
NITheCS COLLOQUIA
NITheCS hosts regular colloquia. Local and international speakers are invited to present an aspect of their work to the NITheCS community. There is an opportunity thereafter to pose questions to the speaker and network with other audience members online.
Our Associates are also welcome to suggest speakers for upcoming colloqiua. If you would like to present, or nominate someone to present, please send us an email.
Below is a list of our past colloquia:

NITheCS Colloquium
‘The Role of Science Centres in STEAM Education’
Dr Lungile Sitole (University of Johannesburg)
27 November 2023
ABSTRACT | VIEW
NITheCS Colloquium
‘A Century of Biophotons’
Dr Adriana Marais (Stellenbosch University)
20 November 2023
ABSTRACT | VIEW


NITheCS Colloquium
‘What Makes Nanoporous Gold a Unique Catalyst? Insights from Modelling Studies of its Surface Chemistry’
Prof Lyudmila Moskaleva (University of the Free State)
6 November 2023


NITheCS Colloquium
‘The Financial Impact of Carbon Emissions on Power Utilities Under Climate Scenarios’
Prof Andrea Macrina (University College London & University of Cape Town)
20 October 2023





Colloquium, presented by NITheCS and the School of Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University
‘Cosmology and Computation: Challenges for Mapping the Early Universe’
Prof Martin Bucher (Laboratoire APC, Université Paris Cité/CNRS)
31 August 2023


NITheCS Colloquium
‘Big data: the South African strategy and implementation’
Dr Anwar Vahed (Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa)
21 August 2023
ABSTRACT | VIEW | SLIDES | NATIONAL STRATEGY



NITheCS Colloquium
‘A New Horizon for Teaching and Learning of Mathematics’
Prof Zurab Janelidze (Stellenbosch University)
31 July 2023
ABSTRACT | VIEW | SLIDES: multi-media version / PDF






NITheCS Colloquium
Panel discussion: ‘Building a Sustainable Future: The Power of Basic Sciences’
Panelists: Mesias Alpheus (SU), MJ (Thinus) Booysen (SU), David Holgate (UWC), Guy Midgley (SU), Hugh Patterton (SU) and Ethel Phiri (SU)
19 June 2023
ABSTRACT | VIEW
NITheCS Colloquium
‘South African Mathematical Sciences Research Landscape in 2050’
Prof Loyiso Nongxa (University of the Witwatersrand)
12 June 2023
ABSTRACT | VIEW | PRESENTATION












Colloquium, co-hosted by NITheCS and Department of Physics, Stellenbosch University
‘Moving Towards Quantum Technologies: The Case of Quantum Batteries’
Prof Dario Rosa (Institute for Basic Science; University of Science & Technology, South Korea)
24 February
Venue: in person (Merensky 1011 (Physics Department), Stellenbosch University) and online
NITheCS Colloquium
What are the possible near field structures one can define over the multiplicative group of a near field? )
Dr Leandro Boonzaaier (SU) and Dr Sophie Marques (SU)
13 February 2023



NITheCS Colloquium
‘Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development: a Global Perspective and a Year of Celebrations’
Prof Sandro Scandolo (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy)
7 November 2022
This event aligns with a topic of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development