Prof Nelishia Pillay, Head of the Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria, delivered her inaugural lecture recently. Below is an article based on her lecture, while she was recently appointed co-chair of the new MultiChoice Chair of Machine Learning with Prof Pieter de Villiers from the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering.
May 30, 2018
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The latest issue of the University of Pretoria’s award-winning RE.SEARCH magazine is available now and reflects a shift towards both a fresher design and outlook. This edition is curated under the theme ‘Digital’, and offers a glimpse into some of the fascinating research we’re doing at UP to drive digital leadership and innovation.
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Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has provided deeper insight into the entire life cycle (birth, growth and death) of giant radio galaxies, which resemble “cosmic fountains” – jets of superheated gas that are ejected into near-empty space from their spinning supermassive black holes.
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Ever wondered just how big the Milky Way is? Or how far it is from us? Take a look at this fascinating infographic to learn more about this cosmic behemoth and its (even bigger) neighbour, Andromeda.
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