News and events

19 Oct 2026

Welcoming Associate Researchers

CISRC is thrilled to welcome Thafnitha Faisal as our new Associate Researcher.

29 Sep 2026

AI and the Future of Cybersecurity

AUT associate professor in computer and information sciences and our centre co-director Kenneth Johnson appeared on TVNZ's One News recently to discuss the National Cyber Security Centre's 2026 Cyber Threat Report.

21 Sep 2026

Celebrating Success for Network and Security Research Group

Research group leader Professor Nurul Sarkar is one of the co-authors of a new book published by Taylor and Francis - “Improving Security and Energy Efficiency in IoT Networks: a Practical Guide”

17 Sep 2026

Our Centre at ECMS Research Showcase

The 2026 ECMS Research Showcase has brought together academics, students and industry partners in celebrate recent achievements and recognise future opportunities across engineering and computer sciences fields.

International symposium on knowledge and systems sciences

17 Sep 2026

AUT PhD Research Demonstrates How Flawed Benchmarks Create Confidently Wrong Screening Agents

Phuong H. N. Dang is a PhD Candidate from the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and the AUT Institute of Biomedical Technologies (IBTec). He attended the 25th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS 2026) hosted by the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in Auckland, New Zealand, held from 13-15 November 2026.

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10 Aug 2026

Stephen Thorpe Recognised for International Work Shaping the Future

Last Thursday Stephen Thorpe, Co-Director of our AUT Computer and Information Sciences Research Centre, was recognised for his enduring commitment to international standards for a better New Zealand at a recognition luncheon at Government House in Wellington.

20 Jul 2026

Midyear networking event

CIS RC has hosted a mid-year networking event for both academic and student members.

08 Jul 2026

AUT PhD Research Challenges Assumptions in Speech-Based Depression Detection

AUT PhD student Phuong H. N. Dang presented research at MITA 2026, revealing major limitations in widely used speech-based clinical detection methods.

09 Jun 2026

AUT CISRC Hosts Industry Panel on Pathways into Project Management

The AUT Computer and Information Sciences Research Centre recently hosted a well-attended industry event exploring pathways into careers in project management on 19 May.

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06 May 2026

AUT Symposium Acknowledged for Advancing Project Management Capability in New Zealand

The inaugural New Zealand Project Management Research Symposium, hosted by Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in November 2025.

09 Mar 2026

Ethical and societal impacts of GenAI in Comp Ed: ITiCSE 2025 WG Report

Associate Professor Tony Clear, one of the research group leaders of CIS RC, has been one of the working group leaders for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

29 Jan 2026

Supporting our students in sharing their research

PhD student W.K. Darsha, from the AUT CISRC, participated in the 36th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2025) at the University of the Sunshine Coast

05 Dec 2025

The NZ IT Project Management Research Symposium 2025

CIS RC is proud to support Dr Stephen Thorpe and the NZ IT Project Management Research Symposium 2025 held at AUT on Thursday 27 November.

16 Oct 2025

Call for Papers Announced for 2025 Project Management Research Symposium at AUT

Dr Stephen Thorpe, of the Computer and Information Sciences Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), has announced the official Call for Papers for the upcoming Project Management Research Symposium 2025.

16 Oct 2025

Towards Accurate and Explainable Breast Cancer Diagnoses using Machine Learning

CIS Research Centre is proud to support Dr. Abubakar Siddique by providing funds for a research assistant for his project Towards Accurate and Explainable Breast Cancer Diagnoses using Machine Learning.

17 Sep 2025

NGX and PRETzel Workshop

The workshop between the Next Generation Systems (NGX) and PREcision Timed (PRETzel) research groups from AUT and UoA happened on Thursday, 11 September, and was a great success.

12 Sep 2025

September 2025 workshop

In September RCCIS has hosted the workshopping event with directors Farhaan Mirza and Kenneth Johnson providing an update on centre operations and future plans.

Dr Kien Tran and Thusithanjana Thilakarathna

12 Aug 2025

Research project

RCCIS is proud to be able to provide the funding to Kien Tran in his research project, Cybersickness Assessment in Virtual Reality (VR).

16 Jul 2025

RCCIS Inaugural Meeting

RCCIS members met for the first time on the 25^th of May with centre director Farhaan Mirza welcoming the core members.