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
ATTEND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
SACAC & NITheCS Guest Lecture
‘Representation-based Learning and Control for Dynamical Systems’
Prof Na (Lina) Li (Harvard University)
ATTEND AT:
University of Pretoria
Tuesday, 8 October 2024 | 17h30 for 18h00-19h00 SAST
Venue: Exhibition Space, Engineering 1, University of Pretoria
REGISTER to attend in person
OR
Stellenbosch University
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 | 17h30 for 18h00-19h00 SAST
Venues: Online and Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University
REGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE
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
UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘1+1+2 Formalism in Spherical Spacetimes and Gravitational Induction’
Jonathan Hakata (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Thursday, 10 October 2024 | 12h15-13h15 SAST
Venue: Online and NITheCS Seminar Room at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – Westville Campus, 3rd Floor, H-Block, School of Chemistry and Physics
UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘Static models in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity’
Shavani Naicker (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Thursday, 17 October 2024 | 12h15-13h15 SAST
Venue: Online and NITheCS Seminar Room at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – Westville Campus, 3rd Floor, H-Block, School of Chemistry and Physics
NITheCS Colloquium
‘Harnessing citizens to capture insect biodiversity data: Power of iNaturalist and local applications’
Dr Ruan Veldtman (South African National Biodiversity Institute & Stellenbosch University) and Alex Veldtman
Monday, 21 October 2024 | 16h00-17h00 SAST
Venues: Online and Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University
26th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO-26)
21-25 October 2024
Venue: Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West
UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘On Cellularity, Irreducibility and the Sober and Preregular properties in the Lower Vietoris Topology‘
Shimon Corcos (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Thursday, 24 October 2024 | 12h15-13h15 SAST
Venues: Online and NITheCS Seminar Room, University of KwaZulu-Natal – Westville Campus, 3rd Floor, H-Block, School of Chemistry and Physics
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Prof Petruccione: first NITheCS Director
Prof Francesco Petruccione, Professor of Quantum Computing at Stellenbosch University, has been appointed the permanent Director of NITheCS. This follows his successful tenure as interim director.
Training and events in May
This month, find out more about our Associate Dr Ridhwaan Suliman, Senior Researcher at the CSIR and Senior Research Associate at UJ. We also encourage you to attend our events.
Official birth of our institute
I am delighted to announce that 2 April 2024 marked the official birth of NITheCS, a new entity on the South African Science, Technology and Innovation landscape. Many steps have been taken to reach this point.
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