{"id":773,"date":"2019-04-22T18:22:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:57:03","slug":"prof-louise-leenen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=773","title":{"rendered":"Prof Louise leenen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"773\" class=\"elementor elementor-773\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fec34b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fec34b5\" 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-e9e40fd\" data-id=\"e9e40fd\" 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left;\">Prof. Louise Leenen<\/h3><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"first\">Position:<\/td><td>Associate Professor and Acting 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 Wollongong, Australia)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"first\">Tel:<\/td><td>021 959 3008<\/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:lleenen@uwc.ac.za\">lleenen@uwc.ac.za<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c014aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c014aae\" 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\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-55f6888e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55f6888e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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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>Louise Leenen holds a Rsearch Chair in AI and Cybersecurity. She completed her PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Wollongong in AUstralia in 2009 and joined UWC in 2019 after working as a Principal Researcher at the CSIR in the Cyber Defencce Reseearch Group.\u00a0<\/p><p>Louise is an NRF SARChl Chair and leads a node in the national Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAIR) in AI and Cybersecurity. She regularly serves in various positions on committees of national and international bodies and has authored more than a 100 journal publications, book chapters and confeerence papers.\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-408b2f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"408b2f5\" 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-dd2234d\" data-id=\"dd2234d\" 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-1176242e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1176242e\" 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-4007d952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4007d952\" 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>Undergraduate<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=544\">CSC 211 (Fundamentals of Data Structures)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=551\">CSC 212 (Algorithms &amp; Complexity)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<h6>Postgraduate<\/h6>\n<h6>Honours<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=536\">COS711 (Artificial Intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/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-1c9314ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c9314ea\" 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-5a464473\" data-id=\"5a464473\" 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-76eacee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76eacee3\" 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\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-c35de94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c35de94\" 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-993089d\" data-id=\"993089d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\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-773\" data-postid=\"773\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-773 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Louise Leenen Position: Associate Professor and Acting Head of Department Department: Computer Science\u00a0 Faculty: Faculty of Natural Science Qualifications: PhD in Computer Science (University of Wollongong, Australia) Tel: 021 959 3008 Fax: 021 959 1274 Email: lleenen@uwc.ac.za \u00a0 Biography Louise Leenen holds a Rsearch Chair in AI and Cybersecurity. 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