Computing & Mathematical Sciences News

Design tutor’s font makes it big on Google (15 November 2019)

A fun project created to engage her design students has led University of Waikato Tutor Carolina Short to the top of the Google Fonts rankings, with a font based on her own handwriting.
Waikato students can “breathe easy” thanks to new scholarship (31 October 2019)

A new scholarship is available to University of Waikato students thanks to the generosity of Waikato alumnus and Tauranga entrepreneur Jay Thomas and his wife Teri.
Waikato Data Scientists awarded $13 million (23 October 2019)

Data scientists at the University of Waikato have been awarded $13 million from the Government.
Uni campus hosts STEM Festival in Tauranga (16 October 2019)

As a main sponsor of the country's first world-class STEM Festival (STEMFest) event, the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus saw more than 3,000 visitors join in a celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics on Saturday (12 October).
University of Waikato secures more than $6m in MBIE research funding (17 September 2019)

The University of Waikato has received more than $6 million in research funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
Time-of-flight technology and internet behaviour secure Kudos Awards for top researchers (6 September 2019)

Two University of Waikato researchers have been recognised for their scientific prowess at the Kudos Awards dinner last night in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Student gets internship to NASA (27 August 2019)

A University of Waikato student has landed the opportunity of a life-time by securing an internship with NASA.
Nice work if you can get it (13 August 2019)

Young Londoner needs a job, walks into Waikato and becomes a research programmer.
University of Waikato extends partnership with Genomics Aotearoa (23 July 2019)

Key leaders from the University of Waikato met with representatives from Genomics Aotearoa (GA) today to discuss their ongoing partnership of collaborative research in genomics and bioinformatics.
Learning to discriminate: Can machines learn to identify pest species from photos? (3 July 2019)

University of Waikato's Professor of Computer Science Eibe Frank will discuss machine learning at a free public lecture on 16 July.