AI Tools and Solutions for Research
Software and infrastructure that are available to support your research and innovation.
Microsoft Copilot Chat
With UCalgary’s secure access to Microsoft Copilot Chat, users who are logged-in get the benefits of generative AI with the necessary privacy and security safeguards in place.
Scopus AI: Generative AI Research Assistant
Scopus AI is Elsevier’s generative AI-powered research assistant, integrated directly into the Scopus platform. It synthesizes peer-reviewed literature from the Scopus database to deliver referenced summaries, concept maps, emerging themes, and deep research reports, all designed to accelerate scholarly exploration. Accessible via the main search box in Scopus, Scopus AI is available through the institutional subscription.
Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
As we embrace the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies in teaching and learning, the resources provided are intended to help educators, students and academic units with information that helps with decisions on if, how and when to use GenAI .
Local Resources
- Our High Performance Computing (HPC) platform is available for all University of Calgary researchers and offers local, on-premises computing with high flexibility and analyst support.
National Resources
- National resources are available to all UCalgary researchers through the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. If you have any questions or require support you can reach out to the local UCalgary support team (support@hpc.ucalgary.ca) for more information on how to get an account or to access resources.
- Specific resources available from The Alliance include:
- UCalgary is also supporting the Alliance’s Sovereign AI Compute Infrastructure initiative. Public Infrastructure for Public Good. The Alliance is uniting researchers, government and industry behind one national vision: secure, scaled-up and sovereign public data and AI infrastructure, integrated across Canada to power the largest models, datasets and discoveries.
Commercial Cloud Resources
- UCalgary can support researchers in getting access to commercial cloud resources.
- Institutionally managed infrastructure is available on Azure. A pilot is underway to support researcher access to AWS.
- Contact Research Computing Services (rcs.cloud@ucalgary.ca) for more information.