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:

  1. Astronomy & Astrophysics
  2. Bioinformatics & Quantitative Biology
  3. Data Science
  4. Earth Systems Modelling & Climate Change Modelling
  5. Mathematics
  6. Quantitative Finance
  7. Statistics
  8. Theoretical Physics
Fields of science that NITheCS represents

ATTEND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS

Prof Delia North

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
Venues: Online and at the Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University

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Shane McFarthing

NITheCS Mini-school
‘From Electrons to Qubits: Exploring the Frontiers of Electronic Structure’
Shane McFarthing (Stellenbosch University)
Wednesday, 6, 13, 20 & 27 November 2024 | 14h00-15h00 SAST
Venue: Online

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Prof Sarbari Guha

UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘Gravitational Entropy: the concept and its importance in relativistic gravity’
Prof Sarbari Guha (St Xavier College (Autonomous) Kolkata, India)
Thursday, 7 November 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 Guy F. Midgley

NITheCS Colloquium
‘Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change’
Prof Guy F. Midgley (Stellenbosch University)
Monday, 11 November 2024  | 16h00-17h00 SAST
Venues: Online and Neelsie Cinema, Stellenbosch University

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NITheCS Software Carpentry Workshop

Software Carpentry Workshop
‘Shell, Git, Plotting and Programming in Python’
11-15 November 2024  | 09h00-13h00 SAST
Venue: Online

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Shimon Corcos

UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
On Cellularity, Irreducibility and the Sober and Preregular properties in the Lower Vietoris Topology
Shimon Corcos (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Thursday, 14 November 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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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
Venues: Online and Riverside Hotel, Durban

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65th SASA Annual conference

65th Annual conference of the South African Statistical Association (SASA)
18-22 November 2024
Venue: Protea Hotel Technopark, Stellenbosch

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Dr Byron Brassel

UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘The Lovelock geometry and the field equations of gravity’
Dr Byron Brassel (Durban University of Technology)
Thursday, 21 November 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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CHPC/NITheCS Coding Summer School 2025

CHPC/NITheCS Coding Summer School 2025
‘The fundamentals of data science & scientific computing for research’
27 January – 7 February 2025
Venue: Designated universities / research locations in southern Africa

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A celebration of maths

A celebration of maths

As part of the full NITheCS programme in March, the celebration of the International Day of Mathematics and the start of the 32nd Chris Engelbrecht Summer School stand out.

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Coding Summer School starts

Coding Summer School starts

One of the largest summer schools in coding and the fundamentals of theoretical and computational science, the CHPC and NITheCS event is taking place across 30 academic institutions.

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Register for our Summer School

Register for our Summer School

Registration has opened for the 32nd Chris Engelbrecht Summer School, which will take place at Alpine Heath Resort in the Drakensberg from 31 March – 7 April 2024. Limited funding is available for students.

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