{"id":3439,"date":"2024-07-08T12:18:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=3439"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:26:27","slug":"andrew-maneli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=3439","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Mfundo Maneli"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3439\" class=\"elementor elementor-3439\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47f5ed3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47f5ed3\" 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-f6d9d59\" data-id=\"f6d9d59\" 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https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Manelli-1.jpg 1665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/>\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-a5e0a00\" data-id=\"a5e0a00\" 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-7bfc65a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bfc65a\" 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;\">Mr. Mfundo Maneli<\/h3><div><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td>Position:<\/td><td>Lecturer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Department:<\/td><td><span title=\"Computer Science Programme\">Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>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>Qualifications:<\/td><td>MSc in Computer Science (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tel:<\/td><td>021 959 9330<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fax:<\/td><td>021 959 1274<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:ahenney@uwc.ac.za\">amaneli@uwc.ac.za<\/a>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f945a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f945a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Mfundo Andrew Maneli earned both National and Advanced Diplomas in Software Development from Nelson Mandela University (NMU), South Africa. He finished his Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in E-Skills Development with Immersive Technology at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. He completed his M.Sc. in Computer Science Degree in record time with Magna Cum Laude from UWC. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Computer Science at UWC. He has published in accredited high-impact journal platforms and several conference platforms.&nbsp;One of his papers presented at the 14th ITU-Kaleidoscope conference, on the theme &#8220;Extended Reality: Enhancing Quality of Experience and Interoperability,&#8221; was nominated for a best paper award.&nbsp; He is also a reviewer for the IEEE Access journal platform, the AfriCHI conference, the ETNCC conference, and the 2024 Cybersecurity4D conference. Mfundo was also selected as one of the two hundred most qualified young researchers from around the world to participate in the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, held in Heidelberg, Germany, for his unrestrained, interdisciplinary exchange. <br>His research interests include Software Development, LiDAR 3D reconstruction solutions, Machine learning, Computer Vision, and applications of Immersive Technology in diverse computing settings.&nbsp;His exceptional academic and research achievements have resulted in numerous awards, including the Golden Key International Honour Society Award, the ITU Kaleidoscope Young Author&nbsp;Recognition Certificate, and the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Scholarship.<\/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-042ae73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"042ae73\" 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-cb03f7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb03f7d\" 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><strong>Postgraduate<\/strong><br \/><strong>Honours<\/strong><\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/honours-2\/\">VRA 706<\/a><\/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-3439\" data-postid=\"3439\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3439 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Mfundo Maneli Position: Lecturer Department: Computer Science Faculty: Faculty of Natural Science Qualifications: MSc in Computer Science (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) Tel: 021 959 9330 Fax: 021 959 1274 Email: amaneli@uwc.ac.za Biography Mr. Mfundo Andrew Maneli earned both National and Advanced Diplomas in Software Development from Nelson Mandela University (NMU), South [&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-3439","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\/3439","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=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3642,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3439\/revisions\/3642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}