Winner, 2023 CORE Distinguished Service Award 
Gillian Dobbie is a Professor in Computer Science at the University of Auckland. She has published more than 150 peer reviewed papers mainly in database systems and machine learning. She is co-Director of two internal centres at the University of Auckland: NAOInstitute (Natural, Artificial and Organisation Intelligence Institute) and the Centre of Machine Learning for Social Good. She has taught at Massey University, University of Melbourne, Victoria University of Wellington, National University of Singapore and the University of Auckland. Her service roles have been extensive. Her current roles include: Chair of the Marsden Funding Council, Chair of the Science Advisory Panel for Plant and Food Research, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair for the Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association, a Director for the Precision Driven Health Research Partnership, advisor to the Te Manahua NZ Universities Women in Leadership Programme and General Chair of DASFAA 2023.