
EVENTS HOSTED IN 2024
Here are the events we hosted and/or sponsored in 2024. You can view the details of these events below.
Please click to view events hosted in other years, or our past schools/mini-schools.





QAfrica & QWorld Workshop
‘QBronze147 | Quantum Computing and Programming Workshop’
2 December 2024 | 17h00–18h00 SAST: Talk by Prof Ahmed Younes (Alexandria University): ‘Getting Started with Quantum Computing Tech’
2-6 December 2024 | 18h00-20h00 SAST: Workshop


QAfrica Workshop
‘QPrep16 | Quantum Computing and Programming Workshop’
25-27 November 2024




NITheCS Mini-school
‘From Electrons to Qubits: Exploring the Frontiers of Electronic Structure’
Shane McFarthing (Stellenbosch University)
6, 13, 20 & 27 November 2024
VIEW
Lecture 1 (6 Nov)
Lecture 2 (13 Nov)
Lecture 3 (20 Nov)
Lecture 4 (27 Nov)



65th Annual conference of the South African Statistical Association (SASA)
18-22 November 2024

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

NITheCS Micro-school
‘Data Velocity: Polars Meets GPU Power’
Pashlene Naidoo (Stellenbosch University)
Friday, 15 November 2024



Software Carpentry Workshop
‘Shell, Git, Plotting and Programming in Python’
11-15 November 2024





Mpumalanga AI Student Hackathon (MAISH)
‘Using digital solutions to solve Africa’s problems’
24-26 October 2024


MITP & NITheCS Seminar
‘Topological Entanglement and Chern-Simons Theory’
Aditya Dwivedi, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
25 October 2024



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)
2, 9, 16, 23 October 2024
VIEW
Lecture 1 (2 Oct) | Presentation slides
Lecture 2 (9 Oct) | Presentation slides
Lecture 3 (16 Oct) | Presentation slides
Lecture 4 (23 Oct)
RESOURCES
GBIF
GEE
Google Colab



26th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO-26)
21-25 October 2024












NITheCS Mini-school
‘Exploring some aspects of wormholes in modified gravity’
Sayantan Ghosh (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India)
4, 11, 18 & 25 September 2024
VIEW:
Lecture 1 (4 Sept)
Lecture 2 (11 Sept)
Lecture 3 (18 Sept)
Lecture 4 (25 Sept)










NITheCS Mini-school
‘Modelling optical spectra’
Prof Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria) and Dr Towan Nöthling (University of Pretoria)
Wednesday 7, 14, 21 & 28 August 2024
VIEW:
Lecture 1 (7 August) | Presentation
Lecture 2 (14 August) | Presentation
Lecture 3 (21 August) | Presentation
Lecture 4 (28 August) | Presentation
Calculation of absorption spectra illustrated on FMO open with Google colab








NITheCS Software Carpentry Workshop
‘Shell, Git and Programming with R’
12-16 August 2024
Venue: Online



NITheCS Node and Branch Leaders’ meeting
Eastern Cape and Free State node
6 August 2024

NITheCS Colloquium
‘Top-10 South African Fine Wines: To drink or to invest?’
Dr Mesias Alfeus (Stellenbosch University)
5 August 2024



NITheCS Mini-school
‘An Introduction to the Quantum Simulation of Closed and Open Quantum Systems’
Ian Joel David (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Wednesday, 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 July 2024
VIEW
Lecture 1 (3 July 2024)
Lecture 2 (10 July 2024)
Lecture 3 (17 July 2024)
Lecture 4 (24 July 2024)
Lecture 5 (31 July 2024)







NITheCS Colloquium
‘Panel discussion and Q&A on African Artificial Intelligence’
Dr Mark Nasila (First National Bank), Prof Bruce Bassett (University of Cape Town), Prof Kanshukan Rajaratnam (Stellenbosch University), Prof Brian Ganson (Stellenbosch University) and Prof Francesco Petruccione (NITheCS)
22 July 2024


Inaugural NITheCS Western Cape Associates’ Meeting
Prof Will Horowitz (University of Cape Town)
15 July 2024


NITheCS & Carpentries Workshop
‘Data Carpentry (Genomics) Workshop’
8-12 July 2024


International Symposium on Modern Statistics and Biostatistics
The symposium aims to upskill local students and academic staff, with a specific focus on student development. The event will have plenary speakers, guest speakers, workshops and postgraduate student presentations.
Date: 26-28 June 2024

NITheCS heat of FameLab
26 & 27 June 2024



Teacher Training: Edu Day
‘Enhance your professional development’
Dr Cerene Rathilal (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Dr Lungile Sitole (University of Johannesburg Soweto Science Centre)
22 June 2024





2024 International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences (Biomath)
16-21 June 2024
Venue: Cutty Sark Resort, Scottburgh





NITheCS and Software Carpentries Workshop
‘Introduction: Shell, Git and Python (programming & plotting)’
10-14 June 2024

Imperial College-AIMS Connect Partnership Seed Workshop and Research Kickoff
10 – 14 June 2024
Venue: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Muizenberg









NITheCS Mini-school
‘The algebras of ordinary differential equations’
Prof Peter Leach (University of KwaZulu-Natal & Durban University of Technology)
8, 15, 22 & 29 May 2024
VIEW:
Lecture 1 (8 May)
Lecture 2 (15 May)
Lecture 3 (22 May)
Lecture 4 (29 May)

NITheCS Mini-school
‘Exploring Quantum Aspects of Gravitational Waves’
Dr Partha Nandi (Stellenbosch University)
Wednesday, 8, 15, 22 & 29 May 2024
VIEW:
Lecture 1 (8 May) | SLIDES
Lecture 2 (15 May) | SLIDES
Lecture 3 (22 May)
Lecture 4 (29 May)









NITheCS Colloquium
‘Postdoctoral research fellows at South African public universities: Key findings from a national study’
Prof Heidi Prozesky (Stellenbosch University)
20 May 2024









NITheCS Software Carpentry Workshop
‘Shell, Git, Programming with R’
6-9 May 2024


STEM MentHER & NITheCS Webinar
‘Mentorship for Professional Development: Practical advice mentorship for networking, skill enhancement, and career advancement opportunities’
Dr Stella Bvuma (University of Johannesburg)
Chaired by Dr Cerene Rathilal (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Dr Lungile Sitole (University of Johannesburg)
6 May 2024

NITheCS Mini-School
‘Vector lattices with a view to applications in stochastic processes’
Prof Bruce A. Watson (University of the Witwatersrand, CoE-MaSS and NITheCS)
Wed, 10, 17 & 24 April 2024 & Thurs, 2 May | 14h00 SAST
Venue: online
VIEW:




14th Joburg School on String Theory
‘Recent trends in CFT and the Gauge/Gravity correspondence’
29 April-3 May 2024











32nd Chris Engelbrecht Summer School 2024
‘Recent Trends in Gravitation’
31 March-7 April 2024

UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘The Hodograph as a Visual Aid in the Study of Charged Particle Collisions: Algebraic Geometry applied to the description of Charged Particle Trajectories in the Classical Path Approximation – Part II’
Prof John Douglas Hey, MRSSAf (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
27 March 2024

NITheCS Mini-School
‘Parallel Computation with GPUs: An Introduction to Programming with CUDA’
Martin Bucher (CNRS, France) and Japie Greeff (North-West University)
6, 13, 20 & 27 March 2024
VIEW:
Lecture 1 (6 Mar)
Lecture 2 (13 Mar)
Lecture 3 (20 Mar)
Lecture 4 (27 Mar)





UKZN & NITheCS Seminar
‘The Hodograph as a Visual Aid in the Study of Charged Particle Collisions: Algebraic Geometry applied to the description of Charged Particle Trajectories in the Classical Path Approximation’
Prof John Douglas Hey, MRSSAf (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
22 March 2024









NITheCS Colloquium
‘Quantum Physics and Biology: the Local Wavefunction Approach’
Prof George Ellis, FRS (University of Cape Town)
11 March 2024








NITheCS Mini-School
‘Introduction to Quantum Thermodynamics: An Open Systems Perspective’
Dr Graeme Pleasance (Stellenbosch University)
VIEW:

MITP and NITheCS Seminar
‘Deep Learning Topology’
Prof Vishnu Jejjala (University of the Witwatersrand)
27 February 2024


BMRI Conference: ‘Digital Health Africa 2024’
Presented by the Stellenbosch University Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI)
23-24 February 2024




Data Carpentry Workshop
‘Introduction: Data Carpentry (Ecology with R)’
12-16 February 2024



Quantum Information Workshop 2024
‘Applications of Quantum Information in Astrophysics and Cosmology’
5-7 February 2024

CHPC & NITheCS Summer School 2024
The 14th CHPC Coding Summer School and the 6th NITheCS Summer School on the Foundations of Theoretical and Computational Science
29 January – 9 February 2024
VIEW:
Week 2 – Day 1:
Lecture 1 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Tutorial 1 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Lecture 2 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Tutorial 2 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Week 2 – Day 2
Guest talk – Dr Andrew Gill
Lecture 3 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Tutorial 3 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Lecture 4 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Tutorial 4 – Introduction to Machine Learning – Prof Ilya Sinayskiy
Week 2 – Day 3:
Guest talk – Mr Abbas (Omid) Hassasfar
Section 1 – Dr Paul van Staden & Dr Rene Stander: Prob. & Stats
Section 2 – Dr Paul van Staden & Dr Rene Stander: Prob. & Stats
Section 3 – Dr Paul van Staden & Dr Rene Stander: Prob. & Stats
Section 3 Q&A – Dr Paul van Staden & Dr Rene Stander: Prob. & Stats
Week 2 – Day 4:
Guest talk – Ms Refilwe Kai-Sikhakhane
Guest talk – Mr Donovan Slabbert
Lecture 1 – Prof Uwe Jaekel: Monte Carlo Methods
Lecture 2 – Prof Uwe Jaekel: Monte Carlo Methods
Lecture 1 – Dr Graeme Pleasance: Scipy & ODEs
Lecture 2 – Dr Graeme Pleasance: Scipy & ODEs
Week 2 – Day 5:
Guest talk: Ms Nomlie Mfuphi: Bio-Informatics
Lecture 1 – Dr Krishna Govender: Computational Chemistry
Lecture 2 – Dr Krishna Govender: Computational Chemistry
Closing

MUST Deep Learning ‘Bootcamp’
Prof Marelie Davel (North-West University) and others
29 January – 2 February 2024

CoRE-AI Masterclass
‘Equitable AI in Health Care’
17 January 2024