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Reminder – you’re invited to attend the 2nd QWorld Annual Meeting, taking place online from 17h00 SAST today (& 17h30 on Sunday). The global QWorld community will share plans for 2026 & discuss an open, inclusive quantum ecosystem.
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#QWorldAnnualMeeting #QuantumCommunity #QCousins
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Attend the 2nd QWorld Annual Meeting online this weekend. The programme features talks, QCousins presentations, panel discussions and interactive breakout sessions.
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#QWorldAnnualMeeting #QuantumCommunity #QuantumEducation #GlobalQuantum #QCousins
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
NITheCS & MITP Seminar: 'Bootstrap Program for Holographic Defects' - Prof Xinan Zhou (China) - Tues, 20 Jan 2025 @ 13h15-14h15 SAST. Attend online or in person. buff.ly/scyVgTA
#TheoreticalPhysics #ConformalFieldTheory #AdSCFT #Bootstraps #Holography
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
NITheCS Colloquium: 'How independent are independent subsets?' by Prof Eric Andriantiana (Rhodes University)
🗓 Mon, 19 January | ⏰ 16:00–17:00 (SAST)
Attend online or in person
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#Mathematics #GraphTheory #Subsets #NITheCS
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The 34th Chris Engelbrecht Summer School & the 8th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School & Workshop are underway in the NITheCS Seminar Room, SU, until 14 Jan.
🔗 Details: buff.ly/pFgXTac
📝 Attend online: buff.ly/Iei1pFn

#TheoreticalPhysics #HighEnergyPhysics #ChrisEngelbrecht #PhysicsSchool
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Join us online for the 34th Chris Engelbrecht Summer School & 8th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School and Workshop, taking place 8–14 Jan, starting today at 09:15.
🔗 Details: buff.ly/pFgXTac
📝 Register: buff.ly/Iei1pFn

#TheoreticalPhysics #HighEnergyPhysics #ChrisEngelbrecht #PhysicsSchool
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
🕊️ In Memoriam: Prof Deepak Kar (1979–2025)
We mourn the passing of our Associate, Prof Deepak Kar, an outstanding experimental particle physicist and valued member of the scientific community.
🔗 Read the tribute: buff.ly/PaysaYe
#InMemoriam #ParticlePhysics #DeepakKar
December 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
NITheCS Webinar: Linking Shoreline & Sea: Wave-Driven Exchange Between Littoral & Pelagic Zones
Speaker: Prof John Largier (UC Davis)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec | 16h00–17h00 SAST
Join us in person or online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/j7lkvLY

#Oceanography #LittoralToPelagic #WaveDrivenExchange #MarineScience
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Reminder - NITheCS Colloquium: Modelling marine food webs to study their sustainability in a changing world
📢 Dr Fernanda Valdovinos (UC Davis, US)
📅 Today @ 16h00–17h00 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#FoodWeb #MarineFoodWeb #Sustainability #EnvironmentalChange #MarineEcosystem
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
NITheCS Colloquium: Modelling marine food webs to study their sustainability in a changing world
📢 Dr Fernanda Valdovinos (UC Davis, US)
📅 Mon, 8 Dec 2025
🕓 16h00–17h00 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#FoodWeb #MarineFoodWeb #Sustainability #EnvironmentalChange #MarineEcosystem
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We want to hear from YOU!
As we prepare our Year-in-Review publication, we’re inviting you to share a comment about your experience with NITheCS. Submit your comment with a photo of yourself, and you could feature in the next edition.
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#ScienceCommunity #STEMvoices #YearInReview
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
MITP & NITheCS Seminar: “Lattice Quantum Field Theory: Successes and Future Challenges” with Prof Simon Catterall (Syracuse University, USA).
📅 Fri, 5 Dec | 🕒 13h30–14h30 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#QuantumFieldTheory #TheoreticalPhysics #LatticeQFT #ScienceSeminar #IYQ2025
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
NITheCS Webinar: “A Gate-Based Quantum Genetic Algorithm for Real-Valued Global Optimisation” with Prof Renato Portugal (LNCC/MCTI, Brazil).
📅 Friday, 5 December | 🕒 14h00–15h00 SAST
Join us online or in person.
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#QuantumAlgorithm #QuantumComputing #GlobalOptimisation #IYQ2025
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📣 Funding Opportunity for Master’s in Mathematics – 2026
Do you have an Honours in Mathematics and want to pursue your Master’s next year? Apply for student funding for 2026: bit.ly/3Kz45LQ
⏰ Deadline: Today at 17:00

#MathsMasters #StudentFunding #Masters2026 #MathsStudentFunding #MastersInMaths
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Reminder - Applications are open for the 16th CHPC & 8th NITheCS Coding Summer School in Data Science & Machine Learning - 26 Jan – 6 Feb 2026 at designated universities and research centres across SA.
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#MachineLearning #DataScience #CodingSchool #SummerSchool #Research #Python
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
URGENT: Apply for a PDP Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2026 academic year by 14h30 SAST today. Fill in our short form now and then register on the NRF Connect portal (if not already registered). More info: buff.ly/MwMlLGQ

#postdoctoralfellowship #mintek #studentfunding #student2026 #researchpost
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📅 26 November
On this day in 2011, NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity rover, marking a milestone in planetary science by using advanced robotics, isotope analysis, and autonomous systems to explore Mars.
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
NITheCS Colloquium: 'A Survival Guide for Every Postgraduate Journey' - Dr Farai Mlambo (Wits Bus. School) - Mon, 1 Dec @ 16h00-17h00 SAST. Attend in person or online. Note, the venue at Stellenbosch Uni. is the NITheCS Seminar Room. buff.ly/J5nDc06
#PostgraduateStudent #StudentLife #MastersStudent
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
on 25 November 1915, Albert Einstein presented his General Theory of Relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. This groundbreaking work transformed our understanding of gravity, spacetime, and the universe, forming the foundation of modern cosmology and gravitational physics.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
UCT Cosmology & Gravity Group talk:
🔬 Quantum Simulators as Probes for Vacuum Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory
🗣️ Dr Adrià Delhom-Latorre (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
📍 Room 209, MAM, UCT
🗓 Today at 12h00 SAST
#QuantumFieldTheory #QuantumSimulators #VacuumEntanglement #TheoreticalPhysics
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
on 24 November 1859, Charles Darwin published " introducing natural selection. This work laid the foundation for modern evolutionary biology and inspired modeling approaches in complexity science and AI.
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NITheCS Mini-course:
Join us for the NITheCS mini-course, “Lattices and Modular Forms”, presented by Prof René Schoof (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy).
🗓 25–28 November 2025
⏰ 10h00–12h00 SAST
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#EuclideanLattices #SpherePackings #ModularForms #MathematicalSciences
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NITheCS congratulates Associate Prof Karin-Therese Howell on her appointment as the new Director of AIMS South Africa. We wish her every success in her leadership journey!
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#MathematicalSciences #WomenInSTEM #AIMS #NITheCS
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌟 Today in Science — 21 November1783: The first free human hot-air balloon flight took off over Paris — humanity’s first step into the sky.
A moment that opened new frontiers in physics, maths, chemistry, computing and atmospheric science.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NITheCS Colloquium " Niche Shift: The Story Behind Modern
Human Dominance of Planet Earth " led by Prof Guy Midgley (Stellenbosch University) is now available on our YouTube Channel: buff.ly/82PtAi5
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM