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New Zealand to release Data Science Call for Proposals

In April, New Zealand is going to issue a new Call for Proposals for the New Zealand Data Science Programmes.

According to a recent press release, the government aims to lift capability in data science while addressing big challenges for the environment, society or the economy.

Programme Background

The New Zealand Government wants to advance the development of a dynamic and world-class data science research capability for the country.

The report defined data science as the scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from data in various forms, both structured and unstructured.

Data science is changing how things are done at an extraordinary rate, providing new ways to improve prosperity and wellbeing.

To harness the benefits, New Zealand needs to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies.

While New Zealand has pockets of world class expertise in data science, current capability is dispersed and small scale.

This investment is intended to significantly lift New Zealand’s advanced data science capability.

Funding for the project will be NZ$ 49 million in over 7 years and will be allocated through the Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF).

The Government wishes to invest in a portfolio of up to four strategic research programmes because they believe that given the speed at which data science advances, the goals will be better achieved by investing in connected and sharply focussed multi-disciplinary research teams.

Investment Goals

The report outlined 5 of the Government’s investment goals. These are:

  1. Deliver excellence

The project should produce excellent, cutting edge, dynamic and paradigm-shifting data science research.

  1. Grow Capability

It should grow the scale, depth, excellence and impact of New Zealand’s data science research.

The programmes will have strong leadership and multidisciplinary teams and will attract top international researchers and support emerging researchers

  1. Deliver additionality

Provision of fresh and ambitious thinking, new people, new collaborations, new and expanded research, as well as new impacts would not have happened without this investment.

  1. Leverage strategic collaborations

Foster and grow international and national partnerships amongst data science researchers, and between data science researchers and end users.

Partnerships should support research excellence and grow capability.

  1. Vision Mātauranga

It should give effect to the Vision Mātauranga policy practically and meaningfully for Māori.

Each programme will be contracted separately with funding between NZ$ 1 to NZ$ 3 million per year for up to 7 years.

Each will consist of a team of deeply aligned multi-disciplined partners inspired by a real world domain/use case.

The teams will be encouraged to collaborate with each other as appropriate.

Research Focus

The research will focus on addressing profound and complex data science challenges to expand the data science body of knowledge.

These areas include machine learning; statistical learning; data mining; image processing; language processing; visualisation; transparency and metrics; and Te Ao Māori and data science.

The Government is interested in application domain areas such as agritech, environment/conservation, urban systems, space technologies, precision health, and energy technologies.

Other domain areas that inspire advanced and stretchy data science can be considered.

Success will be measured through the following:

  1. Excellent transformative research.
  2. New instances where advanced data science is addressing real world issues that benefit New Zealand.
  3. A bigger more capable community of data scientists and data science researchers.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

PARTNER

CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

PARTNER

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

PARTNER

HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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