Projects may be funded centrally, by the Faculty of Science or an external party. This will be determined at the time of awarding.
Applications are Open. For examples of projects that are available this year, browse the 2018-19 summer research projects.
01. Synthesis of New Catalysts for Carbon-Carbon bond formation and CO2 Mitigation.
02. Living with resistance: effects of antibiotic resistance on evolutionary outcomes
03. Nature-driven Cellular Automaton Scenarios
04. Truth and proofs in mathematics
05. Unravelling the molecular basis of bacterial colonization on plant surfaces
06. Developing a Geographic Language Parser
07. Barcoding New Zealand’s marine fish biodiversity
08. Can mass predict physical ability?
09. Know your dolphin by the fin!
10. Parallel JPEG decoder
11. The fate of volatile organic carbon molecules originating from forest emissions
12. What can yeast tell us about Gcn2-associated diseases/disorders?
13. The Rise of Molecular Electronics: Developing Switchable Suparmolecular Materials
14. Opportunities and challenges of living with a live-in landlord
15. Multitask/Multi-modal learning for objective classification or clustering
16. Conservation-Welfare Nexus At Whale Mass Strandings
17. Environmental Science: Algae Biodiversity and Land Use in the Auckland Region
Details
01. Synthesis of New Catalysts for Carbon-Carbon bond formation and CO2 Mitigation.
Supervisor(s): Prof Al Nielson
Discipline: Chemistry
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02. Living with resistance: effects of antibiotic resistance on evolutionary outcomes
Supervisor(s): Tim Cooper
Discipline: Microbiology/Molecular Biology
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03. Nature-driven Cellular Automaton Scenarios
Supervisor(s): Dr Anuradha Mathrani and Assoc Prof Chris Scogings
Discipline: CS & IT
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04. Truth and proofs in mathematics
Supervisor(s): Dr. Annalisa Conversano
Discipline: Mathematics
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05. Unravelling the molecular basis of bacterial colonization on plant surfaces
Supervisor(s): Dr. Xue-Xian Zhang
Discipline: Molecular Biosciences
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06. Developing a Geographic Language Parser
Supervisor(s): Kristin Stock
Discipline: Computer Science/Information Technology
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07. Barcoding New Zealand’s marine fish biodiversity
Supervisor(s): Dr. Libby Liggins, Dr. David Eme
Discipline: Molecular Ecology (suitable for Ecology, Marine
Ecology, Zoology, or Genetics major)
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08. Can mass predict physical ability?
Supervisor(s): Anne Wignall
Discipline: Zoology
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09. Know your dolphin by the fin!
Supervisor(s): Andrew Gilman, Matthew Pawley
Discipline: Computer Science/Software Engineering
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10. Parallel JPEG decoder
Supervisor(s): Martin Johnson
Discipline: Computer Science
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This project extends my fast JPEG decoder written in Halide to use a parallel schedule. Currently the decoder uses libjpeg-turbo which has a buffer of 8 lines. This is not large enough to significantly parallelise the schedule. You will have to modify libjpeg-turbo to decompress into a larger buffer and then modify the schedule to work efficiently with the larger buffer. Specific requirements/skills : You must have very good knowledge of C, you don’t need any knowledge of Halide. You will have to use a Linux workstation for this project. |
11. The fate of volatile organic carbon molecules originating from forest emissions
Supervisor(s): A/Prof John Harrison
Discipline: Chemistry
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12. What can yeast tell us about Gcn2-associated diseases/disorders?
Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Evelyn Sattlegger
Discipline: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology,
Proteins
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13. The Rise of Molecular Electronics: Developing Switchable Suparmolecular Materials
Supervisor(s): Dr Jonathan Kitchen
Discipline: Chemistry
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14. Opportunities and challenges of living with a live-in landlord
Supervisor(s): David Aguirre
Discipline: Marine Ecology
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15. Multitask/Multi-modal learning for objective classification or clustering
Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Xiaofeng Zhu - Big Data/Computer Science
Discipline: Big Data, Computer Science and Information Technology
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16. Conservation-Welfare Nexus At Whale Mass Strandings
Supervisor(s): Karen Stockin
Discipline: Marine Ecology
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17. Environmental Science: Algae Biodiversity and Land Use in the Auckland Region
Supervisor(s): Prof Dianne Brunton, Dr Aaron Harmer
Discipline: Ecology/Environmental
Science
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