Staff

Academic staff

Willem Bester
Image by: Wiida Basson
Willem Bester
Junior lecturer
+27 21 808 4232
A2051
Dr Marcel Dunaiski
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Dr Marcel Dunaiski
Data Science, Informetrics, Scientometrics, NLP, Bioinformatics
Senior lecturer
+27 21 808 4232
A2046
Prof Andries Engelbrecht
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof Andries Engelbrecht
Swarm intelligence, Evolutionary computation, Hyper-heuristics, Neural networks, Machine learning, Data analytics, Optimization, Fitness landscape analysis
Professor, Voigt Chair in Data Science
+27 21 808 9259
A2055
Prof Bernd Fischer
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof Bernd Fischer
Software engineering, formal methods, program analysis, program generation, program verification, artificial intelligence
Professor
+27 21 808 2527
A2076
Indren Govender
Lecturer
+27 21 808 3099
NAT 3017
Trienko Grobler
Dr Trienko Grobler
Machine learning, remote sensing, radio interferometry, coding theory and the epoch of reionization
Senior Lecturer
+27 21 808 4232
+27 21 808 2527
A2071
Hanlie Haroldt
Hanlie Haroldt
Lecturer
+27 21 808 3521
NAT 3017
Dr Cornelia Inggs
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Dr Cornelia Inggs
Formal methods, model checking, concurrency
Senior Lecturer
+27 21 808 4232
A2054
Prof Steve Kroon
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof Steve Kroon
Artificial intelligence/machine learning, statistical learning theory, probability and computing
Associate Professor
+27 21 808 9375
A2049
Mkhuseli Ngxande
Dr Mkhuseli Ngxande
Machine learning, computer vision, bioinformatics, wide area surveillance
Senior Lecturer
+27 21 808 4232
A2050
Gavin Rens
Dr Gavin Rens
Cognitive Robotics focusing on knowledge representation and reasoning under uncertainty. Probabilistic planning. Reinforcement learning.
Lecturer
+27 21 808 4232
A2070
Prof Bill Tucker
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof William (Bill) Tucker
Computer networks and their applications; human computer interaction; social impact; ethical, responsible, and sustainable computing
Professor
+27 21 808 3382
A2048
Prof Brink van der Merwe
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof Brink van der Merwe
Tree automata and applications, Learning of grammars and languages from data
Professor and Head of Division
A2047
Prof Lynette van Zijl
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof Lynette van Zijl
Implementation and applications of automata; assistive technologies
Professor
Telephone: +27 21 808 4232
A2044
Prof Willem Visser
Image by: Stellenbosch University
Prof Willem Visser
Software engineering, testing, symbolic execution, and model checking
Part-time Professor

Support staff

Farhaana Damon
Administrative Officer
Telephone: +27 21 808 4232
A2045
Liesl Hendricks
Administrative Officer
+27 21 808 3663
A2056
Emile Dreyer
Technical Assistant
+27 21 808 4232
A2064
Derrick Stephanus
Support staff
+27 21 808 4232

Extraordinary staff and associates

Prof George Assopardi
Brain-inspired computing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning
Associate Professor Extraordinary
University of Groningen
Prof Loek Cleophas
Model-driven engineering, Digital Twins, Algorithm + model variability
Associate Professor Extraordinary
University of Groningen
David Baker Effendi
Research Fellow
Dr McElory Hoffmann
Computer vision, machine learning, smart cameras
Senior Lecturer Extraordinary
Praelexis
Prof Maria Keet
Ontology, Semantic Web, Conceptual Modeling, Knowledge Representation and reasoning
Professor Extraordinary
Prof Francesco Petruccione
Director: National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS); Professor in the Department of Physics
Visiting academic
+27 21 808 4562
Prof Laurette Pretorius
Multilingual NLP, Semantic computing, Ontology development, Machine translation, Language generation
Associate Professor extraordinary
Dr Moeketsi Raselimo
Programming Languages, Software Testing, Fuzzing
Lecturer Extraordinary
Prof Fabian Yamaguchi
Computer security, Program analysis, Machine learning
Professor Extraordinary
Whirly Labs