{"id":282,"date":"2019-03-12T12:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:30:06","slug":"william-tucker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=282","title":{"rendered":"Prof. William D. Tucker"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"282\" class=\"elementor elementor-282\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-759039f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"759039f1\" 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-5b6c08e8\" data-id=\"5b6c08e8\" 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-1914e58b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1914e58b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fb8a2c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fb8a2c1\" 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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f366983\" data-id=\"1f366983\" 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-2b81e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b81e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Artboard1i-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Artboard1i-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Artboard1i-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Artboard1i-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Artboard1i-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f8c4b38\" data-id=\"4f8c4b38\" 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-5172b461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5172b461\" 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. William D. Tucker (aka Bill)<\/h3><div><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"first\">Position:<\/td><td>Extraordinary Professor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Department:<\/td><td><span title=\"Computer Science Programme\">Computer Science<\/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=*\">Natural Science<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Qualifications:<\/td><td>BA Sociology and Business Administration majors &amp; Computer Science minor (Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas)<br \/>MS Computer Science (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)<br \/>PhD Computer Science (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Tel:<\/td><td>+27 oh82 494 8884<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Email:<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:btucker@uwc.ac.za\">btucker@uwc.ac.za<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">\u00a0<\/td><td class=\"UwcIsEmail\">\u00a0<\/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-63da1356 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63da1356\" 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-3bdd5e08\" data-id=\"3bdd5e08\" 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-3cb07482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cb07482\" 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-45d6fdea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45d6fdea\" 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. Tucker is a senior member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/bang\/\">BANG<\/a>, a research group that investigates Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions for marginalised and poverty-stricken communities; together with those communities. Notable BANG projects include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenzeleni.net\/\">Zenzeleni<\/a>\u00a0which was South Africa\u2019s first community-owned and run rural ISP; and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.signsupport.org\/\">SignSupport<\/a>, an app suite co-designed with and for Deaf communities to empower them to communicate with any type of people in their own language, signed language. We call this work ICT for Development (ICT4D) and we are interested in the social, technical, economic, legal and managerial aspects of such efforts. Prof. Tucker has lectured ICT4D, Operating Systems and Computer Networks at Honours, and HCI (human computer interface), Operating Systems, Computer Networks and Databases at 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0year; and also gave our 1<sup>st<\/sup> year programming (in Java) course for a number of years. He is an Associate Editor for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itidjournal.org\/\">ITID<\/a>; has won a number of awards at UWC (long service; teaching, research, innovation and community engagement excellence); has graduated 99 postgrads whilst full-time at UWC 1998-2021, including 10 PhDs and 26 MScs by thesis; and has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Pzzfct4AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">over 130 publications<\/a>. He sits on the Board of Zenzeleni Networks and continues to work with BANG on ICT4D efforts. Prof. Tucker moved to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/btucker.pages.cs.sun.ac.za\/\">Stellenbosch University as of June 2021.<\/a><\/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-977fec4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"977fec4\" 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-5accfaa0\" data-id=\"5accfaa0\" 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-250e1b2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"250e1b2c\" 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/btucker.pages.cs.sun.ac.za\/\">Courses<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59575498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59575498\" 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 align=\"left\">Undergraduate<\/h6><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=542\">CSC311 (Human Computer Interface)<\/a>\u00a0::\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11Lp88-14hD8V9QqJ401bODb-vQAIspPPkBOvB_c_XE8\/edit?usp=sharing\">syllabus<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><h6 align=\"left\">Honours<\/h6><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Honours ICT4D\u00a0:: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Re8IagD8eTL0mZTAXZMJPsxT2zUguVhmT778aAbvROo\/edit?usp=sharing\">syllabus<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\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-10c0ed54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10c0ed54\" 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-a2185b\" data-id=\"a2185b\" 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-506a6e82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"506a6e82\" 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\">Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f947a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f947a7\" 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<ul><li><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline; color: #954f72; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: underline; color: #954f72; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/bang\/\">BANG<\/a><\/span><\/span><ul><li><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zenzeleni.net\">Zenzeleni<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.signsupport.org\">SignSupport<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\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<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"themify_builder_content-282\" data-postid=\"282\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-282 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. William D. Tucker (aka Bill) Position: Extraordinary Professor Department: Computer Science Faculty: Natural Science Qualifications: BA Sociology and Business Administration majors &amp; Computer Science minor (Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas) MS Computer Science (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona) PhD Computer Science (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa) Tel: +27 oh82 494 8884 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3683,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions\/3683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}