Advancing our fundamental understanding of the universe and laying foundations for the technologies of tomorrow.

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

Fields of science that NITheCS represents

ATTEND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS

NITheCS & SU Category Theory Research Seminar
‘Workshop on pointfree topology and constructive mathematics – part 5’
Dr Graham Manuell (Stellenbosch University)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024 | 12h10-13h00 SAST
Venues: Online and Room 1006, Mathematical Sciences and Industrial Psychology Building, Stellenbosch University

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NITheCS Mini-school
‘Exploring some aspects of wormholes in modified gravity’
Sayantan Ghosh (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India)
Wednesday, 4, 11, 18 & 25 September 2024 | 14h00-15h00 SAST
Venue: Online

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NITheCS Micro-school
‘Getting Started with Data Engineering with Apache Spark’
Small Tshithavhana (University of the Witwatersrand)
Friday, 13 September 2024 | 12h00-12h30 SAST
Venues: Online

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UN Office on Drugs & Crime Hackathon
13-15 September 2024

Attend the opening talk online on Fri, 13 Sept from 13h00 to 16h30 SAST

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NITheCS Colloquium
‘Science for global transformation’
Prof Stephanie Burton (University of Pretoria)
Monday, 16 September 2024 | 16h00-17h00 SAST
Venue: Online and at the Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University

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NITheCS Mini-school
‘Empowering Biodiversity Monitoring through Data Cubes: Techniques and Applications for Open Science’
Dr Sandra MacFadyen (Stellenbosch University) and Maarten Trekels (Stellenbosch University)
Wednesday, 2, 9, 16, 23 October 2024 | 14h00-15h00 SAST
Venue: Online

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SACAC & NITheCS Guest Lecture
‘Representation-based Learning and Control for Dynamical Systems’
Prof Na (Lina) Li (Harvard University)

ATTEND AT:

University of Pretoria
8 October 2024 | 17h30 for 18h00 until 19h00 SAST
Venue: Exhibition Space, Engineering 1, University of Pretoria
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Stellenbosch University
9 October 2024 | 17h30 for 18h00 until 19h00 SAST
Venues: Online and Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University
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26th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO-26)
21-25 October 2024
Venue: Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West

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Mpumalanga AI Student Hackathon (MAISH)
24-26 October 2024
Venue: University of Mpumalanga, Mbombela campus

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NITheCS Colloquium
‘Opportunities and Challenges for Statistics Education in the Data Era – a Personal Account’
Prof Delia North (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Monday, 4 November 2024 | 16h00-17h00 SAST
Venue: Online and at the Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University

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Modelling in the context of African Health 2024 conference<br />

CoE-MaSS, NITheCS and UKZN conference
Modelling in the context of African Health 2024
15-17 November 2024
Venue: Online and Riverside Hotel, Durban

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