Research Centres
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EPECentre [37]
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Gateway Antarctica [610]
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Quake CoRE [300]
Recent submissions
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Phonological contrast and phonetic variation: The case of velars in Iwaidja
(Project Muse, 2020)A field-based ultrasound and acoustic study of Iwaidja, an endangered Australian Aboriginal language, investigates the phonetic identity of nonnasal velar consonants in intervocalic position, where past work has proposed ... -
Why do all social robots fail in the market?
(2020)While working on our first Human-Robot Interaction textbook, we noticed that almost all the robots mentioned in the book had failed in the market. Our book had become an obituary. I talked with Lundy Lewis, Frederic Kaplan, ... -
Investigating spatial variation and change (2006–2017) in childhood immunisation coverage in New Zealand
(Elsevier BV, 2020)Background Immunisation is a safe and effective way of protecting children and adults against harmful diseases. However, immunisation coverage of children is declining in some parts of New Zealand. Aim Use a ... -
Beach dynamics and recreational access changes on an earthquake-uplifted coast
(2020)This report responds to a request from Marlborough District Council (MDC) for information on the coastal environment, with a particular focus on supporting the development of a bylaw to address changes in recreational use ... -
Where are our former scholars now?
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A socio-spatial analysis of pedestrian falls in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Elsevier BV, 2020)Falls are a leading cause of injury and accidental death, particularly amongst older people. Evidence of environmental risk factors for pedestrian falls among older adults could support age-friendly urban design and contribute ... -
Winter Is Coming: A Socio-Environmental Monitoring and Spatiotemporal Modelling Approach for Better Understanding a Respiratory Disease
(2018)Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a progressive lung disease affecting the respiratory function of every sixth New Zealander and over 300 million people worldwide. In this paper, we explored how the combination ... -
RECOVER Issue 5
(2020)Welcome to the Recover newsletter Issue 5 from the Marine Ecology Research Group (MERG) of the University of Canterbury. Recover is designed to keep you updated on our MBIE-funded earthquake recovery project called ... -
The consequences of competition: simulating the effects of research grant allocation strategies
(SPRINGER, 2016)© 2016, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. Researchers have to operate in an increasingly competitive environment in which funding is becoming a scarce resource. Funding agencies are unable to experiment with their ... -
Reciprocity in Human-Robot Interaction: A Quantitative Approach Through the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Ultimatum Game
(SPRINGER, 2016)Reciprocity is an important factor in human–human interaction, so it can be expected that it should also play a major role in human–robot interaction (HRI). Participants in our study played the Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma ... -
Systems to Implement Demand Response in New Zealand
(2014)According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Demand Response (DR) is defined as: “Changes in electric usage by end-use customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of ... -
Proposal to amend the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010– Criteria for connection of distributed generation under the Part 1A application process
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Artificial Artificial Intelligence [Podcast]
(2020)Alan Turing devised the Imitation Game as a test the intelligence of machines. This test is also used in human-robot interaction. But what happens if not a computer is trying to convince you that it is a human, but a human ...
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