In 2018, UCT launched the new School of Information Technology in response to the growing needs of the South African and global tech industry, and the increasing demand for university qualifications in the sector.
The 4th revolution is on the horizon and developments such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analysis and Cloud Computing are resulting in technologies becoming part of our daily lives. The Internet is around us all the time with the watches we wear, the phones we use and the way we communicate.
The School of Information Technology at UCT leverages the excellent research and teaching of the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Systems to create a new pool of talent, transforming the IT sector and responding to the national agenda for ICT.
News
Thursday, 20 February 2020
A paper co-authored by two computer science doctoral students, Zola Mahlaza and Mary-Jane Antia, won the best student paper award at the recent MTSR 2019 held in Rome, Italy.
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Fri, 08 Nov 2019 - 11:45
Prof Ulrike Rivett, Director of the School of IT, spoke to Kieno Kammies on Cape Talk.
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Mon, 04 Nov 2019 - 15:15
The South African Forum for Artificial Intelligence Research will be held from 3–6 December 2019 at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) Conference Centre in Cape Town.
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Wed, 30 Oct 2019 - 10:15
Two researchers with the School of IT’s ICT4D (Information and Communications Technologies for Development) research group were awarded scholarships to attend the 2019 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) in Orlando, USA, in October 2019.
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Tue, 29 Oct 2019 - 14:45