NEPTTP
@NEPTTP
This programme will offer Master of Science and Master of Arts degrees in e-Science (Data science), by coursework & research report.
Did you know! ➡️ You can watch some of the exciting videos of previous e-Science students talking about their Capstone research projects. In this clip, see Inonge Lupinda talk about her work on own-race bias effect in South Africa: bit.ly/43696BY #DataScience
Congratulations to the successful launch of the Wits MIND institute, especially to our Director @BenjaminRosman, who continues to astound us with his dedication to pushing frontiers for Africa.
The Wits MIND Institute seeks to lead Africa in pushing the frontiers of fundamental AI research and the scientific understanding of intelligence in its many forms, while developing cutting-edge technologies tailored to Africa’s unique challenges, through robust interdisciplinary…
Big congrats to MA candidate Stuart Morrison and collaborator Nnaemeka Ohamadike on their new @afrobarometer Working Paper exploring how #education relates to support for transparency and accountability. 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/40uyqjG #datascience #bigdata #research
Data Science in Healthcare Data science is saving lives: 🔬Predict disease 🧠Analyze scans 📊Optimize hospitals 💊Accelerate drug discovery AI in healthcare isn't the future — it's already here! What ethical challenges worry you most? #HealthTech #AIinMedicine #DataScience
Congratulations to NEPTTP student Emmelia Kammie, the first female from Campbell, Northern Cape, to earn a Masters degree. She graduated with her MSc in E-Science from Sol Plaatje University, and you can read more about her inspiring journey here: bit.ly/3I5q9fp
Real-World Applications of Data Science Data Science is EVERYWHERE! Here’s how it’s used: 🎬 Netflix: Recommends movies based on watching habits 🏦Banks: Detect transaction fraud 🚗Self-driving Cars: AI-powered navigation 🏥Healthcare: Predict diseases & improve treatments
A huge congratulations to our Master in e-Science candidate Rejoice Chitengu, on winning the prestigious 2025 Wired4Women award for South Africa's top student in ICT. 🏆 Your hard work, talent, and dedication truly deserve this recognition. Here's to many more wins ahead! 🎉👏
Key Skills for Data Scientists! To succeed in data science, master: ✔️Python & SQL ✔️ Statistics & Probability ✔️ Machine Learning ✔️ Data Wrangling & Cleaning ✔️ Data Visualization Which skill are you currently working on? 👇 #LearnDataScience #AI
Want to get into Data Science? Start with these tools: 🐍 Python – Core programming language 📊 Pandas – Data manipulation 🔢 NumPy – Numerical computing 🤖 Scikit-learn – Machine Learning 📈 Matplotlib – Visualisation 🗄️ SQL – Database querying Which one is your favorite?
The Data Science Process Data Science isn’t just about coding. It follows a structured approach: 1️⃣ Collect Data 📊 2️⃣ Clean & Process 🧼 3️⃣ Explore & Visualize 🔍 4️⃣ Build Models 🤖 5️⃣ Evaluate & Deploy 🚀 Each step is crucial! #AI #BigData
What is Data Science? Data Science = Data + Algorithms + Insights 🔍 It blends statistics, programming, and domain expertise to extract meaning from data. From Netflix recs to fraud detection, it’s everywhere! Want to learn more? Let’s dive in!🚀#DataScience #MachineLearning
Our year kicked off with a bang with our Orientation programme for our 2025 cohort of #datascience #postgrad students, held at @WitsUniversity. Several familiar faces joined us including Director @BenjaminRosman and Project Manager @SparkesCasey #machinelearning @dstigovza
On 5 Feb, the @IBM #Quantum Industry Webinar Series, with the @WitsUniversity begins with a talk by @GopalKaremore Global Lead in Quantum for #Healthcare and Life Sciences. More info here! ➡️ ibm.biz/BdGyVk
Artificial Intelligence offers unprecedented opportunities in improving diagnosis, treatment planning, enhanced medical imaging analysis and personalised medicine, said Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Prof Blade Nzimande at the SAMA's Al in Healthcare Roundtable.
📢 @DSFSI_Research have announced 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships at @UPTuks, focussed on Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models ➡️Read more in their post below
📢 Postdoctoral Fellowship📢 The DSFSI, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Department of African Languages at the University of Pretoria offer 2 Postdoc Research Fellowships focused on LLMs and NLP. Deadline: 3 Jan 2025 To apply docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
This week at the 2024 @sa_stat conference, NEPTTP student Jaden Pieterse will be presenting on his work in global food insecurity and crop production using #MachineLearning Moere about the conference here ➡️t.ly/0rCQ_ @dstigovza @NICIS_SA #AI #globalsolutions
DYK: @vukosi and the Team at @UPTuks Data Science for Social Impact research group work to understand the systematic challenges that face being able to do excellent science with local languages. Find out more here➡️dsfsi.github.io #datascience
Don't forget that applications for the 2025 MA and MSc in #DataScience close at the end of October! Find out how to apply on our website ➡️escience.ac.za @ULvarsity @MySPU @WitsUniversity @UPTuks @theNWU @Univenofficial #research #funding #postgraduate #bigdata
On 18 Sept, Etienne Vos of @IBMResearch Africa is giving a talk on Scaling Mountains in #Climate & #Sustainability with Foundation Models, with the @WitsUniversity Data Science Strategic Group. Join here: bit.ly/3Xvzz8f #DataScientist #DataScience
💡 Excitement is growing for the start of eScience 2024! Don’t miss the Day 1 keynote by Dr. Beth Plale from Indiana University! In her talk, she’ll explore the groundbreaking “AI for CI for AI" and discuss how democratizing AI can shape the future of research. Register today!