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Director

Prof Mengjie Zhang

Director,Centre of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

mengjie.zhang@vuw.ac.nz
CO 355, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data... read more

Prof Stephen MacDonell

Adjunct Professor
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Co-Director, The Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

stephen.macdonell@vuw.ac.nz

Research Areas: Stephen’s research is centred on the design, use and evaluation of intelligent software analytics. These may be built using statistical, linguistic, visual, ma... read more

Software engineering Information systems Artificial intelligence Machine learning

Deputy directors

Prof Bing Xue

Deputy Head of School, Research & International
School of Engineering and Computer Science

bing.xue@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Richard Arnold

Head of School
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Council Member
Vice-Chancellor's Office

richard.arnold@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Ivy Liu

Head of School
School of Mathematics and Statistics

ivy.liu@vuw.ac.nz

Project manager

Nagaraj Krishnan

Project Manager
School of Engineering and Computer Science

nagaraj.krishnan@vuw.ac.nz

Professors, fellows, and Māori members

Peter Lai

Adjunct Research Consultant
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Peter.Lai@wellingtonuniventures.nz

Prof Bastiaan Kleijn

Professor of Machine Learning
School of Engineering and Computer Science

bastiaan.kleijn@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Alejandro Frery Orgambide

Professor in Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

alejandro.frery@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Ali Knott

Professor in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

ali.knott@vuw.ac.nz
AM 226, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Markus Luczak-Roesch

Chair in Complexity Science

School of Information Management

markus.luczak-roesch@vuw.ac.nz
RH 908, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay

Prof Stephen Marsland

Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

stephen.marsland@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Michael Winikoff

Professor
School of Information Management

michael.winikoff@vuw.ac.nz
04 4637436
RH 907, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay

Dr Yi Mei

Programme Director, Computer Science & Computer Graphics
School of Engineering and Computer Science

Sydney Shep

Associate Professor
Waiteata Press

sydney.shep@vuw.ac.nz
022 563 5784
RB 006, Rankine Brown, Gate 3, Kelburn Parade

Kevin Shedlock

Lecturer in Computer Science
School of Engineering and Computer Science

kevin.shedlock@vuw.ac.nz

Kirita-Rose Escott

Assistant Lecturer

School of Engineering and Computer Science

kiritarose.escott@vuw.ac.nz

Academic and research staff members

Dr Ryan Admiraal

Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

ryan.admiraal@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Aaron Chen

Programme Director, Postgraduate Science
School of Engineering and Computer Science

aaron.chen@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Qi Chen

Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr Alex Doronin

Senior Lecturer in Computer Graphics
School of Engineering and Computer Science

alex.doronin@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Marcus Frean

Associate Professor
School of Engineering and Computer Science

marcus.frean@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Xiaoying Gao

Associate Professor of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Computer Science

xiaoying.gao@ecs.vuw.ac.nz

AProf Alex Gavryushkin

Associate Professor

Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

alex.gavryushkin@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Heitor Gomes

Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

heitor.gomes@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Junhao Huang

Post Doctoral Fellow
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Dr Zhixing Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow, Artificial Intelligence

Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

zhixing.huang@vuw.ac.nz

Dr David Huijser

Lecturer in Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

david.huijser@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Andrew Lensen

Programme Director, Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

andrew.lensen@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Hui Ma

Associate Professor
School of Engineering and Computer Science

hui.ma@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Louise McMillan

Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematics and Statistics

louise.mcmillan@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Bach Nguyen

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

bach.nguyen@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 886 5459
CO 342, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Binh Nguyen

Senior Lecturer in Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

binh.p.nguyen@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Emily O'Riordan

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

emily.o'riordan@vuw.ac.nz

Mitchell Rogers

Research Fellow
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

mitchell.rogers@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Nokuthaba Sibanda

Associate Professor in Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

nokuthaba.sibanda@vuw.ac.nz

Zhenshou Song

zhenshou.song@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Qurrat Ul Ain

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
School of Engineering and Computer Science

qurrat.ul.ain@vuw.ac.nz
CO 127, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Fangfang Zhang

Lecturer, Artificial Intelligence
Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

fangfang.zhang@vuw.ac.nz
CO 340, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Fanglue Zhang

Senior Lecturer in Computer Graphics
School of Engineering and Computer Science

fanglue.zhang@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 886 5340
CO 331, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Hengzhe Zhang

hengzhe.zhang@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Junhong(Jennifer) Zhao

Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering and Computer Science

j.zhao@vuw.ac.nz