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Dr Daniel Wilson

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Daniel Wilson is a lecturer in Computer Science at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. His teaching and research are in the areas of AI, Māori Data Sovereignty, Māori Algorithmic Sovereignty, and AI ethics. Daniel is a member of Te Pokapū in The Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga, Co-Director of the Centre of Machine Learning for Social Good, member of the Kāhui Māori for the AI Forum, treasurer of the AI Researchers Association, and an establishment member of the AI in Health Research Network. Daniel has a PhD in Philosophy and a Master of Professional Studies in Data Science from Waipapa Taumata Rau. His first job in software development involved maintaining code to avoid the Y2K bug.

Rangahau · Related projects

Research Programme

25-28RP03Activating Māori Research Data Sovereignty in universities
Kaiārahi · Project lead Dr. Kiri West
Whare wānanga · Host Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Matakitenga · Framework
Wā rangahau · Timeline Commenced 2025

Universities in Aotearoa hold a vast, largely unmapped, collection of Māori data. With that, these institutions are in positions of power to control the ways in which Māori data is collected, stored, accessed and used, often without meaningful involvement from Māori communities. Organised across three objectives, this project explores how Māori data…

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