based on Carol Dweck's groundbreaking research, this journaling activity guides students through 20 research-backed guidelines for developing a growth mindset, with personalized recommendations based on their responses.
Key Features: Video introduction, interactive journaling, personalized feedback, and integration with the student's comprehensive well-being report. This represents one of 500+ tools in the FlourishIQ library, each designed to adapt to individual student needs and contexts.
Theoretical Foundations and Technical Development
From CAMPFILE 2005 to FlourishIQ: A 25-Year Journey
Explore the historical development from the original CAMPFILE 2005 system—a pioneering educational support platform developed during doctoral studies—to today's sophisticated FlourishIQ platform. This video reveals how decades of research in artificial mentoring and fuzzy decision-making have evolved into a comprehensive well-being support system.
The Mathematics Behind FlourishIQ
A deep dive into the mathematical foundations underlying FlourishIQ's decision-making capabilities. This presentation explains the fuzzy logic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, and decision science principles that enable the platform to handle the complexity and uncertainty inherent in personalized well-being recommendations.
Personalised Learning Experience Advisor: PhD Research Focus
This academic presentation examines how FlourishIQ's personalization engine extends beyond well-being to comprehensive educational support. Drawing from doctoral research in decision science, this video explores how the platform adapts learning experiences to individual student characteristics, preferences, and contextual factors.
FlourishIQ Platform Overview
Discover Your Path to Wellbeing
This platform overview addresses the wellness paradox of our time: despite having more wellness information and apps than ever before, people struggle more with creating lasting change. The video demonstrates how FlourishIQ solves this through intelligent personalization—moving beyond one-size-fits-all solutions to create wellness guidance that fits your unique lifestyle, preferences, and circumstances.
The presentation walks through FlourishIQ's three-step process: smart assessment that understands your real life constraints, intelligent matching using advanced fuzzy decision-making algorithms, and continuous learning that adapts recommendations as you progress. Built on proven science from positive psychology and behavioral research, the platform takes a holistic approach to wellbeing across physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions.
Development Status
Current Phase: This ambitious multi-year project is currently in early development, focusing on systematic integration of the fuzzy decision engine with the comprehensive library of digitized positive psychology interventions.
Research Foundation: Built on 25 years of validated research in fuzzy logic decision-making and artificial intelligence applications in education.
Intellectual Property: All research content, algorithms, and platform development are the intellectual property of Stellenbosch University.