

Dr Dave Parry
School of Computing and Mathmatical Sciences
“Show me what I really want - Fuzzy ontology as a support for search“
One of the biggest challenges for computer scientists in the age of the Internet has been matching what people are looking for, with what they actually write in search boxes and what they understand from retrieved documents. The Author presented a non-technical description of an approach known as fuzzy “ontologies“ that may allow improved representation of the understanding of the semantic content for search engines.
September
Krassie Petrova, Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader MCIS, School of Computing and Mathmatical Sciences
and Raymond Huang
“Mobile Internet Deployment Models: The case of New Zealand.“
August
Professor Martin Hirst, School of Communication Studies
“Journalism in the Age of YouTube: The impact of digital media technologies on traditional news-gathering practice.“
June
Dr Petra Theunissen, School of Communication Studies
“Investigation into the use of technology among different age groups in New Zealand - a communication and sociological perspective'.