http://www.taiao.net/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.taiao.net en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:19:40 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/162927/march-2026-e-newsletter/ As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find more information about:New Zealand International Olympiad team wins gold and silverWeb Search and Data Mining Conference 2026 (WSDM)A brand new TAIAO talks episodeLearning opportunity - Agentic AI What’s coming up... Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:21:57 +1300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post162927 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/161567/februrary-e-newsletter-2026/ As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector. In this newsletter, you’ll find more information about: AI Science and Summer LabA deep dive into the first series of the TAIAO podcastA website update – ‘Highlights of the month’What’s coming up... Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:29:42 +1300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post161567 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/159791/january-e-newsletter-2026/ As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find:Welcome back!Highlights from the AAAI WorkshopWhat’s coming up... Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:03:03 +1300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post159791 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/158300/december-e-newsletter/ As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, we wrap up and celebrate the many achievements this year in the AI and data science space by the TAIAO team.... Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:51:51 +1300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post158300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/153778/october-e-newsletter/ As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find:Delphitech wins global awardHackathon highlightsIntroducing TAIAO TalksProject Team spotlightWhat have we been up toWhat’s coming up... Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post153778 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/154624/artificial-intelligence-for-earth-and-environmental-science-aiees-workshop/ TAIAO is proud to be hosting a workshop at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) 2025.The workshop (AIEES 2025) explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform environmental science. As climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion become more urgent, AI offers scalable, data-driven tools to help monitor, model, and address these challenges.This workshop supports PRICAI 2025’s mission to advance AI research and applications across... Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:34:56 +1300 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post154624 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/151073/taiao-data-and-expertise-help-power-global-finalist-recognition-in-the-world-bank-climate-risk-challenge/ A project drawing on the TAIAO programme has won international recognition, with the team DelphiQ named grand finalists of the World Bank Climate Risk Challenge, part of the 2025 Global Industry Challenge (GIC). After successfully advancing through all three phases of the competition, the team has been invited to present its prototype at the Quantum World Congress (QWC) in Washington, D.C., in September 2025.The TAIAO project played a decisive role in this achievement. Through TAIAO’s open onl... Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:45:33 +1200 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post151073 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/151072/hackathon-2025/ This year's Waikato Hackathon event saw 17 participants across four teams developing a range of innovative AI solutions to real world environmental problems. Team Gallagher were the winning team with their project Recraft AI: Turning Commercial Waste into Community Treasure which proposed a system to reduce and upcycle construction waste through community-led initiatives. Other standout ideas included tools for mental wellness check-ins designed to support at-risk commun... Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:40:07 +1200 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post151072 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/150068/august-e-newsletter/ As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter you will find: Information about the launch of our new websiteThe latest news on the upcoming Artificial Intelligence for Earth and Environmental Science workshop and AI HackathonOther upcoming events ... Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:56:19 +1200 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post150068 http://www.taiao.net/blog/post/152607/winners-of-the-world-bank-climate-risk-challenge/ A big congratulations to Léa Cassé and the DelphiQ team who were recently announced as the winners of the Global Industry Challenge – World Bank track at the Quantum World Congress 2025 for their innovative solution to improving insurance for communities exposed to flooding.In addition to funding Léa's PHD research on quantum models for environmental data streams, the DelphiQ team were able to use TAIAO’s open online datasets of New Zealand rivers and rainfall, as well as t... Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.taiao.net/blog/#post152607