EVENTS HOSTED IN 2022
Here are the events we hosted and/or sponsored in 2022. You can view the details of these events below.
Please click to view events hosted in other years, or our past schools / mini-schools.
2022 Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research
‘AI for social justice’
Venue: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
5-9 December 2022
ONLINE: 2 December
GAUTENG: University of the Witwatersrand | 25 November
KWAZULU-NATAL: University of KwaZulu-Natal | 18 November
WESTERN CAPE: Stellenbosch University | 11 November
The 7th Biennial African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications
Venue: Nelson Mandela University and online
28 November – 9 December 2022
Venue: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
28-30 November 2022
‘Phylogenetic Inference and Machine Learning’
Prof Martin Bucher (CNRS, France) and Dr Japie Greeff (North-West University)
2, 9, 16 & 23 November 2022
VIEW
Lecture 1 (2 November)
Lecture 2 (9 November) | Notes
Lecture 3 (16 November)
Lecture 4 (23 November)
Venue: Alpine Heath Resort, Northern Drakensburg
Date: 21-25 November 2022
Workshop for all NITheCS bursary holders
Venue: Online
15 November 2022
‘Shell, Git, Plotting and Programming in Python’
The Carpentries
14-18 November 2022 @ 08h30–13h00 SAST
‘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
‘Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe’
Prof Armita Nourmohammad (University of Washington, USA)
Venue: Room 114 in the Physics building, University of the Witwatersrand, and online
2 November 2022
‘Fluctuation Relations’
Prof Erik Aurell (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm)
‘Why it is difficult to find something if you do not know what you are looking for’
Prof Luca Gammaitoni (Università di Perugia, Italy)
Venue: 3rd Floor Seminar Room, Physics Building, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal and online
1 November 2022
‘Complexity in science’
Prof Mogens Hogh Jensen (University of Copenhagen)
‘Predicting the future: An old problem from a modern perspective’
Prof Angelo Vulpiani (University of Rome)
Venue: Senate Chamber, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal and online
31 October 2022
‘Universe’
Prof Neil Turok (University of Edinburgh)
‘Learning the shape of the protein universe’
Prof Armita Nourmohammad (University of Washington)
Venue: 3rd Floor Seminar Room, Physics Building, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal and online
31 October 2022
‘Green’s Functions for Ordinary Differential Equations’
Dr Laure Gouba (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
5, 12, 19 & 26 October 2022
VIEW
Lecture 1 (5 October) | Presentation | Notes
Lecture 2 (12 October) | Preliminaries | Notes
Lecture 3 (19 October) | Presentation | Notes
Lecture 4 (26 October) | Presentation | Notes
‘How Quantum Physics Democratised Music: A Meditation on Physics and Technology’
Prof Sir Michael Berry (Bristol University)
Venue: Lecture Hall 3010, Jan Mouton Building, Stellenbosch University and online
24 October 2022
‘Rise and Take Your Position’
Dr Thifhelimbilu Daphney Bucher (Cape Peninsula University of Technology)
‘Universe’
Prof Neil Turok (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Auditorium, Inkanyezi Building, South Campus, Nelson Mandela University and online
21 October 2022
‘Entanglement: From Theory to Quantum Computers’
Prof Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch University and Interim Director of NITheCS)
Venue: Main Building, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), 6 Melrose Road, Muizenberg and online
21 October 2022
‘The Mystery of Black Hole Entropy’
Prof Erik Aurell (Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm (KTH))
Venue: Stellenbosch University and online
20 October 2022
‘The Quantum Universe’
Prof Viatcheslav Mukhanov (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität)
Venue: University of Cape Town and online
20 October 2022
‘Cosmology: A Golden Era’
Prof Yin-Zhe Ma (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Venue: University of the Western Cape and online
18 October 2022
ABSTRACT
‘The Julia language: easy, generic, fast (but no free lunch)’
Dr Henri Laurie (previously from the University of Cape Town)
7, 14 & 21 Sept and 4 Oct 2022
VIEW
Lecture 1 (7 September) | Slides | Resources
Lecture 2 (14 September)
Lecture 3 (21 September)
Lecture 4 (4 October)
‘The Internet of Things (the ‘five senses of the Internet’)’
Dr Jannetta Steyn (Newcastle University, UK)
27 & 28 September 2022, 09h00–15h00 SAST
This free workshop is only open to those who have a Stellenbosch University Microsoft account
‘Quantum Simulation of Open Quantum Systems ’
Prof Ilya Sinayskiy (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
23 September 2022
Attend online or in-person
Venue: Lecture Hall Delta (1011), Merensky Building (Physics Department), Stellenbosch University
University of Pretoria (and online)
18-22 September 2022
Panel discussion: ‘Strengthening Education and Scientific Training in the Basic Sciences’
David Holgate (UWC), Will Horowitz (UCT), Eder Kikianty (UP), Miek Messerschmidt (UP), Loyiso Nongxa (WITS) and Francesco Petruccione (SU)
This event aligns with a topic of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
12 September 2022
‘Using South Africa’s MeerKAT to constrain Axion dark matter’
Prof Yin-Zhe Ma (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
5 September 2022
‘Elementary Introduction to Set Theory’
Dr Amartya Goswami (UJ) and Prof Zurab Janelidze (SU)
2, 16, 23 & 30 August 2022
Lecture 1 (2 August)
Lecture 2 (16 August)
Lecture 3 (23 August)
Lecture 4 (30 August)
Online event to inform high school students about various careers and vocations.
27 August 2022
Panel discussion: ‘Strengthening the presence and visibility of women’
This event aligns with a topic of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
Panellists: Prof Sarah Blyth (UCT), Dr Mary-Jane Bopape (SAEON), Prof Himla Soodyall (ASSAf) and Prof Özlem Tastan Bishop (RU)
22 August 2022
‘A Practical Introduction to Quantum Computing with Qiskit’
Ian Joel David (UKZN)
6, 13, 20 & 27 July 2022
Lecture 1 (6 July)
Lecture 2 (13 July)
Lecture 3 (20 July)
Lecture 4 (27 July)
‘Q&A regarding the NITheCS Internship Programme’
Prof Francesco Petruccione (NITheCS)
22 & 27 July 2022
‘Assessing student learning by applying or incorporating different classroom techniques’
Dr Cerene Rathilal (University of Johannesburg)
6 July 2022
The importance and impact of the ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ for South Africa
4 July 2022
Panellists:
• Zurab Janelidze (SU)
• Mark Nasila (FNB)
• Francesco Petruccione (NITheCS)
• Happy Sithole (CHPC)
• Anwar Vahed (NICIS/UWC)
‘Recent progress on Krylov complexity’’
Pratik Nandy (Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India)
24 June & 1 July 2022
‘This is the first step towards certifying and participating as a Carpentries Instructor’
The Carpentries
1–3 June 2022
Free online math revision lessons for Grade 12 students
Dr Cerene Rathilal (UJ)
- Euclidean Geometry Part 2: 21 April 2022
- Analytic Geometry: 5 May 2022
- Calculus Part 1: 19 May 2022
- Calculus Part 2: 2 June 2022
‘Quantum ESPRESSO’
Dr Kingsley Obodo (North-West University) and Dr Cecil Ouma (Next-Einstein forum fellow)
11, 18 and 25 May 2022
Lecture 1 (11 May) | Presenters’ notes
Lecture 2 (18 May) | Presenters’ notes
Lecture 3 (25 May) | Presenters’ notes
The search is on for the next ‘Science Pop Idol’
10 and 11 May 2022; 09h00 – 15h00 SAST
Learn basic research computing skills in this hands-on workshop
The Carpentries
3–6 May 2022
‘An introduction to computer aided drug design’
Dr Krishna Govender (Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC))
6, 13 & 20 April 2022
Lecture 1 (6 April) | Presenter’s notes
Lecture 2 (13 April)
Lecture 3 (20 April)
‘Fulfilling our quantum ambitions: Research and technology efforts in quantum in SA and the UK’
- Prof Sir Peter Knight (Emeritus Professor at Imperial College, UK)
- Prof Francesco Petruccione (Head of Quantum Research Group, UKZN)
- Wenmiao Yu (Cofounder of Quantum Dice, UK)
Hosted by Dr Yaseera Ismail (Quantum Research Group, UKZN, 2018 Optica Ambassador) and Dr Najwa Sidqi (IUK KTN)
14 April 2022
Dr Fabio Anzà (Research Assistant Professor, InQubator for Quantum Simulations, University of Washington & Templeton Research Fellow, University of California, Davis)
9, 16, 23 & 30 March 2022
Lecture 1 (9 March)
Lecture 2 (16 March)
Lecture 3 (23 March)
Lecture 4 (30 March)
An online programme for high school and undergraduate students to celebrate the IDM. This was supported by a Photo Challenge to grow awareness of Mathematics.
19 March 2022
Term 1 revision for Grade 12s
Friday, 4 and 11 March 2022 @ 18h00
“The 12th CHPC Introductory Programming School
and
The 4th NITheCS Summer School on the Foundations of Theoretical and Computational Science”
31 January – 25 February 2022
Application deadline: 31 December 2021
‘Using PennyLane for Quantum Differentiable Programming’
Antal Száva (quantum software developer, Xanadu)
4 February 2022
