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Below is a list of upcoming events that are being held in conjunction with the Center for Software Innovation.

  • Software Development Effort Estimation: Why does it fail and how can we improve it?
    25 March 2010 - 4:00pm
    The University of Auckland, Department of Computer Science, Seminar Room 303.279
    We are delighted to have Professor Magne Jørgensen visiting us from the Simula Research Lab in Norway. Magne is a world authority on effort estimation - an area I know is of intense interest to many of you.
  • Software Architecture Standards and Software Architecture Certification Standards
    3 December 2008 - 5:00pm
    The University of Auckland, Department of Computer Science, Seminar Room 303.279
    Wolfgang will provide an overview of software architecture standards that can lower the levels of astonishment and frustration. We also discuss opportunities for your own involvement in the standardization process whether from a company or an individual software professional point of view.
  • Is Software Sizing and Estimation really a Black Art?
    16 October 2008 - 4:00pm
    The University of Auckland, Department of Computer Science, seminar room 303.279
    Software sizing and estimation is typically of the most challenging and subjective task undertaken by software industry managers. Peter will help us to better understand the nature of the task and how to minimise the subjectivity involved in undertaking it.
  • Amazon and Web Scale Computing
    21 February 2008 - 11:00pm
    The University of Auckland
    What’s possible in a post Web 2.0 world? Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation by Mike Culver, Amazon Web Services Evangelist, showcased some thought-provoking new ideas.
  • Ready for Market – Two of the latest Research successes from the CSI at Auckland University
    18 October 2007 - 11:00pm
    The University of Auckland
    This Technology Briefing run jointly with Connect Auckland introduced some of the Centre’s latest activities, focusing on two exciting ready-for-market technologies, InkKit TM and WaterMarking.
  • The Ivy League Street Fighter in a Tax Credit World
    13 September 2007 - 11:00pm
    The University of Auckland
    Well known industry figure Chip Dawson facilitated a discussion on the impending introduction of R&D tax credits and their implications for the ICT sector.
  • IP management in the NZ Software Industry
    28 March 2007 - 9:00am
    The University of Auckland
    Godfrey Livingstone, Software IP expert and Patent Attorney from AJ Parks Auckland Office, facilitated a lively discussion on software patents and other forms of IP protetction in common use by software companies.