NEC, NZi3 collaborates for Research
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC New Zealand Ltd has collaborated as a Research Sponsor with the New Zealand ICT Innovation Institute (NZi3) based at the University of Canterbury. Initial collaboration between the two institutes is believed to focus on energy and ecology solutions to help rebuild the City of Christchurch after the massive earthquakes, as well as human interaction solutions such as biometrics and robotics. This collaboration aims to unite world-class researchers and research students from the University of Canterbury with industry experts from NEC, to co-develop new and innovative technologies and solutions and transform these ideas into relevant applications for the market. As part of this collaboration, NEC New Zealand is said to provide a sponsorship of NZ$90,000 over three years, in addition to the equipment and other in-kind support worth more than NZ$30,000 during the same period. This sponsorship also includes the funding of two full-time postgrad...