PERSONALIA

                                   Appointments/promotions/study leave, etc:

 

Welcome to the following persons who have been appointed:
Ms Judith Bidie: Part-time technical assistant (with effect from 15 March 2007)
Dr Jan Gertenbach: Extra-ordinary lecturer (for the period 15 March to 30 June 2007)
Prof KR Rajagopal: Extra-ordinary professor (for 3 years with effect from 1 January 2007)
Prof Joe Diestel: Extra-ordinary professor (for 3 years with effect from 1 January 2007)

Congratulations to Ian le Roux on the approval of his study leave for the three-month period, 1 April – 30 June 2007.

A hearty welcome to the following persons who have visited or will be visiting the Department:
Prof John Neuberger from the North Texas University, USA (9 March – 23 March)
Dr Yves Dumont from the University of Reunion Island, France (24 March – 15 April)

Congratulations to Mamadou Sango who is rated by the NRF in the C2 category.

                    Congratulations to the following persons whose articles appeared:

 

C Le Roux (with A Tani) in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 30(2007), 595-624

L Pretorius (with K Swanepoel) in SA Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 26(1)(2007), 8-13

Congratulations to the following persons whose articles have been accepted for publication:

J Lubuma – Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

C Maepa – Quaestiones Mathematicae

E Maré (with D Wentzel) – Investment Analysts Journal

                                        Conferences attendance till mid April:

 

Jean Lubuma and Anneke Labuschagne will deliver papers at the 31st Annual Conference of the South African Society for Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM), Stellenbosch, South Africa: 2 – 4 April 2007.

                                        Research (and other academic) visits:

 

Best wishes to Elemér Rosinger who will be exploring the possibility of industrial research collaboration with a software company near Durban, 26 – 30 March 2007.

                  Hearty congratulations to the following persons on their birthdays:

 

Lou Pretorius: 6 April, Ankie Robberts: 6 April, Pottie Potgieter: 15 April

                                                               Easter recess:

 

Best wishes for a happy Easter to everyone. Lectures end on Wednesday, 28 March and commence on Wednesday, 11 April.

                                                  DUE DATES AND REQUESTS

Module co-ordinators are reminded to submit the following documents / information if they have not done so yet:
• Regulation amendments: Due date Wednesday, 28 March to Lou Pretorius
• Textbooks for 2nd semester: Due date Friday, 30 March to Yvonne (see below)
• Study guides: We still need 5 copies each of WTW 158, 152, 211, 338, 342, 382, 386
• Semester tests: We still need 3 copies each of WTW 101, 115, 168, 161, 218, 211, 382, 386
• Planning for module continuous assessment: We still need WTW 386, MPR 193, MAT 151, 251, 391, 392

All staff members:
• Office door timetable: Please display on your door if you have not done so yet.

Thank you for your co-operation so far
Yvonne

                                   GRADUATION CEREMONY: FRIDAY, 13 APRIL 2007

 

Hearty congratulations to the following postgraduate students (and their supervisors/lecturers) to whom degrees will be conferred at the Autumn Graduation Ceremony on Friday, 13 April at 09:00:

Nadrajh Govender – MSc in Mathematics of Finance (supervisor – Prof E Maré)
Norbert Mbuyi Cimwanga – MSc in Applied Mathematics (supervisor – Dr K Jordaan)
Vasanthy Velupillai – MSc in Mathematics Education (supervisor – Prof J Engelbrecht and co-supervisor Prof A Harding)

BSc (Hons) (Maths of Finance): W Langson (cum laude), M Mlambo
BSc (Hons) (Mathematics): A Bennie
BSc (Hons) (Applied Mathematics): M Messerschmidt (cum laude)
BSc (Hons) (Financial Engineering): 12 finalists, namely C Camper, F Craucamp, P du Toit (cum laude), S Gina, K Klynsmith (cum laude), M Manyatsa, A Mathew, C Milwidsky (cum laude), T Rama, S Rich, R van Wyk, Y Zhu

BSc (Hons) (Actuarial Mathematics): 26 degrees will be awarded (1 cum laude, namely
M-L Pienaar)

BSc degrees will also be awarded.

                                    ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: MONDAY, 17 APRIL 2007

 

Hearty congratulations to the following persons who will receive awards at the Top Achievers Prize award function on Monday, 17 April at 17:00:

Cara Milwidsky (Gensec prize – most outstanding honours student in the Mathematics of Finance study programme in 2006)

Miek Messerschmidt (SAMS bronze medal – best honours student in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics)

Phillip Labuschagne (Dewald Hattingh book prize – best third year Mathematics student in 2006).

                                        “OTHER LECTURE DAYS”: 1st Semester 2007

 

Tuesday 1 May is a public holiday (Workers day). Please note that on
• Wednesday, 2 May 2007, a Monday timetable will be followed
• Thursday, 3 May 2007, a Tuesday timetable will be followed

Honours lecturers should arrange lectures amongst each other.

                                                        APPLICATION FOR LEAVE

 

When you apply for leave via the UP portlet, you are requested to choose the option to print your application. Please give this printout to Alta.

                                                  TEXTBOOKS: 2nd semester 2007

The list of textbooks for the 2nd semester 2006 is available on the departmental notice board. Each module co-ordinator for the 2nd semester should please inform Yvonne of any changes for 2007 on or before Friday, 30 March.

                                                        MSc & PhD SUPERVISORS

 

All supervisors of masters dissertations and doctoral theses are reminded to supply Yvonne with the following information:

The title of the dissertation or thesis
The name(s) and electronic CV's of the proposed external examiners

This information is needed six months prior to the submission of the examination copies. The formal submission dates are 30 April (for the Spring graduation ceremony) and 30 August (for the Autumn graduation ceremony) annually.

Thank you for your urgent co-operation
Yvonne

                                                        RESEARCH OUTPUTS, etc

 

Please remember to inform me immediately of any research outputs, intended conference participation, research visits, etc. You can obtain the relevant forms from me and complete them as soon as possible, but at least three weeks before you leave.

When an article has been published, could you please provide Ronél with two reprints as well as a short summary (in popular language) of your findings.

Ronél should also be informed when an article has been accepted for publication. If it suits you, you can even submit the “popular” summary at this stage already.

Thank you very much for your co-operation
Yvonne

                                        LIBRARY FAQ’s (Frequently asked questions)

 

Faan Naudé, our information specialist, requested that we bring the following URL’s on FAQ’s regarding the Library to the attention of our staff members, researchers and postgraduate students:

http://www.ais.up.ac.za/natural/PDF Documents/FAQ_Afrikaans.pdf
and
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/natural/PDF Documents/FAQ_English.pdf

on the Library's web page for the Faculty, viz.
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/natural/index.htm (in the second column)

and also on my web page for the School of Mathematical Sciences, viz.
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/natural/eresources_mathematical.htm (in the left hand column)

                                                        THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

 

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely”  (Rodin)