Posted on December 11, 2024
In a remarkable achievement, Professor Nelishia Pillay has been named among the world’s top 2% of scientists, as listed by Stanford University. This prestigious recognition highlights her significant contributions to the global scientific community, particularly in the field of...
Posted on December 10, 2024
The Department of Computer Science proudly recognizes and celebrates the remarkable achievements of its esteemed staff who have recently enhanced their National Research Foundation (NRF) ratings and received prestigious awards. These accolades prove the department’s commitment to fostering...
Posted on December 09, 2024
A team of University of Pretoria students participated in the SANReN Cyber Security Challenge, an intense competition culminating in a final held at the CHPC Conference in Gqeberha. Despite minimal preparation due to exams, the team excelled in the Capture the Flag (CTF) rounds, securing top...
Posted on November 27, 2024
The United Nations Coding4Integrity Hackathon, held at the University of Pretoria from 13 to 15 September, brought together young innovators from around the world to address corruption using cutting-edge technology. Sponsored by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), this event is part of the...
Posted on November 15, 2024
Code-switching is a common linguistic practice in multilingual cultures where people switch between languages in a single discourse. Most African languages are under-represented in recent natural language processing technologies such as ChatGPT. It is imperative to move towards an equitable...
Posted on November 04, 2024
With an audience of 427, including parents, friends, and supporters of the Computer Science Department, our final-year Computer Science students showcased their capstone projects on Friday, October 25, 2024, at the University of Pretoria’s Rautenbach Hall, Hatfield campus.
Posted on October 04, 2024
Can AI be used to create AI? This was the question posed by Prof Nelishia Pillay of UP’s Department of Computer Science for her Expert Lecture. She also talked the audience through the process of understanding how AI systems work, and how they have developed from basic systems to...
Posted on June 27, 2023
Eleven University of Pretoria (UP) academics and science communicators have been announced as finalists for the National Science and Technology Forum/South32 Awards – popularly known as the “Science Oscars” of South Africa.
Posted on May 30, 2023
Despite the risk of job displacement, AI technology presents Africa with opportunities to leap-frog stages of development, said experts during a LeadUP webinar.
Posted on March 15, 2023
UP's Prof Vukosi Marivate, has been accepted into the Forum of Young Global Leaders, joining a global network of over 1 500 members and alumni from 120 countries who are leading governments and Fortune 500 companies.
Posted on February 15, 2023
UP has partnered with Google to create mathematical models to increase the presence of Sesotho, Setswana, isiXhosa and Sepedi on the internet.
Posted on August 01, 2022
Prof Vukosi Marivate, Absa Chair of Data Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria, was the guest speaker at the 30th UP Expert Lecture, hosted by Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tawana Kupe, on 27 July 2022. The title of...
Posted on June 22, 2022
Prof Nelishia Pillay has been appointed to chair the Women in Computational Intelligence (WCI) subcommittee of the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computational Intelligence Society (CIS).
Posted on June 21, 2022
“We are proud of all the recipients and look forward to their contribution to strengthening the higher education landscape and making a difference in society,” said Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.
Posted on June 10, 2022
Congratulations to Dr Marivate for being awarded the GoogleAI Research Scholar for 2022 for his work on the investigation into the consolidation of learnings of language models and language tools for South African languages and beyond.
Posted on May 04, 2022
For her thesis, UP Computer Science master’s graduate Mia Gerber developed machine-learning techniques that not only makes artificial intelligence more accessible but can also be applied to areas that are relevant to the UN’s SDGs.
Posted on February 17, 2022
Seed Analytics has awarded a full annual tuition bursary to two female students in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, thereby giving them the opportunity to venture into the field of data analytics.
Posted on June 03, 2021
Congratulations to the eight UP academics and the University’s science centre, Sci-Enza, for being selected as finalists in the 2020/2021 National Science and Technology Forum’s NSTF-South32 Awards.
Posted on May 18, 2021
Masakhane Natural Language Processing research project led by UP’s Dr Marivate was a joint winner of the inaugural Wikimedia Foundation Research Award for work which will reshape digital usability of African languages.
Posted on July 14, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) is ranked number one in South Africa and Africa in uniRank’s list of the top universities on the continent. uniRank is the leading international higher education directory and search engine featuring reviews and rankings of over 13 000 universities and...
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