Applied and Explainable AI (AXAI) Group
(Or the Explainables? Name very much TBD...)
(Image credit: Ilya. Well, mostly AI.)
Group Members
Staff
- Andrew Lensen: applied/interdisciplinary AI, explainable AI, social impacts/lite-ethics of AI, AI science communication.
- Personal (academic) homepage: https://andrewlensen.com/
- VUW homepage: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/andrew.lensen
- Wiki homepage (just for this group, really): https://ecs.wgtn.ac.nz/Users/Andrew
Students
- Paula Maddigan (PhD, July 2024-): Artificial Intelligence for Smart Conservation.
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Lensen and Dr Rachael Shaw (Ecology). - Sofie Claridge (PhD, May 2024-): Machine Learning for Quench Detection in Superconducting Magnets.
Supervisors: Dr Dominic Moseley (RRI), Dr Andrew Lensen, and Prof Rod Badcock (RRI). - Johniel Bocacao (MSc, April 2024-): Improving algorithm safety tools for the New Zealand public sector.
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Lensen and Prof Ali Knott. - Abigail Clennell (MSc, March 2024-): AI-Driven Kākā Facial Recognition for Conservation.
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Lensen and Dr Rachael Shaw (Ecology). - Nimasha Herath (PhD, July 2023-): Harnessing the Power of Deep Learning and Earth Observation for Flood Forecasting in Aotearoa. Supervisors: Dr Andrew Lensen, Dr Anya Leenman (Geography) and A/Prof Mairéad de Róiste (Geography).
- Ilya Shabanov (PhD, April 2023-) Modelling of Forest Succession.
Supervisors: Dr Julie Deslippe (Ecology), Dr Andrew Lensen and A/Prof Jonathan Tonkin (UoC). - Hayden Andersen (PhD, March 2020-) Evolving Human-Friendly Explanations.
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Lensen, Prof Will Browne (QUT), and A/Prof Yi Mei.
Meetings
| Date | Presenter | Topic | |
| 13/5/24 | All | Introductions | |
| 20/5/24 | Hayden Andersen | Taxonomy of XAI | |
| 27/5/24 | Nimasha Herath | PhD Proposal Practice | |
| 03/6/24 | King's Birthday! | ||
| 10/6/24 | Abigail Clennell | MSc research discussion | |
| 17/6/24 | Sofie Claridge / Ilya Shabanov | Practice presentation / journal paper overview | |
| 24/6/24 | Hayden Andersen | XAI: Roundtable | |
| 01/7/24 | Johniel Bocacao | AI in Government 101 | |
| 08/7/24 | Sofie Claridge | Sofie's Birthday!! Cake & Discussion of AI News | |
| 15/7/24 | Andrew away --- social catchup(s) | ||
| 22/7/24 | |||
| 29/7/24 | Paula Maddigan | Paper Discussion: "Recurrence over Video Frames (RoVF) for the Re-identification of Meerkats" | |
| 05/8/24 | Andrew at School Meeting --- social catchup! | ||
| 12/8/24 | Abigail Clennell | Update on MSc research | |
| 19/8/24 | Johniel Bocacao | TBD, perhaps Treasury Report | |
| 26/8/24 | Andrew on Annual Leave --- social catchup! | ||
| 02/9/24 | General Discussion | ||
| 09/9/24 | Sofie Claridge | Microsoft's Generative AI report | |
| 16/9/24 | Hayden Andersen | LLM XAI paper | |
| 23/9/24 | Sofie Claridge | Practice Europe talk | |
| 30/9/24 | Ilya Shabanov | TBA | |
| 07/10/24 | Skipped! Enjoy 1 hour of touching grass. | ||
| 14/10/24 | Nimasha Herath | TBA | |
| 21/10/24 | Abigail Clennell | TBA | |
| 28/10/24 | Johniel Bocacao | TBA | |
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