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  • 34th SAIIE CONFERENCE: Call for papers - 14 - 16 October 2023

    Posted on February 15, 2024

    Humanity stands on the brink. Climate change, dwindling resources, poverty, illiteracy, and technological disruption represent clear and present dangers to our posterity. However, all is not lost. “Because knowledge belongs to humanity, and it is the torch that illuminates the world,”

  • SADC Tip Training

    Posted on January 25, 2024

    The Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH) delivered training to Southern African Development Community (SADC) policymakers on Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). The training took place at the Future Africa campus, University of Pretoria, between 4 and 6 Dec 2023. Delegates from 12 SADC...

  • Data Clustering: Applications and Trends

    Posted on December 15, 2023

    Clustering has primarily been used as an analytical technique to group unlabelled data for extracting meaningful information. The fact that no clustering algorithm can solve all clustering problems has resulted in the development of several clustering algorithms with diverse applications. We...

  • Congratulations to Anne Crafford on her promotion as Associate Professor

    Posted on December 14, 2023

    Congratulations to Dr Anne Crafford, Executive for Transformation at the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA), on her promotion to the esteemed position of Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria.

  • Clive Enoch, Winner of the Annual Africa PMO of The Year Award

    Posted on December 08, 2023

    Organisations in South Africa and, indeed, the world are increasingly reliant on Project Management Offices (PMOs) as the backbone of their project activities, with the purpose of setting guidelines, implementing methodologies, maintaining standards, and otherwise contributing to benefits...

  • Dr Schalk Grobbelaar as winner of the Mail & Guardian " Greening the future" (Sustainable Design) 2023 Award

    Posted on December 04, 2023

    Schalk Grobbelaar, a senior lecturer at the GSTM, is a key figure in sustainable design. As chairperson of a strategic partnership with York Timbers, he leads multidisciplinary research and training programs, focusing on advanced wood products for a sustainable built environment and bioeconomy in...

  • High Level AI Forum for African Vice Chancellors-Address by Prof Mugabe

    Posted on November 20, 2023

    On 7th of November 2023, Prof John Ouma Mugabe of the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) addressed African Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities on effective governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa.

  • Mass Timber and its impact on the South African Building Industry

    Posted on November 17, 2023

    This week Schalk Grobbelaar was a speaker at the Green Building Convention in Cape Town hosted by the Green Building Council South Africa. The session was filled with enthusiasm and the growing interest in timber construction was clearly noticeable.

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