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2023 Postgraduate Student Symposium

The IEEE New Zealand Central Section is proud to have hosted the 2023 Postgraduate Student Symposium at Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka. Congratulations to Martin Allen for winning the Best Presentation Award, and to the runners up, Farzaneh Baserisalehi and Jordan MacLachlan.

Joint institutions Breakfast

The NZCS is collectively organising the Joint Institutional Breakfast. The guest speaker, Professor Emeritus Bob Hodgson, a highly regarded New Zealand academic, engineer, and entrepreneur, will enlighten us with some perspectives on how we can make New Zealand more resilient.
Abstract:
As a group of people, representative …

Prof. Mengjie Zhang appointed as Fellow of ENZ

Engineering New Zealand (ENZ) recently admitted Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), Professor Mengjie Zhang, as a Fellow at their recent Fellow’s Dinner. This distinction recognises Prof. Zhang’s decades-long experience as a leading Computer Science scholar, Fellow of IEEE and the Royal Society of New Zealand, …

Neural Style Transfer

Prof. Paul Rosin will be giving a Research Seminar on “Neural Style Transfer” at 10:30 AM on Thursday 16th March in CO350 (VUW Kelburn Campus). No registration is necessary.
Prof. Roslin will be talking about his research on style transfer based on deep neural networks.
“I will start with …

IET: Guidelines for Managing Artificial Intelligence Projects

Registration is via IET, here.

Engineers can make important contributions to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotic projects. This presentation will briefly describe the three different types of AI, their limitations and how they can be applied, and especially the need for engineers to review and validate …

ENZ: Internal Arc Fault Mitigation in MV & LV Switchgear

Registration is via ENZ, here.
This presentation will explore Arc Faults within MV and LV switchgear.
We will explore what are some of the common causes and the severity of arc faults.
It will outline and explore some of the common industry solutions for minimising or mitigating the …

Uses of Mathematics today

Uses of Mathematics today: How Mathematics helps solve the world’s problems
3pm Saturday 12 November 2022, in the St John’s Centre at St John’s in the City, corner of Willis Street and Dixon Street
Can 42 actually be the answer to the ultimate question? Can an equation …

NZCS Annual General Meeting

Our Section will host the annual AGM meeting at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel on Wednesday 16th November 2022. This event will consist of the AGM meeting, a talk by Prof. Mengjie Zhang, and a buffet dinner for members and partners. AGM attendance is free. However, there …

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Fundamentals

The NZCS Women in Engineering Affinity Group, alongside the NSW WIE Group, is hosting a discussion with Arti Agrawal. Arti will discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion and how such values offer a wealth of benefits to research groups, employers, and staff. For those interested in …