{"id":2793,"date":"2023-03-03T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=2793"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:27:03","slug":"aurona-gerber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=2793","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Aurona Gerber"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2793\" class=\"elementor elementor-2793\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba1050c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba1050c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccc4309\" data-id=\"ccc4309\" 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4246012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4246012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Prof. Aurona Gerber<\/h3><div><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"first\">Position:<\/td><td>Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Department:<\/td><td><span title=\"Computer Science Programme\">Computer Science\u00a0<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Faculty:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwc.ac.za\/Lists\/Faculties\/DispForm.aspx?ID=9&amp;RootFolder=*\">Faculty of Natural Science<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Qualifications:<\/td><td>PhD in Computer Science (University of South Africa)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Tel:<\/td><td>021 959 3010<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Fax<\/td><td>021 959 1274<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Email:<\/td><td class=\"UwcIsEmail\"><a href=\"mailto:cnyirenda@uwc.ac.za \">agerber@uwc.ac.za <\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da91132 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da91132\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-518b385\" data-id=\"518b385\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd2848a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd2848a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4996ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4996ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof. A. Gerber received a PhD in Computer Science at the University of South Africa in 2007, Ming from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1992 and a Bing from the University of Pretoria in 1987. She is a NRF C1 rated researcher as well as a chair of the Centre for AI (CAIR) Research Group in Applied Artificial Intelligence. She has published more than 70 accredited publications with co-authors in the key areas of her research which includes formal conceptual modelling, applied AI and data science, as well as design science research (DSR). She supervised more than 30 masters and doctoral students to completion of their degrees. She is the immediate past president of SAICSIT, the Southern African Institute for computer scientists and information technologists, as well as founding member of AISSAC, the SA chapter of the Association of Information Systems (AIS), board member of SACAIR, the Southern African Conference for AI Research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e73237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e73237\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0ae452\" data-id=\"d0ae452\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a65a37a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a65a37a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Courses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ef23f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5ef23f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6>Undergraduate<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=542\">CSC 312 (Databases)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/csc212-2\/\">CSC 212 (Computer Architecture)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div><h6>Postgraduate<\/h6><h6>Honours<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/honours-2\/\">COS 739 (Applied Data Science)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57d87ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57d87ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-057f533\" data-id=\"057f533\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e268bc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"e268bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2371\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2371\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2371\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2371\"><p>CV<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2793\" data-postid=\"2793\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2793 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Aurona Gerber Position: Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department Department: Computer Science Faculty: Faculty of Natural Science Qualifications: PhD in Computer Science (University of South Africa) Tel: 021 959 3010 Fax 021 959 1274 Email: agerber@uwc.ac.za Biography Prof. A. 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