Eight UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS
Professor Tommie Meyer, from the Department of Computer Science, was one of seven from UCT to be elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa.
UCT team wins Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
Four UCT Information Systems honours students won the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge – an international cybersecurity policy competition.
Looking at the fourth Industrial Revolution in the context of Africa
Motivated by a passion for computer science education, HPI scholar Jecton Tocho has recently been awarded his doctorate after completing a thesis that investigated the use of game generators to support programming educators to teach program
New ratings of service apps’ labour practices aim to inform consumer choices
On 8 September 2022, staff of the Department of Information Systems released the results of the annual Fairwork South Africa Ratings.
Fairwork South Africa Ratings 2022: Platform Work Amidst the Cost of Living Crisis
In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, platform work has been heralded as a solution to the extremely high levels of unemployment and inequality in South Africa.
Equalising the information highway
The Hasso-Plattner Institute Research School at UCT congratulates Joseph Telemala on the completion of his PhD in July 2022. His research focused on improving Internet information retrieval for Swahili speakers.
IS team wins 2022 Discovery GradHack
A team of Information Systems Honours students put in an outstanding performance at the 2022 Discovery GradHack competition and won first place.
HPI symposium 2022
The University of Cape Town’s HPI students received the invitation to attend the April HPI symposium in Potsdam and five students, as well as Associate Professor Maria Keet, made the trip.