UC Computer Science and Software Engineering

New article on our website, ICSME (CORE rank A) is coming to Auckland in September 2025 🎉 softwareinnovation.nz/icsme-2025-wil… @IEEEICSME #SoftwareEngineering

We also recruit a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (eq. Assist. / Assoc. Prof US system) in Software Engineering. More info: jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/aji…

We're recruiting a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (eq. Assist. / Assoc. Prof US system) in Computer Graphics and Computer Vision. Come work with us in Beautiful Ōtautahi Christchurch (Aotearoa New Zealand). More info: jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/aji…

We are looking for a Computer Vision / Graphics (Senior) Lecturer (eq. Assistant Prof in US system). More details: jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/aji… #academicjob @csfacultyjobs

Congratulations Emeritus Prof Krzysztof Pawlikowski and Barbra Pawlikowski, awarded the Officer’s & Knight’s Cross -Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. For outstanding contributions to democratic changes in Poland, and activities on behalf of the Polish community in NZ

We are hiring a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (eq. to Assistant or -entry level- Associate Prof in the US system). All areas of software engineering considered. jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/aji… @csfacultyjobs #AcademicJobs #AcademicTwitter

#AI is a popular topic right now and researchers are busy forecasting how it's going to impact our lives 👩‍💻 UC researchers have found neither humans nor AI detection programmes are reliable for spotting the use of software used to manipulate online survey responses. Read more> bit.ly/3wDG7Yt

#KnowYourPC @FabGilson Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury @UCNZ , #NewZealand is a Program Committee Member of @sea4dq @FSEconf 2024. For more details of the workshop, please check out the workshop page. Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024 sea4dq.github.io

Last month we enjoyed some coffee and cake at morning tea to celebrate Prof. Richard Green's 20 years of service! An incredible milestone achieved by a fantastic colleague!

We are running the Australasian Software Engineering Summer School (ASESS) colocated with ACSW in Sydney at @UNSW 30 January - 1 February 2024. 18 world class speakers from the region including several PhD students. Thanks to sponsors @sigsoft & @Google sites.google.com/view/asess2024/

We’re extremely proud to share that Professor Tim Bell was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours List, for services to computer science education. Read More: canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-event…

.@skdh takes a closer look at the fascinating new paper from UC Distinguished Professor Roy Kerr which asks, 'Do Black Holes have Singularities?' 🌑 bit.ly/3GMEEkx @UCNZMaths

Science lead Matthias Galster introducing the overall work programme of the Veracity Spearhead

Congratulations to Prof Tim Bell who was recently elected to the CORE Academy! The CORE Acadamey honours and recognises individuals who have made significant and cumulative contributions to the development of the computing disciplines in Australasia. Whakamihi, Tim!!

Congratulations to Angela Martin and Trevor Nesbit who were awarded best paper at the 14th annual CITRENZ conference. Their paper is titled Embracing the use of Generative AI in a First Year Information Systems Course. Dr Trevor Nesbit joined CSSE this year as a Senior Lecturer

Last month we hosted the annual Programming Contest for Girls. This contest involved 42 teams of year 10 students competing nationally. Congratulations to Papanui High School (1st place nationally), St Andrews College (2nd place) and Burnside High School (4th place)

Congratulations to Joseph Grace, Nicholas Grace, and Issac Siu -3rd place overall and first in New Zealand at the South Pacific International Collegiate Programming Contest. Also, to Cameron Wu, Alex Widogast, and Luke Garside for 2nd place within the New Zealand teams.

We are organising the first Australasian Software Engineering Summer School, colocated with the Australian Computer Science week (end of January 2024). Read more about it: softwareinnovation.nz/australasian-s… Please share with your grad students. Hope to see many of you in Sydney!

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate in the Bridges of Friendship Garden for our alumni and community weekend. It was a beautiful day to enjoy the garden with some tasty Yakitori and Japanese performances.

During the 3rd year software engineering showcase students presented their group research projects. Students and industry regularly comment on how important this course is for developing the foundational teamwork skills graduates require for a successful career. Well done SENG302