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...
JT Morrison medal for top MSc student in Applied Mathematics
The 2018 John Todd Morrison-medal for the best MSc-student in Applied Mathematics in SU's Faculty of Science was awarded to Jacoline van Jaarsveld, a former...
Computer scientist to lead a Depth First Learning-group
Dr Steve Kroon from the Computer Science Division at Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of four machine-learning specialists worldwide who have been selected...
Africa needs fundamental research in machine learning
Fundamental research in Artificial Intelligence and machine learning is essential if Africa wants to have control over some of the really big ideas in the...
Artificial Intelligence in Africa promoted with Deep Learning Indaba conference
More than 500 participants from 30 African and 19 international countries will converge at Stellenbosch University next week for one of the largest Artificial...
Maties Machine Learning aims to help Africa
When you think of machine learning or artificial intelligence, as it is more popularly known, the image of killer robots and Arnold Schwarzenegger famously...
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...