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AI is already enhancing how we learn, teach, and work at uOttawa. It’s delivering faster answers, smoother processes, and greater focus on high-value work. AI tools are already in place and continue to expand across the University.

The Faculty of Medicine Research Office is pleased to announce the successful recipients of the 2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seed Funding Program.

Affective computing is a growing field focused on making machines more emotionally intelligent. Karim Alghoul, a machine learning researcher, is working towards technology that can better recognize and respond to human emotions. This work has promising applications in health care and mental wellness.

Professor Karen Eltis has been appointed to Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies of the New York City Bar Association.

The deployment of generative AI systems is raising fears of an increase in disinformation campaigns, particularly in the context of elections. The EU’s Digital Services Act could help limit some of these practices.

The uOttawa Faculty of Medicine community is excited to share the results of its 2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seed Funding Program, a competition that continues to push the boundaries of medical AI research and innovation.

If you’re concerned about oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) and are interested in the issue of AI and the law, join us May 24 and 25 for an international symposium presented by the University Research Chair on Accountable Artificial Intelligence in a Global Context at the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, of the University of Ottawa. The event will bring together around twenty researchers...

Artificial Intelligence has been identified as an emerging research priority area for the Faculty of Medicine in its 2020-25 Strategic Plan.

uOttawa researchers Ghassan Jabbour and Ned Booker used AI to find a narrow set of chemicals that can disarm the spike proteins of the COVID-19 virus. When bound to a select class of nanoparticles, these chemicals can be coated or printed onto any surface or material under the sun.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Céline Castets-Renard, has been awarded the University of Ottawa Research Chair on Accountable Artificial Intelligence in a Global World. Recognizing Professor Castets-Renard international voice, this new Chair strengthens the Centre’s global leadership in technology law, ethics and policy.