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New HPI member focusses on food security

The latest member of the HPI Research School at UCT is set to explore cutting-edge farming technology.

UCT wins University Cup 2024

A UCT team have won this year's Entelect's University Cup for a second time.

Project leader, Carl Marquard presenting isiXhosa.click at AFRILEX 2024.

Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Cael Marquard, a Computer Science Honours student at UCT, presented isiXhosa.click at the 2024 Afrilex conference.

THE COOKOUT (Discovery GradHack 2024 Winners!) Left: Ben Cleveland - BSc Computer Science & Applied Statistics - Honours in Computer Science; Middle-left: Jordy Kafwe - BSc Computer Science & Business Computing - Honours in Computer Science; Middle-right: Maesela Katlego Sekoele - BSc Computer Science & Business Computing - Honours in Information Systems; and Right: Yohannes Gebremeskel Libelo - BSocSci Informatics & Sociology - Honours in Information Systems

UCT wins Discovery GradHack

Students from the departments of computer science and information systems took top honours in the 2024 Discovery Gradhack.

Application open for postgraduate studies

The Department of Information Systems offers well established and intellectually challenging postgraduate programmes in Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) at all levels for full-time and part-time students.

HPI scholarships: call for applications

Don't miss the deadline for this year's HPI scholarships. Applications close on 15 August. PhD and Postdoctoral scholarships are available for qualifying students from the African continent in the fields of computer science and informatio

HPI at UCT Welcomes Three New Students

Three new PhD candidates join the HPI Research School this year. It is a pleasure to welcome and introduce Nomonde Khalo, Godfrey Haonga, and Claytone Sikasote.

AI Innovation for Africa’s future

AIRU at UCT was established to enhance the university’s AI capabilities, focusing on solving Africa’s development issues.

CompSci student awarded PhD scholarship

The Department of Computer Science is delighted to announce that Nicholas Leisegang has been awarded a Faculty of Science PhD scholarship.

Vacancy: nGAP Lecturer in Information Systems

The Department of Information Systems seeks to appoint an nGAP Lecturer (Phase 9): Information Systems.

Tommie Meyer elected as an AAS Fellow

Professor Tommie Meyer of the Department of Computer Science has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious African Academy of Sciences.

Working to surmount language barriers

UCT’s Assoc Prof Maria Keet presented a paper at the 39th Symposium on Applied Computing on a novel modelling language, CoSMo, that aims to contribute towards a better and larger multilingual Wikipedia.