{"id":78,"date":"2025-03-23T16:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-03-24T23:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:58:29","slug":"civmodel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/civmodel\/","title":{"rendered":"CIV Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alongside KIND is the Collaborative Intelligence Vision (CIV) model. CIV is being developed as an agent-based three-part system tool that integrates:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Black\u2011box large language models (LLMs)<\/strong> that help interpret, generate, and navigate complex information&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Explicit, model-driven semantics<\/strong>, based on the BPiBS project ontology and graph database, containing references, topics and insights from listening sessions, interviews etc, as well as other domains of information.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Humans in the Loop<\/strong>, where people provide interpretation, set priorities, and shape ethical direction&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/CIV_Tool_Architecture_Vision_v2_RoundedUI.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/CIV_Tool_Architecture_Vision_v2_RoundedUI.png 991w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/CIV_Tool_Architecture_Vision_v2_RoundedUI-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/CIV_Tool_Architecture_Vision_v2_RoundedUI-768x463.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim is for these block-agents to actively facilitate information and knowledge within the housing domain:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The database delivers meaning and structure.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Large language models (LLMs) accelerate parsing, reasoning, and coding.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People guide interpretation, set priorities, and ensure ethical alignment.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The graph database repository remains the foundation that houses topics, references, listening session insights, and more. Its user interface is enhanced by the CIV tool, enabling LLM-driven interactions that allow users to ingest and query data intuitively. CIV is designed to both read from and write to the database; while it currently operates with mirrored small datasets through a plug-in architecture to validate data pipelines, it is intended to connect directly to the live graph database in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BPiBS Graph Database development utilizing Neo4j:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-1024x990.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-1024x990.png 1024w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-768x743.png 768w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-1536x1485.png 1536w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-2048x1980.png 2048w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/bpibs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9451\/2025\/08\/DB_pic_031-1200x1160.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planned user experiences and near\u2011term milestones:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Desktop interface, web later: CIV is currently a desktop development; most capabilities can later surface in the web UI once requirements stabilize.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Web tasks we envision,<\/strong> limited public browsing of the topic map; \u201cupload a document \u2192 generate a heatmap\u201d; \u201center an idea \u2192 fetch top related references.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Workshop use:<\/strong> CIV supports facilitation. Example: enter a scenario and instantly surface related Listening\u2011Session comments and topic hotspots; let participants \u201center their initiative\u201d and see overlaps, gaps, risks across the live repository.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:300px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/housing-infrastructure.canada.ca\/rki-irc\/index-eng.html\">Research and Knowledge Initiative (RKI)<\/a>, delivered and supported by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada to advance housing and infrastructure projects across the country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Our team works across the unceded territories of many Indigenous Peoples, including the Algonquin Anishinaabe (Ottawa), Mississaugas of the Credit, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat (Toronto), Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh (Vancouver), k\u02b7ik\u02b7\u0259\u019b\u0313\u0259m (Coquitlam), l\u0259k\u0313\u02b7\u0259\u014b\u0259n and W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 Peoples (Victoria), and the Tla-o-qui-aht and Nuu-chah-nulth Nations (Tofino).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We recognize that land acknowledgment is not the work itself, but a reminder of our ongoing responsibilities\u2014relational, material, and ethical\u2014to the peoples and places that continue to steward these lands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We commit to unsettling extractive habits in our work and to walking, with humility, toward deeper accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside KIND is the Collaborative Intelligence Vision (CIV) model. 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