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The National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) is a multidisciplinary and multi-themed Institute in South Africa. NITheCS seeks to build human and research capacity in the Theoretical and Computational Sciences, and enhance scientific innovation, transformation and socio-economic development both locally and in Africa.
NITheCS’ fields of science
NITheCS encompasses the following fields of science, as well as their interdisciplinary fields:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Bioinformatics & Quantitative Biology
- Data Science
- Earth Systems Modelling & Climate Change Modelling
- Mathematics
- Quantitative Finance
- Statistics
- Theoretical Physics

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NITheCS Mini-school
‘Graded rings in projective geometry’
Prof Balázs Szendrői (University of Vienna, Austria)
Two lectures:
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 | 14h00-16h00 SAST
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 | 15h00-17h00 SAST
Venues: Online and Room 1006, Mathematics/Industrial Psychology Building, Stellenbosch University

UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘Strong lensing cosmology and the line of sight’
Daniel Johnson (CNRS, University of Montpellier, France)
Thursday, 13 February 2025 | 12h15-13h15 SAST
Venues: Online and NITheCS Seminar Room, University of KwaZulu-Natal – Westville Campus, 3rd Floor, H-Block, School of Chemistry and Physics





4th African Conference on Fundamental and Applied Physics (ACP2025)
14-20 September 2025
Venues: Online and University of Lome, Togo
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Science-related anniversary: the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was born on 8 February 1834. HIs great legacy was the periodic table. On 6 March 1869, he made a formal presentation to the Russian Chemical Society, titled 'The Dependence between the Properties of the Atomic Weights of the Elements', describing elements according to atomic weight (now called relative atomic mass) and valence.
Revisions of his concept included that of physicist Niels Bohr (1922), who added elements discovered after 1869 - but it was still, in essence, the periodic arrangement of Mendeleev. Read more about the history here: www.sciencenews.org/article/periodic-table-history-chemical-elements-150-anniversary ... See MoreSee Less
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UKZN & NITheCS Seminar: ‘Strong lensing cosmology and the line of sight' - Daniel Johnson (CNRS, University of Montpellier, France) - Thurs, 13 Feb 2025 @ 12h15-13h15 SAST. Register to attend online or in person. mailchi.mp/nithecs/dj-20250213 #cosmology #astrophysics #lensing ... See MoreSee Less
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'Science quote of the day: 'A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.' - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician, born 7 February 1877 ... See MoreSee Less
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NITheCS Mini-school: 'Graded rings in projective geometry' - Prof Balázs Szendrői (University of Vienna, Austria) - Wed, 12 Feb @ 14h00-16h00 & 19 Feb @ 15h00-17h00 SAST. Register to attend online or in person. mailchi.mp/nithecs/mini-school-202502 #mathematics #geometry #algebra ... See MoreSee Less
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