Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-04374, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tofani, Rick (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Colleges, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les collèges, program purpose english : SPAN Consulting in Calgary, Alberta is seeking technical assistance from SAIT Applied Research and_x000D_
Innovation Services (ARIS) to support its plan to add qualitative data reading and analysis artificial intelligence_x000D_
(AI) capabilities to its Octane, a software that tracks, manages and integrates information for effective_x000D_
decision-making and reporting of results. In the proposed project, SAIT will conduct a comparative_x000D_
investigation of available AI platforms to determine which platform is suitable for integration into Octane, and_x000D_
then create and develop usage example application programs with which SPAN will initiate the integration._x000D_
SPAN will use the findings and the applications developed from the project to start integrating AI support into_x000D_
Octane and build a pilot version comprising the natural language analysis AI capabilities. The proposed_x000D_
research is the first step and is very critical to SPAN's plan of improving its Octane system to better serve its_x000D_
clients., program purpose french : SPAN Consulting in Calgary, Alberta is seeking technical assistance from SAIT Applied Research and_x000D_
Innovation Services (ARIS) to support its plan to add qualitative data reading and analysis artificial intelligence_x000D_
(AI) capabilities to its Octane, a software that tracks, manages and integrates information for effective_x000D_
decision-making and reporting of results. In the proposed project, SAIT will conduct a comparative_x000D_
investigation of available AI platforms to determine which platform is suitable for integration into Octane, and_x000D_
then create and develop usage example application programs with which SPAN will initiate the integration._x000D_
SPAN will use the findings and the applications developed from the project to start integrating AI support into_x000D_
Octane and build a pilot version comprising the natural language analysis AI capabilities. The proposed_x000D_
research is the first step and is very critical to SPAN's plan of improving its Octane system to better serve its_x000D_
clients., agreement title english : Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence Investigation, agreement title french : Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence Investigation, agreement number : CARD1, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-09-20, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada