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Postgraduate Team BBQ 2026

November 12, 2026·
Dr Sean Longyu Ma
Dr Sean Longyu Ma
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Bruce Sham and I recently got together with our PhD and master’s students and visitors for a year-end team BBQ. It was a chance to take a break from research, share a meal, and spend time together outside our usual meetings.

Our postgraduate community brings together people at different stages of their research. Gatherings like this give us time to catch up beyond the projects and deadlines that usually fill our conversations.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our students and visitors for their work and contributions throughout the year. It was lovely to celebrate together as 2026 draws to a close.

Bruce Sham and Sean Ma with our PhD and master’s students at the 2026 team BBQ

Group photo: Bruce Sham, Sean Ma, and our PhD and master’s students.

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Dr Sean Longyu Ma
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Dr Sean Longyu Ma (he/him)
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Sean Longyu Ma is a tenure-track faculty member in the School of Computer Science at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on FPGA-based computing, RISC-V customisation, high-level synthesis, and heterogeneous computing.