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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
preservation. The High Performance Computing Laboratory
applies GPU programming and high throughput computing
to areas such as scientific computing, visualisation and
information retrieval, particularly in the domains of cultural
heritage, radio astronomy and computational chemistry.
The Intelligent Systems and Advanced Telecommunications
Laboratory focuses on wireless sensor networks; and the
Network and Information Security Laboratory on algorithms
and systems for safe and secure information access.
ICT is an enabling technology, and thus highly cross-
disciplinary. The UCT Centre in ICT for Development
seeks to design, create and evaluate technologies that
address the needs of the developing world, and to
study the impacts of existing technology. This centre
also includes staff from diverse UCT departments, such
as Civil Engineering and Film and Media. It is closely
associated with the Hasso-Plattner Research School in
ICT for Development, through which the Hasso-Plattner
Institute (Germany) funds African PhD students working
in ICT for Development. The Samsung Mobile Innovation
Lab is a joint Information Systems – Computer Science
unit. The Telkom-Siemens Centre of Excellence in ATM
and Broadband Networks and their Applications includes
UCT’s Communications Group Laboratory in Electrical
Engineering and the Departments of Computer Science at
UCT and at Stellenbosch University.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent Staff
Professors
2
Associate Professors
4
Senior Lecturers
6
Administrative & Support Staff
6
Total
18
Adjunct & Honorary Staff
Adjunct Professors
1
Honorary Professors
1
Total
2
Students
Postdoctoral
1
Doctoral
24
Master’s
85
Honours
40
Undergraduate
1005
Total
1155
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Academic Staff
Dr Antoine Bagula
Traffic Engineering; Network Engineering; Network
Security; Internet of Things
Associate Professor Sonia Berman
Head of Department; Data management
Professor Edwin Blake
ICT for Development; Human-Computer Interaction; User
Experience in Games and Virtual Environments
Associate Professor James Gain
Computer Graphics; High Performance Computing;
Visualisation
Dr Anne Kayem
Information Security
Associate Professor Michelle Kuttel
Computational Science; Parallel Processing; Scientific
Visualisation and Design
Dr Hanh Le
Networks; Distributed Computing
Dr Patrick Marais
Computer Graphics; Image Processing, GPU Computing
Professor Gary Marsden
Mobile Interaction Design; ICT for Development
Dr Audrey Mbogho
Human Language Technologies; e-Health; Intelligent
Systems and User Interfaces
Dr Geoff Nitschke
Artificial Intelligence; Co-evolution; Robotics
Associate Professor Hussein Suleman
Digital Libraries; Information Retrieval; Internet technology;
High Performance Computing; Computer Science
Education
Administrative and Support Staff
Mrs Salegga Valley
Administrative Officer
Mrs Eve Gill
Administrative Assistant