2022
Katazo Natasha Amunkete
PhD Fellow since 2022
Supervisor: Lisa Seymour
Research Topic: Exploring the effects of knowledge loss on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems in the Namibian public sector: Towards a digital knowledge retention framework
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Jaydon Farao
PhD Fellow since 2022
Supervisor: Melissa Densmore
Research Topic: Digital storytelling for the support of maternal and child-wellbeing through community-based co-design
Sello Ralethe
PhD Fellow since 2022
Supervisor: Jan Buys
Research Topic: Injecting Commonsense Knowledge into Pre-trained Language Models for Low Resource Languages
Sarah Vuningoma
PhD Fellow since 2022
Supervisor:
Ulrike Rivett
Research Topic: Digital Technology inequality and socio-economic inclusions during COVID-19 Pandemic: crisis among refugees in South Africa
2021
Ben Akhigbe
Postdoctoral Fellow since 2021
Supervisor: Hussein Suleman and Melissa Densmore
Research Topic: User-centred modeling of User eXperience in IR evaluation within the Cognitive IR Context
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Johan Bontes
PhD Fellow since 2021
Supervisor: James Gain
Research Topic: High performance automated reasoning
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David Laar
PhD Fellow since 2021
Supervisor:
Lisa Seymour
Research Topic: An Evolutionary Agile business process redesign approach
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Francois Meyer
Lecturer
BSc and BSc Honours (Stellenbosch), Msc (Amsterdam)
Expertise: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Office: Room 316, Computer Science Building
Email: fmeyer@cs.uct.ac.za
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Mbithe Nzomo
PhD Fellow since 2021
Supervisor: Deshen Moodley
Research Topic: A Hybrid AI Framework for Data Fusion, Situation Analysis, and Decision Support Towards Precision Health
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Recent publication:
Nzomo, M.; Moodley, D. 2023. Semantic Technologies in Sensor-Based Personal Health Monitoring Systems: A Systematic
Mapping Study. arXiv preprint. | LinkedIn | Research Gate | Website
Safianu Omar
PhD Fellow since 2021
Supervisor: Jean-Paul van Belle
Research Topic: Adapting ICT initiatives in Crisis Response and Management
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Recent Publication:
Safianu, O., Van Belle, JP. (2023). Social Media Affordances for Disaster Management. In: Ndayizigamiye, P., Twinomurinzi, H., Kalema, B., Bwalya, K., Bembe, M. (eds) Digital-for-Development: Enabling Transformation, Inclusion and Sustainability Through ICTs. IDIA 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1774. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28472-4_9
2020
Mary-Jane Antia
PhD Fellow since 2020
Supervisor:
Michelle Kuttel
Research Topic: A Corpus-Based Method for Authoring Competency Questions in Ontology Engineering
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Khanyisa Malufu
PhD Fellow since 2020
Supervisor:
Irwin Brown
Research Topic: User Choices of Digital Payment Methods with Multiplicity of Channels
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Guidance Mthwazi
PhD Fellow since 2020
Supervisor:
Irwin Brown
Research Topic: The Influence of Electronic Governance on Public Service Delivery
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Safianu Omar
PhD Fellow since 2021
Supervisor: Jean-Paul van Belle
Research Topic: Adapting ICT initiatives in Crisis Response and Management
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Recent Publication:
Safianu, O., Van Belle, JP. (2023). Social Media Affordances for Disaster Management. In: Ndayizigamiye, P., Twinomurinzi, H., Kalema, B., Bwalya, K., Bembe, M. (eds) Digital-for-Development: Enabling Transformation, Inclusion and Sustainability Through ICTs. IDIA 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1774. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28472-4_9
Frances Gillis Webber
PhD Fellow since 2020
Supervisor:
Tommie Meyer
Research Topic: Modelling Localised Conceptualisations and Annotations in a Multilingual OWL Ontology
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2019
Sarah Dsane
PhD Fellow since 2019
Supervisor:
Melissa Densmore
Research Topic: Exploring Digital Interaction among Parents within the First Thousand Days in Bandwidth-Constrained communities
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Toky Raboanary
PhD Fellow since 2019
Supervisor:
Maria Keet
Research Topic: Generating Answerable Questions from Ontologies
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Enock Tung'ande Mbewe
PhD Fellow since 2019
Supervisor:
Josiah Chavula
Research Topic: Cost-aware Internet Security Decision Model
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Tezira Wanyana
PhD Fellow since 2019
Supervisor:
Deshen Moodley
Research Topic: A Cognitive Agent Architecture for Knowledge Discovery and Evolution
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