22 April - 'How close is Artificial General Intelligence & how will it affect fundamental science' Prof Bruce Bassett (UCT)
#AI #machinelearning #chatgpt
#nithecs #UCT #stellenboschuniversity
11 Mar 2024 - NITheCS Colloquium: 'Quantum Physics and Biology: the Local Wavefunction Approach' - Prof George Ellis, FRS (University of Cape Town)
#stellenboschuniversity #nithecs
#southafricaphysics
#quantummechanics
#quantumphysics
#physics
Join the NITheCS & UKZN Seminar, featuring Dr Marco Abbadini (Université Catholique de Louvain) presenting:
📐 ‘On the Symmetry Between Openness and Compactness’
📅 Thurs, 21 May 2026
⏰ 12h15–13h15 SAST
💻 Attend online or in person
#Topology #Mathematics #StoneDuality #TheoreticalMathematics #NITheCS
🌸 Join us for the 8th edition of Celebrating Women in Mathematics hosted by the SAMS Women in Mathematics Division.
🎙️ Prof Dephney Mathebula-Periola (University of Fort Hare) will present:
“Nuggets of Wisdom for Building a Research Profile”
Prof Mathebula-Periola is an award-winning mathematician whose research focuses on mathematical modelling of infectious diseases, including malaria, influenza, and COVID-19. She is also passionate about mentoring the next generation in STEM.
📅 Friday, 22 May 2026
⏰ 14h00–15h00 SAST
💻 Online
Chair: Dr Cerene Rathilal (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
#WomenInMathematics #STEM #NITheCS #SAMS #WomenInSTEM #Mathematics #Research #CelebratingWomenInMathematics
Join NITheCS and QSUN for a webinar by Prof Alessio Zaccone (University of Milano, Italy) on the ‘Relativistic Langevin equation as a microscopic route to relativistic viscosity for QCD matter’.
📅 Fri, 22 May 2026
⏰ 14h00–15h00 SAST
📍 NITheCS Seminar Room, Stellenbosch University, & Online
Discover how relativistic Langevin dynamics offers new insights into viscosity, causality, and strongly correlated QCD matter, including quark-gluon plasma.
#RelativisticPhysics #QCD #TheoreticalPhysics #QuantumScience #LangevinEquation
On this day in science — 14 MayIn 1973, Skylab, NASA’s first space station, was launched into orbit. It became a laboratory for studying the Sun, Earth, and the effects of spaceflight on the human body.
Registration is open for the African Data Science Conference 2026.
Join leading researchers, industry experts, and innovators as they explore the latest developments in data science across Africa.
📍 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
📅 24–26 June 2026
⏰ Early Bird registration closes on 15 May 2026
#DataScience #DataScienceAfrica #MachineLearning #AIResearch
Join us for the NITheCS Colloquium, 'Connecting Quarks to the Cosmos and People to Science,' presented by Dr Thuthukile Khumalo (iThemba LABS & NITheCS).
📅 Monday, 18 May 2026
⏰ 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
#NeutronStars #QuarksToCosmos #HeavyIonCollisions #TheoreticalPhysics #WomenInSTEM
Join the NITheCS & UKZN Seminar: ‘Watching the Air We Breathe: Space-based Pollution Tracking,’ presented by Dr Lerato Shikwambana (SANSA & NASSP).
📅 Thursday, 14 May 2026
🕛 12h15–13h15 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
Discover how satellite technology is transforming the way we monitor air pollution, track atmospheric changes, and support environmental decision-making.
#AirPollution #EarthObservation #AirQuality #SatelliteScience #SpaceScience
⚡NITheCS Colloquium:
“Africa’s electric motorbike future can be built locally & powered by solar”
Join Prof Thinus Booysen and Dr Stephan Lacock (Stellenbosch University) as they share insights from their groundbreaking 6,000 km solar-powered electric motorcycle journey from Nairobi to Stellenbosch — and explore how Africa can build its own clean mobility future through local innovation and renewable energy.
📅 Monday, 25 May 2026
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or watch online
#SolarPoweredMobility #ElectricBike #EMobilityAfrica #RideTheSun #MadeInAfrica
On this day in science 7 May In 1997, the Intel releases Pentium II marked a major step forward in personal computing performance.
Why it matters: Advances in processing power enable complex simulations, large-scale data analysis, and modern scientific computing.
