Contributors

David Yates

Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Sheffield

Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Sheffield David is a chartered management accountant (CIMA), and holds a PhD and MEd from Aston University. He previously studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where he completed both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in accounting and finance. He joined the University of Sheffield in 2021.

Daniel Lincoln

Policy Research Analyst, Geopolitics, University of Alberta

Policy Research Analyst, Geopolitics, University of Alberta

David Parsons

Adjunct Professor, University of Canterbury

Adjunct Professor, University of Canterbury

Derry Wijaya

Associate Professor of Data Science, Monash University

Associate Professor of Data Science, Monash University

David Bossens

Senior Scientist, Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR), Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

Senior Scientist, Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR), Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore David is Senior Scientist at the Centre for Frontier AI Research, A*STAR in Singapore. His work is to design AI systems with an open mind to the various sub-disciplines, though with an emphasis on safety and robustness. In a quest to understand the mind, David started the study of psychology, in which he obtained an MSc in Psychology (Theory and Research Option) from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) in the year 2014 (cum laude). Beyond the neuroscience and principles of cognition that inspired the quest, these years were also formative in terms of research methodology, with a strong emphasis on the scientific method, modelling techniques and statistics. While studying psychology, David found that he was more interested in designing systems that following intelligent principles (Artificial Intelligence), rather than trying to copy the -- potentially sub-optimal -- way in which humans reason (Psychology). Thus he went on to do an MSc in Artificial Intelligence (Engineering and Computer Science Option) also at the KUL, a study from which he graduated in the year 2015 (magna cum laude). From late 2015 until 2019, David joined the University of Southampton for a PhD programme in artificial intelligence. During this project, he studied reinforcement learning in long-term unknown environments, where only few assumptions could be made on the learning environment: sparse reward environments may hamper the ability to learn any rewarding patterns; partial observability and limited knowledge hamper the ability to investigate the environment; many unknown tasks may be presented in sequence (lifelong learning). In 2019, David started a postdoc at Southampton to improve the robustness of robots to sudden faults or other types of changes in the environment.

Derrylea Hardy

Research Officer, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University

Research Officer, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University I am a full-time researcher, seconded to the School of People Environment and Planning. My main area of research interest is in integrative wellbeing, which takes into consideration the economic, environmental, social and cultural factors associated with sustainable wellbeing, which is also the focus of my PhD. I have been involved in externally-funded bicultural research programmes for over 12 years, including HRC-funded mental health research, FRST-funded sustainability research, and MBIE-funded collaborative research into the restoration of terrestrial and coastal ecoysystem services of importance to iwi and hapu.