title: The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence: An opportunity to improve our wellbeing [Input paper on Defence, Security and Emergency Response]

authors: Steff, Reuben

abstract: AI has the potential to act as a technological enabler of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) across virtually the entire range of platforms and systems, with human-AI teaming eventually becoming the norm. This will have implications for intelligence collection and analysis, logistics, cyberspace operations, command and control, and AI-enabled robotic autonomy. Additionally, at the international level, it will have implications for military, information and economic superiority.¹These changes will require new skills across the NZDF to harness advances in AI, with training doctrine, recruitment and organisation structures having to adjust as a result.²

text: The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence: An opportunity to improve our wellbeing [Input paper on Defence, Security and Emergency Response] AI has the potential to act as a technological enabler of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) across virtually the entire range of platforms and systems, with human-AI teaming eventually becoming the norm. This will have implications for intelligence collection and analysis, logistics, cyberspace operations, command and control, and AI-enabled robotic autonomy. Additionally, at the international level, it will have implications for military, information and economic superiority.¹These changes will require new skills across the NZDF to harness advances in AI, with training doctrine, recruitment and organisation structures having to adjust as a result.²

year: 2019

title: Achieving reliable and repeatable electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of rechargeable batteries at extra-low frequencies

authors: Dunn, Christopher

abstract: There is a need for techniques for efficient and accurate measurement of the impedance of rechargeable batteries at extra-low frequencies (ELFs, of the order of microhertz), as these reflect real usage and cycling patterns, and their importance in fractional battery circuit modeling is becoming increasingly apparent. Major impediments include the time required to perform such measurements and “drift” in impedance values when measurements are taken from the same battery at different times. Moreover, commercial impedance analyzers are generally unable to measure at these frequencies. We describe here our use of programmable two-quadrant power supplies to deliver multiple small-signal measurement tones in the presence of large-signal “working” currents, and our use of these data to generate impedance measurements with good precision and in reasonable time. The improvement in the quality of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data is verified through root-mean-square error (RMSE) when fitting equivalent-circuit models (ECMs).

text: Achieving reliable and repeatable electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of rechargeable batteries at extra-low frequencies There is a need for techniques for efficient and accurate measurement of the impedance of rechargeable batteries at extra-low frequencies (ELFs, of the order of microhertz), as these reflect real usage and cycling patterns, and their importance in fractional battery circuit modeling is becoming increasingly apparent. Major impediments include the time required to perform such measurements and “drift” in impedance values when measurements are taken from the same battery at different times. Moreover, commercial impedance analyzers are generally unable to measure at these frequencies. We describe here our use of programmable two-quadrant power supplies to deliver multiple small-signal measurement tones in the presence of large-signal “working” currents, and our use of these data to generate impedance measurements with good precision and in reasonable time. The improvement in the quality of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data is verified through root-mean-square error (RMSE) when fitting equivalent-circuit models (ECMs).

year: 2022

title: Discussing future directions in the Maori legal environment

authors: Te Aho, Linda

abstract: The next few years are likely to be exciting in terms of law changes, parliament getting ready for the next election cycle and the end of historical claims settlements. This presentation will look at the future of the Maori legal environment

text: Discussing future directions in the Maori legal environment The next few years are likely to be exciting in terms of law changes, parliament getting ready for the next election cycle and the end of historical claims settlements. This presentation will look at the future of the Maori legal environment

year: 2016