Academic Staff
Director and Heads of Departments
BScEng(Hons) (Electrical) Zimbabwe, PhD UCT MInfSys Curtin
Acting Director: School of IT, Professor, Head of Department: Information Systems
Office: 3.32, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 3155
Irwin.Brown@uct.ac.za
MSc UDW, PhD VPI&SU
Professor, Head of Department: Computer Science
Office: Room 317.3, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 5106
Email: hussein@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Staff from the Departments of Computer Science and Information Systems (in alphabetical order):
BSc Rhodes, MSc PhD UCT
Associate Professor and Senior Student Advisor, Computer Science
Office: Room 310, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2668
Email: sonia@cs.uct.ac.za
BSc, BSc(Hons) Information Systems UNISA, MSc Financial Economics SOAS, PhD UWC
Associate Professor, Information Systems
Office: 3.08, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2261
Email: adheesh.budree@uct.ac.za
Jan Buys
MSc Stellenbosch, DPhil Oxon
Lecturer, Computer Science
Office: Room 314, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 21 650 7375
Email: jbuys@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Giovanni Casini
PhD University of Pisa
Adjunct Lecturer, Computer Science
Email: giovanni.casini@gmail.com
Josiah Chavula
BSc University of Malawi, MSc Lancaster University, PhD UCT
Lecturer and Student Advisor, Computer Science
Office: Room 305, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 1330
Email: jchavula@cs.uct.ac. za
Website
Wallace Chigona
BSocSc, MSc Computer Science, iDoktoringenieur (Dr.-Ing) Computer Science
Professor, Information Systems, Postgrad student advisor (second semester)
Office: 3.33 Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4345
Email: Wallace.Chigona@uct.ac.za
Tendani Mulanga Chimboza
BSocSci (Communications), UFH, BA Honours (Language & Communications) UWC, MA (Communications), UWC
Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: 3.06 Leslie Commerce
Email: tendani.chimboza@uct.ac.za
Brian DeRenzi
PhD University of Washington
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Email: bderenzi@cs.uct.ac.za
Website: http://www.bderenzi.com/home
Melissa Densmore
BA Computer Science Cornell, MSc University College London, PhD Berkeley
Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
Office: Room 316, Computer Science Building
Email: mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4315
Website
James Gain
MSc Rhodes, PhD Cantab
Professor, Computer Science
Office: Room 315, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4058
Email: jgain@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Andrew Hutchison
MSc UCT, PhD Zurich
Adjunct Professor, Computer Science
Email: acmhutchison@gmail.com
David Johnson
BEng UCT, MEng Pretoria, MSC PhD University of California, Santa Barbara
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
Office: Room 315, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4058
Email: djohnson@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Salah Kabanda
BCom Venda, BCom(Hons) Information Systems North West University, MSc Computer Science Zululand, PhD UCT
Associate Professor, Information Systems
Office: 3.36, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4253
Email: Salah.Kabanda@uct.ac.za
Meke Kapepo
Dip IT NUST Namibia, BTech CPUT, MTech CPUT
Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: 3.37, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2199
Email: Meke.Kapepo@uct.ac.za
Maria Keet
BSc(Hons) OU UK, MSc WUR, MA Limerick, PhD Bozen-Bolzano
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Office: Room 314.1, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2667
Email: mkeet@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
MSc, PhD UCT
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Office: Room 304.2 Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 5107
Email: mkuttel@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Michael Kyobe
MBA Durham, MIS HD Institute for Management of Information Systems, PhD Free State
Professor, Information Systems
Office: 3.44, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2597
Email: Michael.Kyobe@uct.ac.za
Patrick Marais
MSc UCT, PhD Oxon
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Office: 309 Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4086
Email: patrick@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Thomas Meyer
MSc RAU, PhD UNISA
UCT-CSIR Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Professor, Computer Science
Office: 304.1 Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 5519
Email: tmeyer@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
MSc Natal PMB, PhD KwaZulu-Natal
Associate Professor and Student Advisor, Computer Science
Office: 306.1 Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2663
Email: deshen@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
BSc Computer Science, BCom(Hons) Information Systems, MCom Information Systems UCT
Senior Lecturer, Information Systems, student advisor
Office: 3.43, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2582
Email: gt.mwalemba@uct.ac.za
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Thando Nkohla
BSc Rhodes; BA(Hons) MPhil Workplace Ethics University of Pretoria, DPhil (Applied) Ethics-University of KwaZulu-Natal
Researcher
Dept of Information Systems
Office: Leslie Commerce
Email: thando.nkohla-ramunenyiwa@uct.ac.za
Geoff Nitschke
BSc(Hons) Curtin, PhD VU Amsterdam
Senior Lecturer and Student Advisor, Computer Science
Office: Room 308, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 3981
Email: gnitschke@cs.uct.ac.za
Website
Grant Oosterwyk
NDip (Information Technology), BTech (Information Technology) CPUT, MCom Information Systems (UCT)
Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: Leslie Commerce
Telephone:
Email: grant.oosterwyk@uct.ac.za
Ayanda Pekane
NDip Electrical Engineering (light current), B-Tech Project Management, M-Tech Information Technology CPUT
Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: Room 3.32, Leslie Commerce
Telephone:
Email: ayanda.pekane@uct.ac.za
Dipl.-Ing. Univ Technische Universität Munich, PhD UCT
Professor, Deputy Dean: Commerce
Office: 3.48 Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4213
Email: Ulrike.Rivett@uct.ac.za
Sumarie Roodt
BCom Informatics UP, MBA UCT, PhD Informatics degree (UP)
Senior Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: 3.35, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2286
Email: sumarie.roodt@uct.ac.za
Zainab Ruhwanya
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, UDSM Tanzania; MSc. Computer Science (Cybersecurity) K-State University, USA
Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: 3.34, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4387
Email: Zainab.ruhwanya@uct.ac.za
BSc(Hons) Natal, MSc UKZN
Lecturer and Student Advisor, Computer Science
Office: Room 307, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2664
Email: aslam@cs.uct.ac.za
Lisa Seymour
BSc Chemistry and Biochemistry UCT, BSc(Hons) Chemistry UCT, PhD UCT
Professor, Information Systems
Office: 3.38, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4259
Email: Lisa.Seymour@uct.ac.za
Rob Simmonds
Bsc(Hons), PhD Mathematical Sciences Bath UK
Professor, Computer Science
Office: Room 317.2, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 5108
Email: simmonds@cs.uct.ac.za
Gary Stewart
BSc(Hons) UCT
Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
Office: Room 304.3, Computer Science Building
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 2665
Email: gstewart@cs.uct.ac.za
BEng(Hons) Computer Science and Engineering Mauritius, MCom Information Systems, PhD Information Systems UCT
Associate Professor, Information Systems, Postgrad student advisor (first semester)
Office: 3.42, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4860
Email: mc.tanner@uct.ac.za
Pitso Tsibolane
BSc Computer Science, BSc(Hons) Computer Science, M.IT UP, MA Creative Writing Rhodes
Senior Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: Leslie Commerce 3.09
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 1542
Email: pitso.tsibolane@uct.ac.za
Walter Uys
Dip. Datametics (UNISA), PG Dip Mgmt (DCIS), B.Com (Hons) IS, M.Com (IS), PhD (IS) UCT
Senior Lecturer, Information Systems
Office: Leslie Commerce 3.47
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4254
Email: Walter.Uys@uct.ac.za
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Jean-Paul Van Belle
Licentiate Macro-Economic Sciences University of Ghent, Belgium, MBA Stellenbosch, BCom(Hons), PhD UCT
Professor, Information Systems
Office: 3.41, Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0)21 650 4256
Email: Jean-paul.VanBelle@uct.ac.za
Edda Weimann
Medicine and MD: Ludwig Maximilians University; Munich, Habilitation University of Frankfurt; Master of Public Health (Health Systems), UCT; MMED Endocrinology and Metabolism
Honorary Assoc Professor Health Information Systems
Email: Edda.Weimann@uct.ac.za
Peter Weimann
Computer Science (Msci, TUD Germany), PhD UCT
Honorary Associate Professor, Information Systems
Office:Leslie Commerce
Telephone: +27 (0) 769632049
Email: peter.weimann@uct.ac.za