The Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington brings together expertise and innovation from two schools: the School of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Mathematics and Statistics.

Our work includes a broad range of research projects and commercial work for clients across various application domains, as well as postgraduate teaching and supervision for Master’s and PhD students.

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We're applying our academic strengths to industries such as aquaculture and urban planning. Find out more about our current research projects.

Dissertation Award for ground-breaking work on Genetic Programming

Dr Ying Bi from the Te Whiri Kawe—Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence received the 2024 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) PhD Dissertation Award for her work on Genetic Programming (GP) for Feature Learning in Image Classification.

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AI Forum’s inaugural report launch

We are proud to co-sponsor the launch of the AI Forum’s inaugural report—a significant event that will explore the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on productivity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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CDSAI hosts Women in Data Science NZ 2024

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's CDSAI is proud to host the Women in Data Science (WiDS) New Zealand event for the second time. Scheduled to take place on 30 September 2024, this in-person event promises to be significant for anyone interested in the field of data science.

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Our research themes

We offer expertise across several technology themes in the artificial intelligence and machine learning space, with a wide variety of application to real-world industries.

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Where we're applying our expertise

Data science and artificial intelligence can be applied across a wide variety of different industries. Find out how we're taking our knowledge into the world.

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