Posted on April 24, 2015
Prof Marco Dorigo studied the complex social behaviours of ants and applied them to computer science in order to solve difficult combinatorial optimisation problems.
Posted on July 02, 2014
Prof Sunil Maharaj of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, and Francois Luus, a PhD student, recently featured in an article titled “Noah’s search: probing satellite imagery for lost ark”, which was headlined on Space.com, Discovery.com, as well as...
Posted on February 03, 2014
The SAIMC control laboratory was unveiled by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, and the President of the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC), Mr. Vinesh Maharaj, on 22 January 2014.
Posted on December 05, 2013
Prof Gerhard Hancke is the Head of the Advanced Sensor Networks Group and Coordinator of the Computer Engineering Programme. He pioneered and is still leading advanced sensor networks (ASN) research in South Africa, with significant international recognition, especially for advanced wireless...
Posted on December 03, 2013
The 2013 National Student Project Competition of the SAIEE (South African Institute of Electrical Engineers) was hosted by the University of Pretoria on 28 November. Top final-year students from South African universities and universities of technology took part in the competition.
Posted on November 25, 2013
Every year the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering gives their final year project students an opportunity to showcase their final year projects to fellow students and industry partners, and in 2013 it was no different. The annual Final Year Project Competition was held...
Posted on November 07, 2013
Prof Sunil Maharaj who holds the SENTECH Chair in Broadband Wireless Multimedia Communications (BWMC) in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering was the winner of The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) THRIP Award in their Advanced Hi-Tech Research Category for his...
Posted on October 02, 2013
Easton LaChappelle, 17, began working with robotics when he was 14. He lives in Mancos, Colorado, and is challenging the future of prosthetics and tele-robotics. His long-term goal is to create an affordable upper-limb prosthesis that is neural controlled and stronger than a human. He has two 3D...
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