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Day 2 of the NITheCS Bursary Holders Workshop 🎓
A full day of masterclasses, research presentations and knowledge-sharing as our bursary holders connect, learn and showcase their work.

#NITheCS #BursaryHoldersWorkshop #Research
September 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Join the NITheCS Bursary Holders Workshop online from 28-30 September for a masterclass and presentations by the NRF and NITheCS bursary holders.
📋 Programme:
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#ScienceResearch #BursaryHolders #TheoreticalScience #ComputationalScience
September 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The NITheCS Bursary Holders Workshop is underway! 🎓
We kicked off with Dr Sonja Strydom’s masterclass on Generative AI in Academia, setting the tone for three days of learning, research and engagement.
#NITheCS #BursaryHolders #GenerativeAI
September 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Alex Zeeman & Karel Calitz of juizi.com present Open Source, Open Partnership: Building NITheCS on Plone and Volto

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#plone #volto #opensource #cms #ploneconf2026
September 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This Heritage Month, NITheCS is celebrating African excellence in data science. 🌍

Prof Paida Mhangara shares what the African Data Science Conference is all about.

#HeritageMonth #AfricanDataScience #NITheCS
September 24, 2026 at 7:14 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Quantum Complexity and Entanglement in Neutrino Oscillations’ by Prof Soebur Razzaque (UJ).
📅 Monday, 2 November 2026
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#QuantumPhysics #NeutrinoOscillations #QuantumEntanglement #QuantumInformation #ParticlePhysics
September 22, 2026 at 10:31 AM
💻 Join the conversation on Research Software as Enabler and Research Output.

📅 7–8 October 2026
📍 Online via Zoom

Explore how research software enables science and is recognised as a research output.
🔗 Register and make your voice heard.
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#NITheCS #NSTF
September 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Thanks for joining NITheCS colloquium "Growing Pains: Working, thinking and trusting in the age of AI " led by Dr Dean Brand (Stellenbosch University) We appreciate both audiences.
September 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Dr Dean Brand joined the conversation on air to discuss his NITheCS colloquium, “Growing Pains: Working, thinking and trusting in the age of AI.”

He reflected on the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in scientific research, the importance of verification and trust.
September 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
NITheCS was proud to participate in the inaugural Stellenbosch Corporate Duck Race on 19 September at Spier Wine Farm. 🦆The event brought together businesses, organisations and the wider Stellenbosch community for a day of fun, connection and community impact.
September 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Growing Pains: Working, Thinking and Trusting in the Age of AI’ by Dr Dean Brand (Stellenbosch University)
📅 Monday, 21 September 2026
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#ArtificialIntelligence #LargeLanguageModels #AIinScience #ResponsibleAI
September 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Harnessing Computational Science for African Medicines & Precision Healthcare’ – Prof Samuel Egieyeh (UWC)
📅 Mon, 28 Sept
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍Attend in person or online
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#ComputationalScience #DrugDiscovery #PrecisionMedicine #Bioinformatics #AfricanMedicines
September 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Thanks for joining NITheCS colloquium "Astronomy for a Better World:
New Pathways for Research, Innovation and Development " led by Dr Charles Takalana (SAAO & IAU-OAD) & Dr Joyful Mdhluli (SAAO & IAU-OAD) We appreciate both audiences
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NITheCS & MITP Seminar
‘Modelling Early-Time Baryon Dynamics in the Fragmentation Region’ – Dr Mawande Lushozi (UCT)
📅 Tue, 15 Sept 2026
🕐 13h15-14h15 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#QuantumChromodynamics #HeavyIonCollisions #BaryonDynamics #HighEnergyPhysics #ParticlePhysics
September 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘From Frills to Foundations: Rethinking Science Communication’s Role in Research’ – Robert Inglis

📅 Mon, 12 Oct 2026
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#ScienceCommunication #ScienceEngagement #ResearchImpact #PublicEngagement #ScienceAndSociety
September 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘English is the New Programming Language (and we are the New Bottleneck)’
👤 Prof Willem Visser (SU & AWS)
📅 Mon, 19 October 2026
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#GenerativeAI #AICoding #SoftwareVerification #ComputerScience #DataScience
September 10, 2026 at 11:56 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Astronomy for a Better World: New Pathways for Research, Innovation & Development’
🎙️ Dr Charles Takalana & Dr Joyful Mdhluli (SAAO & IAU-OAD)
📅 Mon, 14 Sep
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#Astronomy #SustainableDevelopment #AstronomyInnovation
September 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Knotty Situations in Biological (and Other) Physics’ by Prof Kristian Müller-Nedebock (SU)
📅 Monday, 7 Sept 2026
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#SoftCondensedMatter #PolymerPhysics #KnotTheory #StatisticalPhysics #BiologicalPhysics
September 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
NITheCS Mini-school: ‘Biodiversity Data Cubes for Monitoring and Modelling’
🎙️ Dr Sandra MacFadyen & Maarten Trekels.
📅 Wed 9, 16, 23 & 30 Sept
🕑 14h00–15h00 SAST
💻 Attend online
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#Biodiversity #DataCubes #BiodiversityMonitoring #EcologicalModelling #GeospatialData #DataScience
September 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM
NITheCS Director Prof Francesco Petruccione joins fellow panellists Shane Mienie, Mark Gaffley & Prof Willem Fourie for a discussion titled ‘Guardrails & Unintended Consequences – Mitigating When AI Goes Wrong’ at Activate SA 2026.
#ActivateSA2026 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIGovernance #ResponsibleAI
August 27, 2026 at 1:41 PM
NITheCS Webinar: ‘Modelling the Glucose–Insulin System for Diabetes: Problems & Perspectives’ by Prof Andrea De Gaetano
📅 Tue, 1 Sep
🕑 14h00–15h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#MathematicalModelling #DiabetesResearch #GlucoseInsulinDynamics #Biomathematics #ComputationalBiology
August 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
NITheCS Micro-school: ‘Running LLMs Locally: From Terabytes to Tokens’
🎙️ Dr Dean Brand (Stellenbosch University)
📅 Friday, 28 August 2026
⏰ 12h00–12h30 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#LargeLanguageModels #LocalLLMs #Ollama #OpenCode #ClaudeCode
August 25, 2026 at 11:47 AM
We’re here at the CTICC in Cape Town. 🚀

NITheCS is joining today’s conversations on South Africa’s AI future, with sessions from the SA AI Association, Google, Cassava AI and NVIDIA covering AI readiness, policy, infrastructure and centres of excellence.

#NITheCS #AI #SouthAfrica #Innovation
August 25, 2026 at 9:33 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Four Decades of Cytochrome P450 Research in Africa: Past, Present & Future’
🎙️ Prof Khajamohiddin Syed (UZ)
📅 Mon, 31 Aug
⏰ 16h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#CytochromeP450 #Bioinformatics #Biotechnology #ComputationalBiology #PrecisionMedicine
August 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM
We’re here at the CTICC in Cape Town. 🚀

NITheCS is joining today’s conversations on South Africa’s AI future, with sessions from the SA AI Association, Google, Cassava AI and NVIDIA covering AI readiness, policy, infrastructure and centres of excellence.

#SouthAfrica
August 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM