Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence Investigation
FY 2017-18
Summary
SPAN Consulting in Calgary, Alberta is seeking technical assistance from SAIT Applied Research andInnovation Services (ARIS) to support its plan to add qualitative data reading and analysis artificial intelligence(AI) capabilities to its Octane, a software that tracks, manages and integrates information for effectivedecision-making and reporting of results. In the proposed project, SAIT will conduct a comparativeinvestigation of available AI platforms to determine which platform is suitable for integration into Octane, andthen create and develop usage example application programs with which SPAN will initiate the integration.SPAN will use the findings and the applications developed from the project to start integrating AI support intoOctane and build a pilot version comprising the natural language analysis AI capabilities. The proposedresearch is the first step and is very critical to SPAN's plan of improving its Octane system to better serve itsclients.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
513537-2017
Name nom
Tofani, Rick
Department département
Applied Research and Innovation Services
Organization id
10
Institution établissement
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
804
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services)
Area of application fr
Systèmes et services de communications (planification, organisation et services)
Research subject code
2801
Research subject group en
Artificial intelligence
Research subject group fr
Intelligence artificielle
Research subject en
Natural language and speech understanding
Research subject fr
Langage naturel et reconnaissance de la parole
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence Investigation
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
SPAN Consulting in Calgary, Alberta is seeking technical assistance from SAIT Applied Research andInnovation Services (ARIS) to support its plan to add qualitative data reading and analysis artificial intelligence(AI) capabilities to its Octane, a software that tracks, manages and integrates information for effectivedecision-making and reporting of results. In the proposed project, SAIT will conduct a comparativeinvestigation of available AI platforms to determine which platform is suitable for integration into Octane, andthen create and develop usage example application programs with which SPAN will initiate the integration.SPAN will use the findings and the applications developed from the project to start integrating AI support intoOctane and build a pilot version comprising the natural language analysis AI capabilities. The proposedresearch is the first step and is very critical to SPAN's plan of improving its Octane system to better serve itsclients.
