Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research & Innovation
Existing York U Guidelines & Resources for Using AI
- York University Libraries: Artificial Intelligence Guide
This guide is a starting point for research on AI, including topics in computer science, digital humanities, business and the social sciences. - York University Libraries: Using GenAI To Do Research
A guide to enhance understanding of GenAI tools for students conducting research. - York University Libraries: Citing GenAI Tools Properly
Links to Academic Integrity & AI tools upcoming Library Workshops. - York University: AI Technology & Academic Integrity
Understanding your responsibilities when using AI technology for academic work, includes institutional policy on academic conduct and responsible use for assessments. - York University: Osgoode: AI and the Law, Guidance on the Use of AI for Students in Legal Research and Writing Applications
Provides guidance on the use of AI in court in various jurisdictions.
External Resource Links
- Federal Granting Agencies
Draft guidance on the use of GenAI in the development and review of research proposals submitted for grant applications. - Federal Government: Centre for Cyber Security – Information for Academia
Cyber security advice and guidance for universities, research institutions and other academic organizations. - AI: Considerations for Graduate Research – Council on Graduate Students 2024
Provides an overview of the questions that graduate schools, graduate supervisors, and graduate students may have with respect to generative AI and graduate research, as well as some possible approaches to these questions. It focuses primarily on the graduate research enterprise.
You can also read more about AI and Graduate Studies on York’s Generative AI in Teaching and Learning site, here: Graduate Studies Resources – Generative AI in Teaching & Learning. - Conference Board of Canada 2024: Who is Using GenAI in Higher Education
Examining how GenAI use varies across students of differing gender, culture and field. Highlights inequalities in technology adoption across social groups within the student population. - Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Policy Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence-based technology in peer review meetings
York’s Research Landscape in Artificial Intelligence
York University currently offers more than 80+ AI-related courses across six different Faculties, as well as AI master’s programs and AI certificate programs. Over 100+ York faculty members are currently engaged in AI-related research.
AI @ York Degree and Certificates include:
- Artificial Intelligence Management Program
- Specialization in Artificial Intelligence Program
- Master of Business Analytics Program
- Certificate in Machine Learning Program
- Certificate programs in Big Data
- Lassonde Electrical Engineering and Computer Science research labs
- Lassonde School of Engineering Research Centres & Facilities
Artificial Intelligence and Society Task Force & Report
VP Academic & Provost along with the VP Research & Innovation brought together a collegial academic taskforce to develop ideas and examine options for building and featuring York’s research strengths in the area of Artificial Intelligence.
York University Research Centres and Units
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Society
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Society (CAIS) unites researchers who are collectively advancing state-of-the-art theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, law, governance and public policy. The research focuses on AI systems that address societal priorities in health care, smart cities and sustainability, and are fair, explainable, reliable and trusted. - Centre for Innovation in Computing @ Lassonde
The mandate of the Centre for Innovation in Computing @ Lassonde [School of Engineering] is to establish itself as a nationally leading and internationally recognized research unit focusing on the science of computing and its realization to enable novel solutions and technologies. - Institute for Research on Digital Literacies
The Institute for Research on Digital Literacies (IRDL) explores the diverse and evolving uses and implications of media and technology in formal and informal learning environments, and in digital culture more generally. - Institute for Technoscience and Society
The Institute for Technoscience and Society (ITS) is a global hub of critical and interdisciplinary research and knowledge mobilization on the relationship between technoscience and society, especially the configuration of social power underpinning scientific claims, medical practices, emerging technologies, and sites of innovation. - Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology
Sensorium is a research centre for creative inquiry and experimentation at the intersection of the media arts, performance, and digital culture. - Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society initiative
Connected Minds is a $318.4 million, seven-year interdisciplinary research initiative led by York University and funded by the federal government through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) program. It is a first-of-its kind research project that aims to advance the understanding of relationships between human minds and machines, and how society can evolve with these emerging technologies in a socially responsible way. - York University AI Entrepreneurship
York University has a thriving AI start-up culture supported by the commercialization experts at Innovation York, IP Osgoode, the Innovation Clinic and the Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST) labs. Application areas include attentive vision systems for sports and security, mobility assessment technologies, construction and real-estate.