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Postdoctoral Position : Agent-Based Modeling of Social Complexity in Ancient Egypt : University of Cape Town, South Africa — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2019-10-24 11:35

An interdisciplinary (social science, computational archaeology, and machine learning) two (2) year postdoctoral research fellowship for agent-based modeling and simulation is currently available at the Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town.

Vacancy for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer — by root — last modified 2019-02-14 17:59

The Department of Computer Science seeks to fill a permanent academic position at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. Our BSc Honours degree is accredited by the British Computer Society and we have a large cohort of MSc and PhD students. The Department hosts the UCT Centre in ICT for Development and also specialises in visual computing, high-performance computing, digital libraries and artificial intelligence.

Two newly B-rated professors in the CS department — by root — last modified 2018-12-12 14:45

 

UCT’s team “Dysfunctional Programmers” wins 2018 ICPC Southern Africa regional programming contest — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-10-23 12:58

 

Postgraduate class of 2018 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-10-16 17:18

 

Honours class of 2018 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-10-16 17:14

 

Third year class of 2018 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-10-16 17:11

 

Dr Melissa Densmore and collaborators awarded a grant through the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-09-05 04:55

 

Dr Melissa Densmore participates in IEEE PowerAfrica Conference, Cape Town — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-09-03 10:34

 

Best in-session presentation award at IEEE INFOCOM 2018 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-06-07 03:11

IEEE INFOCOM is a major ranked conference for researchers in the field of networking and closely related areas in the research community.

Michelle Kuttel and Chelsea-Joy Wardle recognised as innovators — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-05-10 02:00

 

In the Media: Tools to connect isiXhosa and isiZulu to the digital age - by Dr Maria Keet — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2018-03-13 10:33

Dr Maria Keet's research into developing tools for the Nguni languages receives wide-spread mainstream media interest.

Keet wins Best Paper Award at K-CAP 2017 Conference — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-12-18 02:08

 

Workshop on English-isiXhosa machine translation for healthcare — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-12-11 16:01

 

UCT team of first years 1st in Western Cape and 2nd overall in ACM ICPC Southern Africa Regional Programming Contest 2017 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-10-23 11:35

 

Chavula and Phokeer win Outstanding Paper Award at AFRICON-2017 — by root — last modified 2017-10-16 11:22

 

Successful CS Open Evening showcasing the 2017 honours and postgraduate projects and class medalists and awardees — by root — last modified 2017-10-13 09:45

 

HPI PhD scholarships available — by root — last modified 2017-08-29 08:34

The Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Computer Science for Africa (HPI in CS4A), affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cape Town, is offering PhD studentships in the field of Computer Science to students from the African continent.

UCT team of first years scoops second place in the HashBlock coding contest at the Tech Impact Challenge finals — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-08-23 12:33

 

Invitation: Postdoctoral Fellowship in ICT4D — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-08-14 07:54

The University of Cape Town Centre in Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) invites applications from suitably qualified doctoral graduates for a postdoctoral research fellowship.

Farewell Eve — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-07-03 15:17

 

Winners of the 1015Challenge in 2017 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-06-28 08:48

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence: Adaptive & Cognitive Systems — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-05-19 14:15

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research within the Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town (UCT) is looking to recruit an outstanding candidate for a post-doctoral researcher position. The researcher will work within the Adaptive and Cognitive Systems Lab and will be based in Cape Town.

UCT team: Inconsistent Algorithms wins Technology Impact Challenge heats — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-05-10 12:14

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Procedural Modelling for Computer Graphics — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-02-13 10:10

 

Sabre Didi awarded runner-up for best paper at SSCI 2016 doctoral consortium — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2017-01-26 08:28

 

Corpus-driven isiZulu spellchecker launched — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-11-17 13:11

 

Joan Byamugisha wins Best Student Paper award at CNL 2016 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-11-09 12:58

 

Computing tools for the sciences in the spotlight — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-10-28 14:30

 

Dr Gavin Rens awarded the 2017 Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-10-28 11:29

 

UCT teams wins prestigious ACM ICPC Regionals programming contest — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-10-27 11:45

 

Computer Science is hiring — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-09-21 14:28

 

Dr Muthoni Masinde wins distinguished award — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-09-02 10:07

 

UCT wins “Engineering excellence” prize at the IT Challenge Finals hackathon — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-08-24 09:33

 

Immaculate Mosha awarded ACM-W travel grant to attend International Conference — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-07-06 15:39

 

Winners of the successful 1015Challenge — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-05-27 15:28

 

Facebook Coding Interview prep: 27th April 2016 (UCT CS 302 LT) — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-04-29 12:25

 

Rails Bridge: 9th April 2016 (UCT Shuttleworth lab) — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-04-29 12:24

 

UCT scoops 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8th place in the top-10 of the IT Challenge Heats — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-04-20 11:08

 

Craig Feldman awarded prestigious scholarship — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-04-14 16:02

 

UCT researchers scoop 1st place at CICLing 2016 Conference — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-04-14 16:03

 

Computer Science PhD student Joan Byamugisha - featured — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-04-14 16:03

 

Annual Global Game Jam — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-03-29 16:10

 

Zubeida Khan wins IOS Press prize for journal article — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-01-18 14:19

 

UCT team wins prestigious ICPC SA Regional programming contest — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-01-08 17:03

 

Tebogo Mokwena awarded the Anita Borg Scholarship — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2016-01-08 17:03

 

Ubunye UCT Computer Science Outreach Week — by root — last modified 2015-08-26 04:46

 

UCT team wins the 2015 IT Challenge finals — by root — last modified 2015-08-26 04:11

 

HACKATHON CHALLENGE- Slice of Source has arrived! — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-07-17 06:20

We’re bringing the Game to you! Combining 18 hours of pizza and your impressive code, we bring you Slice of Source, a young developer’s paradise…

ICT4D Centre participated in the ECD (Early Childhood Development) Hackathon — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-07-17 06:19

 

Call for Applications (HPI PhD Studentships) — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-21 09:42

 

UCT Team tops the Standard Bank IT Challenge heats — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-21 09:42

 

Open Post-Doctoral Researcher Position in Evolutionary Robotics at UCT — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:34

 

Team programming contest — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:33

 

First prize for Crowdvoicing for citizen empowerment — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:33

 

Open Evening 2014 Expo - the video — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:33

 

Congratulations to Omowunmi Isafiade for being invited to participate in the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:33

 

Congratulations to Chao Mbogo for being invited to participate in the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:33

 

Two awards for Xamobile: A comparison of mobile input methods for historical African languages — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-05-13 09:33

 

Congratulations to Phd Students on winning a Faculty for the Future Fellowship award — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-04-09 09:33

 

Global Game Jam — by root — last modified 2015-01-21 04:12

 

Charity Chao Mbogo awarded an ACM-W scholarship — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-01-21 03:54

 

Congratulations to Omowunmi Isafiade on receiving a L'Oreal Women in Science Award — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2015-01-21 03:53

 

Associate Professor James Gain wins the UCT Distinguished Teacher Award — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-11-12 09:31

It is the highest accolade given to lecturing staff in acknowledgement of the value the University of Cape Town attaches to teaching and learning.

UCT team wins the South African ACM ICPC Regional Contest — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-11-12 09:31

 

Josiah Chavula receives an Internet Society Fellowship — by root — last modified 2014-08-28 01:27

 

University of Cape Town wins Standard Bank IT Challenge 2014 — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-08-28 01:29

 

UCT finishes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th in Standard Bank IT Challenge — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-05-29 07:13

 

Computer Science students amongst the recipients of the 2014 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-05-28 12:29

 

Professor Gary Marsden receives International Award posthumously — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-01-27 05:54

 

Prestigious Awards for Robert Spencer & Alex Hall — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-01-27 05:52

 

Tragic passing of Gary Marsden — by root — last modified 2014-01-24 02:39

 

PhD Fellowships in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2014-01-27 05:51

 

Chika Yinka-Banjo wins prestigious L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-11-04 08:38

 

Awards for Computer Science Whizzes — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-11-04 08:38

 

ICT4D: a video overview — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-11-04 08:38

 

Congratulations to Sean Wenzel, Dylan Nelson and Robert Spencer — by root — last modified 2013-08-30 06:04

Congratuations to Computer Science students Sean Wentzel (CS2), Dylan Nelson (CS1) and Robert Spencer (CS1) who together with Mathematics Honours student Liam Baker came 18th in an international maths competition.

UCT takes first place in Standard Bank IT Challenge — by root — last modified 2013-08-23 07:21

A team of four UCT students have won the 2013 Standard Bank IT Challenge for universities, narrowly beating Stellenbosch.

Mandela Day at Computer Science — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-08-23 07:20

 

Q&A with Shikoh Gitau PhD Graduate — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-07-12 13:59

 

Computer Science PhD graduate's ground-breaking technology solution — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-07-12 13:59

 

Four new students qualify for PhD, congratulations! — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-05-22 11:06

 

Professor Gary Marsden receives Excellence Award — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-05-22 08:56

UCT Lecturer featured among those honoured in the 2012 National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards in the tertiary sector

GPGPU Computing with CUDA workshop — by G. Samuel Chetty — last modified 2013-05-20 13:07

 

Standard Bank IT Challenge Heats — by root — last modified 2013-04-25 13:27

The heats of the Standard Bank IT Challenge took place on Saturday 20 April, to select one team from each university to compete at the finals.

Global Game Jam 2013 — by Patrick Marias — last modified 2013-01-31 11:40

 

CS Summer Undergraduate Research Experience 2012 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2012-10-17 06:02

 

Wanted: Tutors for 2013 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2013-01-23 12:57

 

National teaching award for Prof Gary Marsden — by root — last modified 2012-09-20 07:37

Gary Marsden has been awarded a National HELTASA Teaching Award, having been selected from the best lecturers across all disciplines and universities.

Merit Awards 2012 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2012-08-16 08:04

 

UCT Students placed 1st and 2nd at Nokia Windows Phone Hackathon — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2012-07-24 06:46

 

Mark-John Burke awarded Erasmus Mundus scholarship — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2012-06-09 12:57

 

Maletsabisa Molapo Awarded The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2012 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2012-04-24 18:58

 

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in High Performance Computing for Radio Interferometry — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2012-03-15 15:52

 

UCT CS teams placed 2nd and 3rd in SA Imagine Cup Game Dev Finals — by root — last modified 2012-01-19 14:25

 

Tim Trewartha is the top BSc student of 2011 — by root — last modified 2011-12-15 11:36

BSc(IT) student Tim Trewartha is the top BSc student of 2011.

Honours Handbook for 2012 available — by root — last modified 2011-12-08 13:11

The honours handbook for 2012 is now available.

UCT students win local ACM ICPC competition — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-12-05 15:31

 

Wanted: Tutors for 2012 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-10-12 19:55

 

Judith Bishop honoured with SAICSIT Pioneers Award — by root — last modified 2011-10-12 10:44

 

Ken MacGregor honoured with SAICSIT Pioneers Award — by root — last modified 2011-12-05 15:23

 

Bruce Merry places 2nd in the finals of the TopCoder Open (Algorithms) Programming Contest — by root — last modified 2011-10-10 15:04

Dr. Bruce Merry, a postdoctoral fellow in the Computer Science Department, was runner up in the finals of the Algorithms section of TopCoder Open.

Staff members secure funding for MeerKAT radio telescope-related High Performance Computing research — by root — last modified 2011-10-27 16:29

Staff members in the Department of Computer Science have secured R3 million in funding for High Performance Computing (HPC) research related to the MeerKAT radio telescope.

Neann Mathai wins TATA Africa Scholarship — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-12-05 14:37

 

Computer Science Merit Awards 2011 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-12-05 14:55

 

Olutayo Boyinbode wins L'Oréal-UNESCO Regional Fellowships for Women in Science in Sub-Saharan Africa — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-07-25 14:31

 

Vacancy: Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-06-23 17:59

 

Bruce Merry joins Department as Post-Doc — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-06-23 17:47

 

Anita Borg Scholars - UCT students excel in 2011! — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-06-06 18:41

 

Samsung and UCT launch multimillion-rand innovation partnership — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-04-04 09:28

 

PhD Studentships in ICT for Development — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-03-23 14:55

 

Global game Jam Cape Town hosted by the Computer Science department — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2011-02-10 23:13

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computer Graphics — by James Gain — last modified 2011-01-21 13:16

The Computer Science Department has a Postdoctoral Fellowship available to begin in May 2011.

Marco Gallotta nominated for CSSA ICT Personality of the Year — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-11-10 14:09

 

Cryptography book by Dr Kayem published by Springer — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-10-30 03:53

 

Wanted: Tutors for 2011 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-10-30 03:33

 

CS in Research Report 2009 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-08-31 16:53

 

Salegga Valley awarded National Certificate in Management — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-07-29 14:10

 

Prof. Judith Bishop is first Honorary Professor in CS at UCT — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-08-02 17:01

 

Dr Anne Kayem joins CS Department — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-08-02 16:58

 

UCT Algorithm Circle awarded Google CS4HS Grant — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-06-28 03:34

 

Shikoh Gitau awarded Anita Borg Scholarship — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-04-23 18:43

 

New algorithm society sets bar high — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-04-26 15:48

 

Graphic units hold key to new wave of supercomputers — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-04-26 15:48

 

Global Game Jam 2010 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2010-02-13 15:49

 

Academic Staff Promotions for 2010 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-10-21 17:04

 

Distinguished Teacher Award for Associate Professor Gary Marsden — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-10-21 17:01

 

Merit Awards 2009 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-09-23 19:32

 

Google Code Jam 2009 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-21 19:45

 

Games Specialisation highlighted in Sunday Times — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-13 12:50

 

Imagine Cup SA 2009 — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

New ICT4D Research Centre — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

BCS Accreditation for Degree — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2015-02-12 05:51

 

Vacancy: Senior Lecturer — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

Global Game Jam @UCT — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

UCT Wins SA Google Gadget Competition — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

2009 BSG Bursaries — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

Want to visit the Google Engineering office in Switzerland? — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

New Digital Libraries Laboratory — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

2008/9 Google Ambassador — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

South African Google Gadget Competition — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42

 

Google Code Jam Open — by Hussein Suleman — last modified 2009-08-06 16:42