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NITheCS Colloquium: Modelling marine food webs to study their sustainability in a changing world
📢 Dr Fernanda Valdovinos (UC Davis, US)
📅 Mon, 8 Dec 2025
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#FoodWeb #MarineFoodWeb #Sustainability #EnvironmentalChange #MarineEcosystem
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We want to hear from YOU!
As we prepare our Year-in-Review publication, we’re inviting you to share a comment about your experience with NITheCS. Submit your comment with a photo of yourself, and you could feature in the next edition.
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#ScienceCommunity #STEMvoices #YearInReview
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
MITP & NITheCS Seminar: “Lattice Quantum Field Theory: Successes and Future Challenges” with Prof Simon Catterall (Syracuse University, USA).
📅 Fri, 5 Dec | 🕒 13h30–14h30 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#QuantumFieldTheory #TheoreticalPhysics #LatticeQFT #ScienceSeminar #IYQ2025
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
NITheCS Webinar: “A Gate-Based Quantum Genetic Algorithm for Real-Valued Global Optimisation” with Prof Renato Portugal (LNCC/MCTI, Brazil).
📅 Friday, 5 December | 🕒 14h00–15h00 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#QuantumAlgorithm #QuantumComputing #GlobalOptimisation #IYQ2025
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📣 Funding Opportunity for Master’s in Mathematics – 2026
Do you have an Honours in Mathematics and want to pursue your Master’s next year? Apply for student funding for 2026: bit.ly/3Kz45LQ
⏰ Deadline: Today at 17:00

#MathsMasters #StudentFunding #Masters2026 #MathsStudentFunding #MastersInMaths
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Reminder - Applications are open for the 16th CHPC & 8th NITheCS Coding Summer School in Data Science & Machine Learning - 26 Jan – 6 Feb 2026 at designated universities and research centres across SA.
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#MachineLearning #DataScience #CodingSchool #SummerSchool #Research #Python
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
URGENT: Apply for a PDP Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2026 academic year by 14h30 SAST today. Fill in our short form now and then register on the NRF Connect portal (if not already registered). More info: buff.ly/MwMlLGQ

#postdoctoralfellowship #mintek #studentfunding #student2026 #researchpost
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📅 26 November
On this day in 2011, NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity rover, marking a milestone in planetary science by using advanced robotics, isotope analysis, and autonomous systems to explore Mars.
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
NITheCS Colloquium: 'A Survival Guide for Every Postgraduate Journey' - Dr Farai Mlambo (Wits Bus. School) - Mon, 1 Dec @ 16h00-17h00 SAST. Attend in person or online. Note, the venue at Stellenbosch Uni. is the NITheCS Seminar Room. buff.ly/J5nDc06
#PostgraduateStudent #StudentLife #MastersStudent
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
on 25 November 1915, Albert Einstein presented his General Theory of Relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. This groundbreaking work transformed our understanding of gravity, spacetime, and the universe, forming the foundation of modern cosmology and gravitational physics.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
UCT Cosmology & Gravity Group talk:
🔬 Quantum Simulators as Probes for Vacuum Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory
🗣️ Dr Adrià Delhom-Latorre (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
📍 Room 209, MAM, UCT
🗓 Today at 12h00 SAST
#QuantumFieldTheory #QuantumSimulators #VacuumEntanglement #TheoreticalPhysics
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
on 24 November 1859, Charles Darwin published " introducing natural selection. This work laid the foundation for modern evolutionary biology and inspired modeling approaches in complexity science and AI.
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NITheCS Mini-course:
Join us for the NITheCS mini-course, “Lattices and Modular Forms”, presented by Prof René Schoof (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy).
🗓 25–28 November 2025
⏰ 10h00–12h00 SAST
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#EuclideanLattices #SpherePackings #ModularForms #MathematicalSciences
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NITheCS congratulates Associate Prof Karin-Therese Howell on her appointment as the new Director of AIMS South Africa. We wish her every success in her leadership journey!
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#MathematicalSciences #WomenInSTEM #AIMS #NITheCS
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌟 Today in Science — 21 November1783: The first free human hot-air balloon flight took off over Paris — humanity’s first step into the sky.
A moment that opened new frontiers in physics, maths, chemistry, computing and atmospheric science.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NITheCS Colloquium " Niche Shift: The Story Behind Modern
Human Dominance of Planet Earth " led by Prof Guy Midgley (Stellenbosch University) is now available on our YouTube Channel: buff.ly/82PtAi5
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
MITP & NITheCS Seminar
“When Fields Feel Warm: Estimating Temperature in Quantum Simulations”
with Dr Anosh Joseph (Wits)
🗓 Tues, 25 Nov
⏰ 13h15–14h15 SAST
📍 Attend online or in person
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#QuantumSimulations #LatticeGaugeTheory #MonteCarloSimulations #ComplexLangevin
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
NITheCS Seminar "Quantum Simulators as Probes for Vacuum Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory " led by Dr Adrià Delhom i Latorre (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) is now available on YouTube: buff.ly/KfeS78X
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🛰️ On This Day in Science — 20 November1998: The first module of the International Space Station (ISS), Zarya, was launched — marking the start of one of humanity’s greatest scientific collaborations in space.
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
NITheCS Seminar "A Physics Perspective on Biological Dynamics: Classical Mechanics Analogy " led by Dr Andronikos Paliathanasis
(University of Athens) is now available on our YouTube Channel: buff.ly/rdrmPYE
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Congratulations to Dr Adriana Marais, winner of the WOMEN IN TECH® Global Most Disruptive Award!
A theoretical physicist, space science leader, and founder of Proudly Human, Dr Marais continues to push the boundaries of exploration. 🚀🌙
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#WomenInTech #SpaceScience #Africa2Moon
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🔬 On This Day in Science — 19 November 🧬 1934 — Birth of
Born today, Philip Leder was a pioneering geneticist who helped decode the genetic code, advancing our understanding of gene regulation and cancer biology.

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November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
NITheCS Micro-school:
Join us for “Automating Desmond MD Report Generation on the Lengau CHPC Cluster” presented by Dr Adeshina Odugbemi (Stellenbosch University).
📅 Friday, 21 November 2025
⏰ 12h00–12h30 SAST
📍 Attend online
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#ComputationalScience
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: 'Rubik’s group' by Prof René Schoof (University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy) - Mon, 24 Nov 2025 @ 16h00-17h00 SAST. Attend online or in person. buff.ly/AhB0UZb
#GroupTheory #RubiksCube #AbstractAlgebra #MathMeetsPuzzles #STEMEducation
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🧩 NITheCS Colloquium
Join us for an exciting talk titled “Rubik’s group” by Prof René Schoof (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy).
📅 Mon, 24 November 2025
⏰ 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend online or in person
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#GroupTheory #RubiksCube #AbstractAlgebra #MathMeetsPuzzles #STEMEducation
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM