Why it is important to talk about women in the mathematical sciences
Do the female brain and psyche bring another perspective, another way of doing to the table? What can we learn from women role models in the fields of...
Software developer for a financial technology company
“Be creative, be resilient and remember - there's room for everyone!" – Annika Nel, BScHons in Computer Science (2020)
Annika Nel is currently employed as a...
Hard work pays off for Rector's award recipient
Stellenbosch University (SU) graduate and self-confessed mathematics junkie Mpendulo Cele recently walked away with a 2021 Rector's Award in the top Master's...
Maties’ PhD tackles theory of neural network design
Why do certain approaches work better than others when designing and training deep neural networks?
With this question in mind, a PhD Computer Science student...
Top students in Computer Science rewarded
Prize money of R75 000 – and the ten-year anniversary of the Andries van der Walt medal – were some of the highlights at the award ceremony of the Computer...
Automatic conversion of Afrikaans text to braille now possible
The conversion of Afrikaans text to braille – and vice versa – can now be done at the click of a mouse.
This is thanks to a program developed by a computer...
Cum laude for computer program to understand granny square diagram
The digitisation of the humble daisy granny square was one of the challenges that Prof Lynette van Zijl from Stellenbosch University's Computer Science...
Prof. Patterton to lead bioinformatics initiative at SU
Prof. Hugh Patterton has been appointed to lead and coordinate the bioinformatics initiative at Stellenbosch University's main campus (SU).
Bioinformatics is an...
Top students in computer science rewarded
The top students in computer science at Stellenbosch University earned collectively about R40 000 in prize money for their hard work during 2015.
The awards...
BSc lecturers: inspiring, challenging but never dull
Three lecturers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences were lauded for their inspirational lectures by six top performing first-year students during the...