Yacine Chitour was born in Algeria in 1968. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, France, in 1990 and obtained a PhD in mathematics from Rutgers University, USA, in 1996. He joined the mathematics department of Universite Paris Sud 11 in 1997 and became full professor in control theory in 2004 at the physics department of Universite
Prof. Sibusiso Moyo is an accomplished academic and research strategist, currently serving as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies at Stellenbosch University, a role she assumed on 1 September 2022. She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Natal, Durban, and a Master’s in Tertiary Education Management (with distinction) from the
Prof. Jordaan was born and raised in South Africa where she has lived all her life except for periodic researchvisits in various European countries as a visiting researcher. She is married with two adult sons. “I have alwaysbeen interested in Mathematics and Education and by becoming an academic I had the possibility to combine these
Prof. Mike Giles is a Professor of Scientific Computing in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. In his early career, he worked at MIT and in the Oxford University Computing Laboratory on computational fluid dynamics applied to the analysis and design of gas turbines, but more recently he moved into computational finance and
Prof. Reddy has Engineering Degrees from the University of Cape Town and Cambridge University. He was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics in 1989, and South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics in 2006. He is currently Director at the Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of
Dr Thandi Mgwebi is a seasoned leader in South Africa’s research and higher education landscape, currently serving as the Group Executive: Business Advancement at the National Research Foundation (NRF). Her extensive background includes senior executive roles such as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Internationalisation at both Nelson Mandela University and the Tshwane University of
David Holgate is a Senior Professor at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) where he holds a Research Chair in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. He previously served as Head of Department and as Deputy Dean responsible for Teaching and Learning in the UWC Faculty of Natural Sciences. He is passionate about sharing his love
Prof. Worster is a British fluid dynamicist at the University of Cambridge. He is a Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Since 2007, he has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. In 2006, he was elected Fellow of the American Physical
Prof. Turok (PhD Imperial College London, 1983) was recently appointed as the Inaugural Higgs Chair by the University of Edinburgh. He held the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Niels Bohr Chair in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute. He was Perimeter’s Director from 2008 to 2019, in recognition of which he was awarded the title of Director
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