Articles about University of the Witwatersrand

Blood donation and big data: Untapped tech opportunity to save lives

Big data intelligence moves the blood collection system from scrambling during predictable crises, to building resilience through data-driven foresight.

CUT appoints Galeboe Mogotsi as CIO

The former Wits University chief information security officer takes up the role of chief information officer at the Free State’s Central University of Technology.

Wits MIND Institute to ensure ethical AI development

The University of the Witwatersrand’s MIND Institute will focus on fundamental artificial intelligence research and applications.

‘Decade of CIO Service’ winners honoured

Wits University CIO Dr Stanley Mpofu and AfriSam CIO Louise van der Bank receive “Decade of CIO Service” awards at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Banquet.

South African students excel at global tech event in Texas

The competition challenged undergraduate students to build mini-supercomputers for real-world scientific tasks.

The CIO's guide to generative artificial intelligence

How IT leaders can cut through the GenAI hype to create business value, while balancing innovation with ethical considerations.

SA varsities deploy chatbots, online portals for 2024 admissions

Local universities report a surge in online applications, as digital student engagement streamlines the institutions’ workload.

Alibaba Cloud training now available at Wits

Wits is the first SA university to adopt the Alibaba Cloud Academic Empowerment Programme for third-year students.

Game-changers in online gaming

Enlightened digital entrepreneurs, designers and gamers should champion the social inclusion movement in online gaming.

Cyber Security Awareness Month 2023: Empowering users to stay safe online

This year's Cyber Awareness Month emphasised the idea that ‘it's easy to stay safe online’ as long as some simple digital security rules and best practices are adhered to.

Artificial intelligence is disrupting higher education

Traditional contact universities need to adapt faster and find creative ways of exploring and exploiting AI, or lose their dominant position.

Green is the new gold standard

Local ICT leaders and experts should be playing a greater role in addressing environmentally-sustainable IT goals.