{"id":1335,"date":"2019-10-18T22:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2020-10-23T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:07:17","slug":"uwc-computer-science-annual-student-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?p=1335","title":{"rendered":"UWC Computer Science Annual Student Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Computer Science held our annual student awards ceremony on Monday, 14th October 2019. The ceremony is held in celebration and recognition of the top-performing undergraduate Computer Science students at first, second and third-year levels.<\/p>\n<p>The following students were the top-performers:<\/p>\n<p>First Year<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8516-e1571437021200-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8511-e1571437034653-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8513-e1571435725959-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>Second Year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8525-e1571436894282-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8521-e1571437384789-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8520-e1571437406832-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>Third Year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8535-e1571435327669-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8532-e1571435376908-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8528-e1571435428652-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>At this year&#8217;s award ceremony we invited some post-graduate students to showcase their research projects.<\/p>\n<p>Two teams from the Postgraduate Diploma in E-Skills with a specialization in Immersive Technologies presented a brief demo of their research projects in Augmented and Virtual Reality.<\/p>\n<p>Team 1 :<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8482-e1571436189664-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>Team 2:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8494-e1571436370656-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>Mujahid Sunday, a B.Sc Honours (Computer Science) student showcased his research on autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8486-e1571439260190-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8488-e1571436255357-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>Aphile Kondlo, also B.Sc Honours (Computer Science) student presented his project in one of our Honours Courses, ICT4D.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8507-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"110\"><\/p>\n<p>The event was well attended by departmental staff and students.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all top achievers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1335\" data-postid=\"1335\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1335 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Computer Science held our annual student awards ceremony on Monday, 14th October 2019. 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