HXIL research is supported by competitive funding and strengthened by collaborations across healthcare, engineering, computing, industry, and international research communities.
Selected active research programs supporting HXIL's work across XR, AI, healthcare, social interaction, and digital twins.
Government of Alberta · Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders (SPHIFR)
Developing XR-AI approaches for cognitive and affective resilience following high-stress in-hospital resuscitation events.
UCalgary · Transdisciplinary Connector Grants — Consolidating Stream
Advancing AI-powered augmented reality decision support for resuscitation teams through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) · Project Grant
Supporting research on policy change and sexual and reproductive healthcare for Kivallirmiut in Nunavut.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) · Team Grant: Healthy Youth — Indigenous
Investigating relationships among child protective services, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and Inuit youth health in Nunavut.
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) · John R. Evans Leaders Fund
Supporting infrastructure for designing and evaluating advanced multi-user XR interfaces and social interaction.
Alberta Innovates · Hydrogen Centre of Excellence
Developing AI- and digital-twin-enabled approaches for hydrogen pipeline monitoring, visualization, and leak detection.
NSERC Alliance · Alberta Innovates Advance Program — Stream 2
Developing emotionally communicative mixed reality agents for empathic social interaction.
Alberta Innovates · LevMax Health Grant
Evaluating augmented reality decision support for cardiac arrest in a multicentre randomized controlled trial.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) · National Women’s Health Research Initiative
Supporting the development of Inuit-specific resources and support for women in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) · Discovery Grant
Developing context-aware pervasive XR and studying multimodal embodied experiences that augment human abilities and social interaction.
We gratefully acknowledge the organizations that have supported HXIL research since 2021.
We collaborate with researchers and organizations across engineering, computing, healthcare, and the social sciences.
