Students
Prospective Students
Current Students
Masters and PhD Students
name year degree title / topic Jecton Anyango 2018- PhD TBA Joseph Telemala 2018- PhD TBA Janine Ritchie 2018- MPhil Investigating the effect of gamification on the adoption of fitness apps on mobile devices in South Africa Zola Mahlaza 2018- PhD on isiXhosa and isiZulu NLG Jackson Moji 2017- MSc The Temporal Effects of Gamification In The Context of African Language Content Generation Iman Neguib 2017- MPhil To be decided Jivashi Nagar 2016- PhD Investigating Time of Search as a Feature to Improve the Personalization of Information Retrieval Systems Selvas Mwanza 2016- PhD Algorithmically detecting and tracking socio-political problems in South Africa using social media data Joan Byamugisha 2015- PhD in African language NLP Catherine Chavula 2014- PhD Multilingual information retrieval for closely related Bantu languages Jorgina Paihama 2013- PhD Using ICTs to steer low-skilled unemployed workers towards appropriate training opportunities Sinini Ncube 2013- PhD A Mobile-based Communication Platform for eTextbook discussions
Honours Students
names year project Eric Dai 2018 SANCTUM (sup: Jivashi Nagar) Pieter van der Walt Matt Young Breyden Monyemoratho 2018 FINDMAIL Shivaan Motilal
Past Students
Masters and PhD Students
name year degree title Cameron Kyle 2017-2018 MPhil CNLs for finance Devan Govender 2017-2018 MPhil Evaluating audio classification for the purpose of automating the trimming of lecture recordings Lighton Phiri 2014-2018 PhD Investigating the impact of organized orchestration on teaching and learning Sarah Brittan 2013-2018 MSc Multi-stakeholder design of mobile micro-enterprise financial management system Morebodi Modise 2015-2018 MSc A Comparison of Mobile Search Interfaces for isiXhosa Speakers Zola Mahlaza 2016-2018 MSc Surface realization for Nguni languages by focusing on weather summuary generation Jarvis Mutakha 2017- MSc To be decided Maryam Al-Mukhaylid 2016-2017 MSc A Comparison of Socially-Motivated Discussion Forum Models for LMSes Josiah Chavula 2013-2017 PhD Improving the Pan-African Research and Education Network through Peering and Traffic Engineering Haji Ali Haji 2013-2017 PhD Investigating Mobile Image-based Applications to Support Compliance in Tuberculosis Treatment in Rural Africa Jessica Mantel 2016-2017 MPhil Prototype for a mobile application for user-driven residential electricity usage monitoring Job King'ori Maina 2014-2016 MSc Enhancing Digital Heritage Archives Through Annotations and Gamification Pascal Ngaboyisonga 2015- MPhil in Measuring mobile broadband performance Mvurya Mgala 2013-2016 PhD Mobile based prediction modeling of academic performance for primary school students
Tresor Mvumbi 2012-2016 MSc Natural language interface to querying databases Ayodeji Olojede 2014-2016 MSc Investigating image processing algorithms for provision of information in rock art sites using mobile devices Anesh Kalan 2014-2016 MPhil Understanding merchant acceptance of independent mobile payment services in South Africa
Sunkanmi Olaleye 2014- MSc in Mobile text entry for complex scripts Lyneve Laing 2015- MSc in isiXhosa NLG Lucky Mogashana 2015- MPhil in Portals to create language awareness Sean Packham 2014-2016 MSc Crowdsourcing a Text Corpus for Low Resource Languages Mohato Lekena 2013-2015 MSc Designing Mobile Multi-touch Drum Sequencing Applications Chao Mbogo 2012-2015 PhD Investigating mobile-based strategies to support learning of computer programming beyond the classroom in higher education: Case of Kenya and South Africa Grace Ssekakubo 2011-2015 PhD Refactoring learning management systems for multi-device use in developing countries Deena Chetty 2013-2014 MPhil Perceptions of Cloud Computing in the South African Government Ngoni Munyaradzi 2011-2013 MSc Volunteer Thinking for Human-Intensive Tasks in Digital Libraries Mushashu Lumpa 2011- MSc Digital Libraries in Clouds Lighton Phiri 2011-2013 MSc Simple Digital Libraries Lebeko Poulo 2009-2013 MSc Cloud Computing for Digital Libraries Mohammed Mustafa Ali 2008-2013 PhD Language-aware Multilingual Information Retrieval Michelle Havenga (nee Katz) 2009-2012 MSc Building Heritage Collections using Games in Social Networks Kyle Williams 2009-2012 MSc Learning to Read Bushman Morwan Mohamed Nour 2009-2012 MSc An end-to-end soluton for complex open educational resources Jorgina Paihama 2009-2012 MSc Meta-standardisation of Interoperability Protocols Muammar Omar 2005-2012 MSc Component-based Digital Library Scalability using clusters Stefano Rivera 2009- MSc Digital Asset Management in a Content Management System Lisemelo Tlale 2009- MPhil Assessing the impact of data quality techniques in telecommunications data warehouse ETL processing Marius Nel 2008-2011 MPhil Large Image Support in Digital Repositories Kathryn van Niekerk 2008-2011 MPhil Efficient Curation of Heritage Data Hisham Abdalla 2007- PhD Improving Arabic-English Cross-language Information Retrieval by Exploiting Web Structure Nils Körber 2007- MSc Enhancing Usability of Open Source Digital Repositories Christopher Parker 2007-2009 MSc A lightweight interface to local Grid scheduling systems Ndapandula Nakashole 2007-2009 MSc A Grid-Based Search Engine for the Developing World Themba Munalula 2007-2008 MPhil Measuring the applicability of Open Data Standards to a single distributed organisation: an application to the COMESA Secretariat Mayumbo Nyirenda 2006-2008 MSc Universal Web Application Server Ashwinkoomarsing Balluck 2006-2007 MPhil Optimising Information Retrieval from the Web in Low-bandwidth Environments Mpho Sello 2006-2007 MPhil Individual Document Management Techniques: an Explorative Study Masha du Toit 2006-2007 MPhil Investigating the Efficacy of XML and Stylesheets to Render Electronic Courseware for Multiple Learning Styles Mongezi Ngindana 2006- PhD Comparative Analysis of Bandwidth Limitation and Information Accessibility in Developing Countries Kieran Sharpey-Schafer 2006-2012 MSc An Investigation and Evaluation of Possible Solutions for a National Patient Record in South Africa Candice Cloete 2005-2006 MPhil MIRMaid: An interface for a content based Music Information Retrieval test-bed Kevin Feng 2004-2006 MSc Customizable Abstract Representation Layer Siyabonga Mhlongo 2004-2006 MSc Flexible Packaging Methodologies for Rapid Deployment of Customisable Component-based Digital Libraries Linda Eyambe 2003-2005 MSc A Digital Library Component Assembly Environment
honours students
Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town