• Finance

    Theses in Progress from 2019

    • Netshivhambe, Nomonde, (in progress). Forecasting CBOE market volatility index (GARCH and deep learning architectures). Supervisor(s): Dr Chun-Sung Huang
    • Woodley, Tiffany Deanne, (in progress). Peak Shaving for Commercial Properties. Supervisor(s): Dr Juwa Nyirenda
    • Singo, Unarine, (in progress). Forecasting Market States (Temporal clustering). Supervisor(s): Dr Tim Gebbi

    Theses in Progress from 2020

    • Oosthuizen,Gustav, (in progress). Network analysis for fraud detection. Supervisor(s): Dr. Etienne Pienaar
    • Orton,Alexa Iona Dewar, (in progress). Portfolio Construction using Cleaned Correlation Matrices. Supervisor(s): Dr Tim Gebbie        
    • Pillay,Aveshen, (in progress). Machine Learning and South African Financial Markets. Supervisor(s): Obeid Mohamed, Emlyn Flynt

  • Computer Vision, Text Mining, Speech Recognition

    Theses in Progress from 2019

    • Chirwa,Temweka Scolastica, (in progress). Detecting and isolating prey capture events in the animal-borne video. Supervisor(s):  Prof Ian Durbach,  Dr Emmanuel Dufourq
    • Conrady, Christopher, (in progress). Fish Species Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks. Supervisor(s): Dr Sebnem Er,  Assoc Prof Colin Attwood
    • De Beer,James Charles, (in progress). Text analysis and predictive modelling on academic papers in medical cannabis, directing preclinical trials. Supervisor(s):  Dr Juwa Nyirenda,  Dr Joost Heeroma
    • Harris, Jessica Anne, (in progress). Image-based yield determination of pineapple crops. Supervisor(s):  Dr Sebnem Er
    • Langton, Sean Timothy, (in progress). Machine vision system for the online classification of ore feed into a diamond mining plant. Supervisor(s): Dr Sebnem Er, Stone Three Digital
    • Pillay, Nakkita Harisha Lungoameah, (in progress). Counting objects in images using deep learning, with applications to prey abundance estimation. Supervisor(s): Prof Ian Durbach, Dr Emmanuel Dufourq

    Theses in Progress from 2020

    • Baiju,Vedanth, Word Sense Disambiguation through Deep Learning. Supervisor(s): Dr. Sebnem Er    Dr. Emmanuel Dufourq    
    • Dunn,Jarryd William Dowie, (in progress). Evaluating automated and hybrid neural disambiguation for African historical named entities. Supervisor(s): Prof. Hussein Suleman        
    • Houston,Charles Robert, (in progress). Keyword spotting on the Speech Commands dataset. Supervisor(s): Stefan Britz, Ian Durbach    
    • Luphade,Nonhlanhla Linda, (in progress). Using convolutional neural networks to classify Hainan gibbon calls. Supervisor(s): Prof Ian Durbach, Stefan Britz
    • Madzingira, Tino, (in progress). Using siamese neural networks to identify the same animal in a pair of distinct images. Supervisor(s): Prof Ian Durbach        
    • Mashanda,Nyasha Ernest, (in progress). Classification of humans and objects using micro-doppler maps. Supervisor(s): Neil Watson, Dr Yunnus Abdul Gaffar, Robert Bernt
    • Mirugwe,Alex, (in progress). Investigating automated bird counting from webcams using machine learning. Supervisor(s): Dr. Juwa Nyirenda, Dr. Emmanuel Dufourq    
    • Redelinghuys,Josh, (in progress). Building wine recommender systems. Supervisor(s): Dr. Şebnem Er         

  • Ecology

    Theses in Progress from 2019

    • Chirwa,Temweka Scolastica, (in progress). Detecting and isolating prey capture events in the animal-borne video. Supervisor(s):  Prof Ian Durbach,  Dr Emmanuel Dufourq
    • Conrady, Christopher, (in progress). Fish Species Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks. Supervisor(s): Dr Sebnem Er,  Assoc Prof Colin Attwood
    • Pillay, Nakkita Harisha Lungoameah, (in progress). Counting objects in images using deep learning, with applications to prey abundance estimation. Supervisor(s): Prof Ian Durbach, Dr Emmanuel Dufourq

    Theses in Progress from 2020

    • Edwards,Gareth Reeve, (in progress). Using state space time series analysis on wetland bird species to formulate indicators to aid species conservation decisions. Supervisor(s): Prof. Res Altwegg, Dr Birgit Erni    
    • Luphade,Nonhlanhla Linda, (in progress). Using convolutional neural networks to classify Hainan gibbon calls. Supervisor(s): Prof Ian Durbach, Stefan Britz
    • Madzingira, Tino, (in progress). Using siamese neural networks to identify the same animal in a pair of distinct images. Supervisor(s): Prof Ian Durbach        
    • Mirugwe,Alex, (in progress). Investigating automated bird counting from webcams using machine learning. Supervisor(s): Dr. Juwa Nyirenda, Dr. Emmanuel Dufourq

  • Health Sciences

    Theses in Progress from 2019

    • De Beer,James Charles, (in progress). Text analysis and predictive modelling on academic papers in medical cannabis, directing preclinical trials. Supervisor(s):  Dr Juwa Nyirenda,  Dr Joost Heeroma
    • Takawira, Michaela Faro, (in progress). Modelling gametocytemia in patients infected with moderate malaria. Supervisor(s): Prof Francesca Little

    Theses in Progress from 2020

    • Labuschagne,Shelby Layla, (in progress). Illicit Drug use in females and co occuring mental health disorders. Supervisor(s): Nicola Mulder        
    • Musarurwa,Nyasha Takudzwa, (in progress). Classification of genome sequence data for variant calling analysis recommendation. Supervisor(s): A/Professor Emile Chimusa

  • Astronomy

    Theses in Progress from 2019

    • Hall, Robin Lee, (in progress). Modelling, consolidation and benchmarking of MeerKAT imaging data pipeline in two different computing environments. Supervisor(s):  Dr Bradley Frank,  Dr Rosephine Georgina Rakotonirainy
    • Roelf, Timothy Brian, (in progress). Metadata based process optimization of MeerLICHT/BlackGEM telescopes. Supervisor(s): Prof Paul Groot

    Thesis in Progress from 2020

    • Cloete,Tinus, (in progress). A Predictive Model of Ilifu. Supervisor(s): Dr. Bradley Frank    Dr Georgina Rakotonirainy

  • Social Sciences

    Theses in Progress from 2019

    • Chandoo, Ali Aonali, (in progress). Automated monitoring of informal settlements using neural networks. Supervisor(s):  Dr Juwa Nyirenda
    • Mathema, Theophilous, (in progress). Social Network Analysis of UCT Statistics Department Publications. Supervisor(s): Dr Juwa Nyirenda, Dr Sebnem Er
    • Woodley, Tiffany Deanne, (in progress). Peak Shaving for Commercial Properties. Supervisor(s): Dr Juwa Nyirenda

    Theses in Progress from 2020

    • Chiumbu-Maseko,Lindiwe Alice, (in progress). Measuring the impact/progress for NGOs. Supervisor(s): Leanne Scott
    • Kaplan, Anna Leah, (in progress). Measuring the Effects of Social Nudges (CPT drought). Supervisor(s): Martine Visser, Dr. Şebnem Er  
    • Redelinghuys,Josh, (in progress). Building wine recommender systems. Supervisor(s): Dr. Şebnem Er         
    • Williams,Courtney Taylor, (in progress). Exploration of machine learning and spatial models on the Cape Town AirBnB data. Supervisor(s): Dr Sebnem Er, Mr Sulaiman Salau.

  • Sports Science

    Thesis in Progress from 2020

    • Gilbert, Arlton Wayne, (in progress). Calculating win probabilities in cricket. Supervisor(s): Stefan Britz

  • Spatial Machine Learning

    Theses in Progress from 2020

    • Edwards,Gareth Reeve, (in progress). Using state space time series analysis on wetland bird species to formulate indicators to aid species conservation decisions. Supervisor(s): Prof. Res Altwegg, Dr Birgit Erni    
    • Kaplan, Anna Leah, (in progress). Measuring the Effects of Social Nudges (CPT drought). Supervisor(s): Martine Visser, Dr. Şebnem Er  
    • Williams,Courtney Taylor, (in progress). Exploration of machine learning and spatial models on the Cape Town AirBnB data. Supervisor(s): Mr Sulaiman Salau, Dr Sebnem Er.
    • Du Toit, Christo, (in progress). Cape Town Road Traffic Accident analysis: Utilizing machine learning techniques and discussing their effectiveness. Supervisor(s): Dr Sebnem Er, Mr Sulaiman Salau

  • Unsupervised Methods

    Thesis in Progress from 2020

    • Sinclair,Neil Ian, (in progress)Unsupervised style (sentiment) transfer. Supervisor(s): Dr. Jan Buys