Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan (Waikato-Maniapoto; Ngāti Porou; Ngāti Whakaue) is Co-Director of University of Waikato’s Artificial Intelligence Institute and Associate Dean Māori for Te Wānanga Pūtaiao. His research focuses on Māori language and technology. In 2017 he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Supreme Prize for tertiary teaching Excellence.