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Three quarters of the winning team (from left): Praise Jaravani, Muhaimin Khan and Anson Vattakunnel. Alé Pouroullis was not able to attend.

Blockchain solution to contested elections

Four UCT students walked away with R50 000 at the FinHub Hack Series I, after successfully pitching a blockchain voting solution to thwart the problem of fraudulent results arising from elections.

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Distinguished Paper Award at FOIS2023 conference

Two UCT computer science academics, Assoc Prof Maria Keet and Dr Zola Mahlaza, Dr Zubeida Khan, and PhD student César Bernabé earned a Distinguished Paper Award at the 13th International Conference FOIS 2023.

Apply now for IS postgrad

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.

Joining HPI Research School in 2023

Three new students have joined the HPI Research School this year to work on a variety of research projects.

The Hackstreet Boys win the 2023 Discovery Gradhack

UCT's Hackstreet Boys took top honours in the Discovery 2023 Virtual Gradhack with their innovative solution that changes the way digital identity works.

Shaping an African future with human-centred Artificial Intelligence – the passion of newly appointed NRF SARChI Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Associate Professor Deshen Moodley

Associate Professor Deshen Moodley was recently awarded the DSI/NRF-UCT SARChI Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems, in the Artificial Intelligence Research Unit, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town.

Guest speaker at the announcement of the 2023 participants in the Research Leadership Programme Prof Stella Nkomo spoke about lessons from her academic journey.

‘Find your scholarly voice’ – new RLP cohort advised

Eleven participants have been named in the 2023 cohort of the UCT's Research Leadership Programme (RLP), which targets mid-career women academics; the “missing middle”.

Eight researchers from UCT are among those recognised this year by the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science.

Eight UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS

Professor Tommie Meyer, from the Department of Computer Science, was one of seven from UCT to be elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa.

The Atlantic Council and the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa at UCT partnered to host the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge in South Africa. Photo Getty Images.

UCT team wins Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge

Four UCT Information Systems honours students won the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge – an international cybersecurity policy competition.

Looking at the fourth Industrial Revolution in the context of Africa

Motivated by a passion for computer science education, HPI scholar Jecton Tocho has recently been awarded his doctorate after completing a thesis that investigated the use of game generators to support programming educators to teach program

Fairwork ratings for service apps show platform workers in South Africa are buckling under the strain of rising costs and safety risks.

New ratings of service apps’ labour practices aim to inform consumer choices

On 8 September 2022, staff of the Department of Information Systems released the results of the annual Fairwork South Africa Ratings.

Fairwork South Africa Ratings 2022: Platform Work Amidst the Cost of Living Crisis

In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, platform work has been heralded as a solution to the extremely high levels of unemployment and inequality in South Africa.