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Digital technologies reshaping the agrifood landscape

February 12, 2026

An in-person opportunity to join a seminar on 23 February 2026 at Lincoln University (NZ) exploring how digital technologies are reshaping the agrifood landscape, with Forbes Elworthy and Paul Windemuller.For more information visit https://www.lincoln.ac.nz/news-and-eve...

Communication and Information Commissioner appointment

February 10, 2026

Congratulations to Association Board Member Dr Mahsa McCauley (Mohaghegh) on her appointment as Communication and Information Commissioner for the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO by Hon Hon Erica Stanford MP, Minister of Education.For more information visit h...

Conference recordings now available

December 17, 2025

Visit www.ainz.ai to access photos and recordings from this years conference hosting by Victoria University of Wellington in November. ...

Forget robot doctors: what's holding back AI in healthcare

November 17, 2025

Introduction: Beyond the HypeWe are constantly bombarded with futuristic visions of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Headlines promise AI doctors on our smartphones, robot surgeons performing flawless operations, and algorithms predicting disease years in advance. Whil...

September webinar - Digital AI and Ag

September 15, 2025

Digital AI in agriculture has great potential to help farmers make management decisions based on gathering data, transforming that data into actionable information and then taking those actions. In this session Professor Rains presented work his lab is currently working on t...

Mid year workshop session recordings now available

July 15, 2025

We had a great turnout for our inaugural mid year workshop #AI Research Nexus and now recordings from the following sessions are now live at the event website - OECD AI Principles and New Zealand panel discussionResearch presentationsAI in Education panel discussionWhat...

November conference abstract submission now open

July 10, 2025

The fourth annual Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association conference will be hosted by Te Whiri Kawe | Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington on 17 and 18 November.This annual conference is intended ...

Abstracts now invited for our November conference

July 10, 2025

We invite Artificial Intelligence Research Association members to participate in the 4th Annual Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association Conference, taking place on 17 and 18 November at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, A...

Our new Board

July 4, 2025

Taking this opportunity to welcome our 2025/2026 Board and to once again thank outgoing Board members for their contribution over the last 12 or so months. For more information visit our website - www.airesearchers.nz Albert Bifet Richard Green Mengjie Zhang Julian Maclaren ...

Tech on the tree tops: How AI can protect forests

June 29, 2025

An international team has trained a Siamese Attention U-Net model on Google Earth imagery to spot forest-cover changes automatically—no massive hand-labelled datasets required. The study finds the planet lost 100 million ha of forest between 2000-2022, and the new pipeline...

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