by juliet | Aug 30, 2019 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, From the OPMCSA, Internships
Kia ora koutou It has been a high profile week for equity, diversity and inclusion issues in science and academia, so it seemed timely to update on some of our intern projects. We have three projects in this space, with interns David Pomeroy, Tara McAllister and...
by rachelcc | Aug 6, 2019 | Artificial intelligence, DCSAs, In the news, Internships
How do we ensure that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) benefits people equally in Aotearoa New Zealand? In response to the recently published AI reports by ACOLA and the Royal Society Te Apārangi, our intern Kyle Webster co-authored an article for The...
by juliet | Aug 6, 2019 | Artificial intelligence, From the OPMCSA, Internships
Our second MacDiarmid intern left us last week, leaving us with lots of great resources on artificial intelligence which, unlike quantum computing, the subject of Wayne Crump’s recently finished internship with us, is technology that is very much upon is. As a taster...
by juliet | Jul 12, 2019 | From the OPMCSA, Internships, Quantum computing
Kia ora koutou In March we were excited to launch our intern programme, and have particularly enjoyed having our enthusiastic PhD graduates from the MacDiarmid Institute join us in the Office to have a first look at some of the projects that we are not resourced to...
by rachelcc | Jun 20, 2019 | In the news, Internships
Back in March 2019, Juliet joined Jesse Mulligan on RNZ to talk about our internship programme. Find out more by reading and listening to the interview on the RNZ...
by juliet | Mar 5, 2019 | From the OPMCSA, Internships
Kia ora koutou Over the last few months, as I’ve spent time listening to researchers and policymakers, I have been constantly struck by how weak the interface is between these two groups. There are of course some marvellous exceptions. However, in general, I hear...
