{"id":3181,"date":"2023-11-16T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=3181"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:07:12","slug":"clayton-baker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=3181","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Clayton Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3181\" class=\"elementor elementor-3181\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-325218e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"325218e\" 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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e78996\" data-id=\"8e78996\" 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-1c2d6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c2d6cb\" 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=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/idpic-300x266.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4468\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/idpic-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/idpic.jpg 653w\" 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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f1dd52\" data-id=\"6f1dd52\" 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-e929939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e929939\" 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>Mr. Clayton K. Baker<\/h3><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"first\">Position:<\/td><td>Lecturer<\/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=*\">Natural Science<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Qualifications:<\/td><td>MSc in Computer Science (University of Cape Town, South Africa)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Tel:<\/td><td>021 959 3879<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Email:<\/td><td class=\"UwcIsEmail\"><a href=\"mailto:ckbaker@uwc.ac.za\">ckbaker@uwc.ac.za<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\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-ad6d124 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad6d124\" 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-24e1236\" data-id=\"24e1236\" 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-d217e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d217e43\" 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-6076490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6076490\" 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>Clayton is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of the Western Cape. He earned his MSc with distinction at the University of Cape Town. His PhD research concentrates on generalising unified spatio-temporal modelling in graph neural networks for urban traffic forecasting. Notably, he was selected for the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org\/\">Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF)<\/a> \u2014 an honour awarded to just 200 young researchers in mathematics and computer science globally. Recognised for excellence in learning and teaching, he was nominated in 2025 by the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences for the South African <a href=\"https:\/\/sauniversityteachers.org.za\/about-the-awards\/\">National University Teaching Awards (NUTA)<\/a> in the Beginner Teacher category. Beyond his core research, Clayton actively contributes to the academic community through conference organisation, program committee service, and international collaborations, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umsystem.edu\/impact\/engagement-outreach\/south-african-education-program\">University of Missouri South African Education Program (UMSAEP)<\/a>. He is also 1 of 5 AI Champions nominated to deliver the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skills.google\/paths\/3135\">AI Research Foundations<\/a> course at UWC across 2027\u20132028, in partnership with Google, Google DeepMind, AIMS, and the FATE Foundation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2449afc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2449afc\" 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-90f187e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90f187e\" 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>Clayton has successfully supervised numerous research projects at the Honours level, with several of his students going on to present their work at <a href=\"https:\/\/sacair.org.za\/\">Southern African Conference for AI Research (SACAIR)<\/a>. His supervision centres on the methodological evolution and real-world application of spatio-temporal AI for graph-based environments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa4bf7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa4bf7b\" 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\">Teaching<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a5c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6a5c12\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/cos101\/\">COS101 (Problem-solving, Algorithms and Programming)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/csc211\/\">CSC211 (Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3181\" data-postid=\"3181\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3181 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Clayton K. Baker Position: Lecturer Department: Computer Science\u00a0 Faculty: Natural Science Qualifications: MSc in Computer Science (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Tel: 021 959 3879 Email: ckbaker@uwc.ac.za Biography Clayton is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of the Western Cape. He earned his MSc with distinction at the University of Cape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3181","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\/3181","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4477,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3181\/revisions\/4477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}