The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), one of the largest optical telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere, has played an important role as part of the international Dark Energy Survey’s (DES, https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/) quest to pin down dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe. As part of the hunt, SALT conducted follow-up spectroscopy
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AIMSWIS Mentoring Event
The Next Einstein is Female! She needs a support system and a conducive environment in order to flourish’. It was under these auspices that the AIMS Women in STEM (AIMSWIS) initiative held a mentoring event on 10 November 2018. The thirty-five women in attendance (including 19 current students, 6 alumni, 5 ESMT students, 2 researchers,
Data Science Intensive Program
The 8-week DSI program started on 27 August and finished on 19 October 2018. The DSI is a new program in which 16 participants tackle four consecutive real-world data science projects in teams and is primarily funded by the SA-DISCnet grant which is a collaborative data science training network between AIMS South Africa and universities
AIMS students will help to shape Africa’s future
Cape Town, 14 November 2018: AIMS South Africa acknowledged the success of its seventh group of January intake students as well as the second group of students who have successfully completed the AIMS-ESMT Industry Immersion Programme (IIP) at a special Recognition of Achievement Ceremony held at its centre in Muizenberg. Fifteen students (including 13 South Africans)
AIMS South Africa Newsletter October 2018
AIMS South Africa Newsletter August/September 2018
AIMS Network President & CEO visits AIMS South Africa
On 12 September 2018, Mr Thierry Zomahoun, President & CEO of the AIMS Global Network visited AIMS South Africa. During his visit he welcomed the new August intake and encouraged all the students to enjoy their stay and take advantage of all the opportunities available to them. “When you come to AIMS you become part
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DAAD In-Region PhD Scholarship Programme at AIMS South Africa DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), as a publicly funded, selfgoverning organisation of the institutions of higher education in Germany, promotes international academic exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programmes. As part of the “In-Region Scholarship Progamme”
AIMS South Africa Newsletter July 2018
#NSW Launch 2018
As part of our public engagement efforts to increase the level of the public’s science and technology literacy and the pipeline of scientists in South Africa who will be our future leaders, AIMS South Africa participated in the launch of 2018 National Science Week (NSW) hosted by the University of Mpumalanga in Nelspruit on 28
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