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Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keeps CubeSpace – and South Africa – Pointed at the Stars
CubeSpace’s rapid growth as a leading South African space-tech company is closely tied to the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University. The company originated from the university’s Electronic Systems...
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Development and Evaluation of an Electrochemical DNA-based magnetic Nanoparticle Biosensor for Detecting the Fungal Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense
This research focuses on developing a low-cost, portable biosensor to detect Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), the fungal pathogen responsible for Fusarium wilt—a major threat to global banana production. Traditional detection...
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Stellenbosch Engineers Join UK-Led Study to Steady South Africa’s Power Grid
This blog highlights a new international research collaboration aimed at improving the stability of South Africa’s power grid. Stellenbosch University, alongside UK and local partners, is contributing to a UK-funded study that uses data...
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Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Sparse-Reward, Partially Observable 3D Environments
This blog explores how cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) can be improved in complex 3D environments where agents receive limited information and sparse rewards. The research adapts a single-agent algorithm (QMIX) for...
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Q-Bert: Walking for a Bipedal Robot
This blog explores how a Stellenbosch University student developed a cost-effective approach to bipedal robot walking using a robot called Q-Bert. Instead of relying on expensive, advanced platforms, the research focused on proving that...
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Automated Synthesis of Array Antennas for Improved Accuracy in RF Safety Simulations Using Spherical Wave Elements
This research explores a new method for improving the accuracy of RF (radio-frequency) safety simulations used in cellular network design. Traditional ray-tracing models often overestimate safety distances, leading to inefficient use of...
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Autonomous Racing on Unseen Tracks Using Reinforcement Learning
This research explores how reinforcement learning can be used to enable autonomous vehicles to race at high speeds on tracks they have never seen before. Unlike traditional control methods that rely on pre-mapped tracks, the study...
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Robust Place Recognition for Vision-Based SLAM Systems Using Semantic Information
This blog explores a new approach to improving place recognition in vision-based SLAM systems by incorporating semantic information. Traditional methods rely mainly on geometric features like points and edges, but often ignore what those...
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Professor Bekker appointed as SARChI Research Chair
Professor Bernard Bekker of Stellenbosch University has been appointed as the SARChI NRF Research Chair in Power Systems Simulation, recognising his significant contributions to electrical engineering and renewable energy research. The...
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Enhancing Customer Engagement in E-commerce: Improving E-Marketing Open Rates through Model-Free Reinforcement Learning
This research explores how model-free reinforcement learning can be used to improve customer engagement in e-commerce by optimising the timing of e-marketing communications. Focusing on open rates as a key performance metric, the study...