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Prof Carina de VilliersPosition: Professor and Head of Department Office: IT Building 5-78 E-mail: [email protected] |
My research generally focuses on IS and Education, but also include ICT for sustainability. I take an
The research domains that I investigate include IS organisations, Higher Education, Developing
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. ICT4D, higher education, learning technologies
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![]() Prof Alta van der MerwePosition: Deputy Dean Teaching and Learning (EBIT) Office: IT Building 5-82.2 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on IS and Organizations. The majority of my students use design science as their research approach, mainly using qualitative data collection. My students are involved in the following research focus areas:
The research domains that I investigate include IS organizations, Education. Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching suitable topics in one of the following areas:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Management, Innovation, Design, Data Science, Design Science, Industry 4.0.
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![]() Prof Machdel MattheePosition: Associate Professor Office: IT Building 5- 58 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on 21st century skills (skills needed to function in a technology-dominated society) and the teaching thereof. The aim is to provide quality education and promote social well-being:
• Computational thinking: the thinking processes underlying computing
• Critical thinking: the importance and role of critical thinking in the information age
• ICT and education: acceptance and use of ICT in education, IS education
• Societal implications of IS: e.g. social aspects of social networks, the changing nature of human agency, fake news.
The research domains that I investigate include schools, higher education institutions, organisations, communities and end-users.
Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching problems in one of the following:
• Enabling teachers to teach computational thinking;
• Effective ways to teach computational thinking;
• The role of numeracy in computational thinking;
• Computational thinking and ethics;
• Fake news and critical thinking;
• Detection of fake news;
• Critical thinking and the IS curriculum
Keywords and concepts relevant to my research: Critical thinking, Change, Societal Implications, ICT and education, Disruption, Social media, Future, 21st century skills, Society 5.0, well-being.
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![]() Prof Aurona GerberPosition: Associate Professor Office: IT Building 5-61 E-mail: [email protected]
I am currently the CAIR node representative for the CAIR node @ UP Informatics. The node focuses on research in the broad area of AI for Development and Innovation. My research generally focuses on all aspects of IS Systems, including advanced modeling, the design and development of systems, as well as IS system implementation within enterprises. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying mostly qualitative approaches, including design science research, to study the following research focus areas:
TThe AI for Development Research Group also include a sub-focus area on Semantic Technologies that includes research and development in:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. Applied Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Design Science Research, Ontologies, Platform Companies.
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Prof Rennie NaidooPosition: Associate Professor Office: IT Building 5-71 E-mail: [email protected]
My research on IS and Organizations focuses on four of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Decent Work & Economic Growth; Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, and Gender Equality. I take a multidisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches to the following specialized areas of study:
The research domains that I investigate include global organizations, services, healthcare, SOEs, government agencies, manufacturing, outsourcing arrangements, software development teams, DevOps teams, DevSecOps environment, the cybersecurity function, and cybersecurity staff. Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching problems in one of the following:
Keywords and concepts relevant to my research include adoption, broadband, case study, cloud, control, culture, diversity, gender, inclusion, inequality, innovation, IOTs, race, resilience, risk, postcolonialism, power, privacy, skills, social engineering, social influence, socio-technical, staff retention, survey, trust, and work-related stress.
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![]() Prof Hanlie SmutsPosition: Associate Professor Office: IT Building 5-71 E-mail: [email protected]
As I have worked in industry until 2017, I work primarily in the field of Information Systems and Organisation focusing on
The research domains that I investigate are knowledge management, IT outsourcing, enterprise architecture, disruptive technologies and big data in organisations. Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I will support students who are interested in related or similar research:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. Knowledge Management; Information Technology outsourcing; Enterprise Architecture; Digital Disruption; Digital Transformation; Big data; Knowledge visualisation
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![]() Prof Marita TurpinPosition: Associate Professor Office: IT Building 5-66.1 E-mail: [email protected]
Overview of my research focus areas appears below:
The research domains that I investigate include IS for sustainable development, IS teaching. Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching suitable topics in one of the following areas:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. ICT4D, systems thinking, impact assessment, 21st century skills, critical thinking, problem solving.
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![]() Dr Henk PretoriusPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-65 E-mail: [email protected]
My research in general focuses on IS in Organizations, but also include technology and sport. I prefer a qualitative research approach. Research areas (in various combinations) that I focus on include:
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![]() Dr Marié HattinghPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-67 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on the role of Social Media in communities. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches to study the following research focus areas:
Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching suitable topics in one of the following areas:
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![]() Dr JP van DeventerPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-97 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on IS and Organizations. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying mostly a quantitative approach to study the following research focus areas:
Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching suitable topics in one of the following areas:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. Knowledge Representation, Enterprise Architecture, Unstructured Analytics, Text Analysis, Data Science
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![]() Dr Funmi AdebesinPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-73 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on the use of information systems for Sustainable Development, specifically in the healthcare domain. I take a multidisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches to work in the following specialized areas of study:
The research domains that I investigate include National and provincial health departments, private and public healthcare facilities, users of consumer wearable apps devices, healthcare systems designers and developers.
Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching problems in one of the following:
Keywords and concepts relevant to my research: Consumer wearable health devices, ICTs and COVID-19, digital health and 4IR, health social networks, health data ethics, health data privacy, health data security, usability, user-centered design, patient-driven care.
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![]() Dr Lizette WeilbachPosition: Senior lecturer Office: IT Building 5-69 E-mail: [email protected]
My research in general focuses on ICT to support quality education and social well-being. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches to study the following research focus areas:
The research domains that I investigate include organisations, communities, and individuals. Topics I’m actively involved in are listed below: I can support students wanting to do research on:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research: IT to enhance learning; Social media use; Chatbots for education; IS analysis and Design Teaching; Cyberbullying; social and emotional consequences of IT application and use.
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![]() Dr Tendani MawelaPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-99 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on IS and Organizations. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches to study the following research focus areas:
The research domains that I investigate include Public sector organizations, citizens and other e-government user communities. Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching problems in one of the following areas:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. Digital Government, e-Government, Mobile Government (m-Government), Smart Governance, Digital skills, e-Participation, e-Democracy, ICT for Development (ICT4D), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion, Social Media, Systematic Literature Reviews.
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![]() Dr Riana SteynPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-66 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on Entrepreneurs from an educational perspective. I focus my research on Entrepreneurial skills development and how this can be achieved through various avenues, thus focusing my research on:
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![]() Dr Sunet EybersPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-63 E-mail: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on Applied Data Science. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches to study the following research focus areas:
Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching suitable topics in one of the following areas:
These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. Business intelligence, data mining, data warehousing, text mining, social media, crime, organizational strategy, data visualization, eLearning, online learning, tertiary education methods, teaching and learning, ethics, data governance, digital society 5.0.
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Dr Tania PrinslooPosition: Senior Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-59 E-mail: [email protected]
My main research area is within ICT for Agriculture, focusing on the three Sustainable Development Goals: No Poverty, Zero Hunger and Life on Land. In this domain, I look at:
In terms of ICT for Education, I focus on the Sustainable Development Goals Quality Education and Reducing Inequalities. Here, I focus on:
Finally, I am interested in developmental issues pertaining to the Global South. The research domains that I investigate are new technologies in development, agriculture and education. These keywords and concepts are relevant to my research. ICT4D, ICT4Ag, ICT for Education, sustainable agriculture using technology, wearable devices in agriculture, IS and climate change, animal-computer-interaction, development in the Global South, lifelong learning, learning styles, continuous assessment, teaching trends.
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![]() Dr Komla PillayPosition: Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-100 E-mail: [email protected]
My research focus is Knowledge / Big Data Management and IS in Education with specialised areas of study in:
Keywords and concepts relevant to my research: big data, IoT, smart city, Cloud computing, e-learning, ICT in education. |
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Dr Nita MennegaPosition: Lecturer Office: Building IT 5-98 Email: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on the dynamics influencing individuals' decision to enter the Information Technology industry. I take an interdisciplinary view in applying either qualitative or quantitative approaches, or a combination thereof, to study the following research focus areas:
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![]() Mr Ridewaan HansloPosition: Lecturer Office: IT Building 5-101 Email: [email protected]
My research generally focuses on IS and AI with specialised areas of study in:
The research domains that I investigate include Agile practitioners, IT organizations, software development practices, predictive analytics, neural network architectures. Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching problems in one of the following:
Keywords and concepts relevant to my research: Adoption, Agile, Agile Practitioners, Deep Learning, IT organizations, Quantitative, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Neural Network Architectures, Scrum, Software Development, Software Engineering, Statistical Analysis. |
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Dr Lelanie Smith Position: Senior Lecturer; Head of the Community Engagement Projects and Vertically Integrated Projects in EBIT
My research generally focuses on Applied Aerodynamics and Engineering Education. All projects run in collaboration with international partners and include a wide audience in Aerospace Engineering:
• Airframe Propulsion Integration. Collaboration with Cranfield University to develop different methods to analyze highly integrated novel airframes. The work also considers alternative fuselage design requirements and optimization.
• Low speed Aerodynamics. Application of low speed aerodynamics becomes important when looking at drone technology. In this field we use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to consider the modeling of such systems and we look at bird flight to understand what meaningful results we can transfer to drones.
• Multidisciplinary vertically integrated projects. In Engineering Education project based learning offers the opportunity for integrated learning where students develop professional skills while working on an active design challenge. The international student team AREND considering a variety of drone related research questions is the center project to the research with Aalborg University, Denmark
The research domains that I investigate include application of energy based methods in analysis of aircraft efficiency, computational modelling of low speed aircraft/birds, vertically integrated project based learning and integrated curriculum development strategies.
Topics that I am actively involved in are listed below. I can support students who are committed to researching problems in one of the following:
• Fuselage optimization for different design requirements
• Validation case studies for energy method application
• Aerodynamics of grey-headed albatross
• Benefits of formation flying
• Wake effects of hydrokinetic turbines
• Optimization of dimple placement on airfoils
• A co-curricular framework for a multinational, vertically integrated engineering design project
• Integrated curriculum framework development
Keywords and concepts relevant to my research: Boundary Layer Ingestion, Low Re numbers, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Alternative Aircraft Configurations, Project/Problem based learning, Vertically Integrated Projects, Co-curricular, Engineering Education, Design Thinking
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