WELCOME TO NITheCS
The National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) is a platform that allows a diversity of knowledge fields to meet in a stimulating environment. NITheCS provides South Africa with the opportunity to become an international player in fields of science. It builds on the progress achieved by the National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), an NRF Centre of Excellence (CoE) that has led research programmes and educational opportunities in theoretical physics in South Africa and Africa.
NITheCS’ fields of science
NITheCS encompasses the theoretical and computational fields of science, as well as their interdisciplinary fields.
Key fields:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Bioinformatics & Quantitative Biology
- Data Science
- Earth Systems Modelling & Climate Change Modelling
- Mathematics
- Quantitative Finance
- Statistics
- Theoretical Physics
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Internships impact SA science
South Africa has a huge shortage of postgraduate statisticians, mathematicians and physicists. But initiatives such as the national expansion of the annual internship led by NITheCS are addressing this.
A tribute to PhD supervisors
The academic genealogy that traces its roots from Walter Fletcher to Sim Dlamini as an academic supervisor is a remarkable lineage of intellectual giants who have significantly shaped modern scientific thought.
Our node meetings kick off
The NITheCS node meetings have kicked off, with two held in July 2024. Read our newsletter to find out more, or view our calendar of events to see the dates of upcoming node meetings.
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Science-related news snippet: The BepiColombo spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. It swooped as close as 295 kilometers above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the pole. The European Space Agency ESA released images showing among others the permanently shadowed craters at the top of Mercury and the largest impact crater, spanning more than 1500 kilometers.
This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury since mission launch in 2018. The spacecraft will start orbiting the planet late next year (it holds two orbiters, one for Europe and the other for Japan, that will circle the planet's poles).
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Science-related anniversary: German biologist August Weismann (born 17 January 1834) was one of the founders of the science of genetics. ‘He is best known for his opposition to the doctrine of the inheritance of acquired traits and for his “germ plasm” theory, the forerunner of DNA theory.’ See www.britannica.com/biography/August-Weismann ... See MoreSee Less
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Register nominees who have made an outstanding contribution to science, engineering and technology (SET) and innovation in South Africa for the 2024/2025 NSTF-South32 Awards. Nominations close on Friday, 17 Jan 2025. mailchi.mp/nithecs/nstf-20242025 #scienceoscars #scienceaward #TechnologyAward #InnovationAward #nstfaward #nstfsouth32 ... See MoreSee Less
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