Meet Joel and Veer – duo behind the SASSA fraud exposure
They must be the two most recognizable first year computer science students in South Africa.
Stellenbosch University (SU) students Veer Gosai (19) and Joel...
€7.5 million grant awarded to research combining maths and theoretical computer science
Prof. Florian Luca, a number theorist in Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Mathematical Sciences, is one of three principal investigators who...
SU alumni dream team takes first place in Cambridge Misinformation Hackathon
A web-based plugin which addresses misleading numerical claims in online media reports earned three Stellenbosch University alumni first place in the Cambridg...
SU student receives Kambule Award for best doctoral dissertation in computational sciences
The prestigious Thamsanqa W. Kambule Award for the best doctoral dissertation in the computational and statistical sciences at an African university was...
Winning team combines computer science and data science skills in Data School Hackathon
A team consisting of two fourth year Computer Science students and one third year BDat Science student won first place in the annual Data School Hackathon...
SU student off to University of Cambridge on Gates Cambridge scholarship
Gregor Feierabend, a postgraduate student in mathematics and computer science at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded a Gates Cambridge scholarship t...
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...