The Student Cluster Competition starts in July every year. University students from various universities around the country are trained on Linux systems, as well as high-performance computing. Their training concludes with an assignment that requires each team to build a prototype cluster on the cloud. The teams selected from this round go on to compete […]
UWC Computer Science for the win.This year the University of the Western Cape dominated the top spots at the annual Student Cluster Competition at the Center for High-Performance Computing conference hosted by national government and the CSIR that took place over the course of 5 intense days of hardcore computing and it is not surprising […]
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. The following students were the top-performers: First Year Second Year Third Year At this year’s award ceremony we […]
What is the Challenge ? Entry Criteria Terms and Conditions: IoT SA University Challenge By entering, you understand and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of the IoT SA University Challenge 2018, administered by SqwidNet (Pty) Ltd. (SqwidNet) The sponsor and administrator of this competition is SqwidNet (Pty) Ltd. Eligibility The Hackathon is […]
In a world where computing power and computer skills are becoming ever more important, South Africa continues to punch above its weight – as University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Stellenbosch University (SU) students showed when they led Team South Africa to second prize in the prestigious International Supercomputing Competition in Frankfurt, Germany this month. […]