Unfortunately it was not feasible to the delegation to visit Swaziland,
but Dr. Petros Mashwama, currently Head of the Department of Computer Science,
flew to Johannesburg, met up with the delegation and flew with them to
Durban. Dr. Mashwama was given the presentation in a pub at the airport
while awaiting the flight to Durban. The Computer Science Department is
small (currently 5 final year students), but they are very keen to grow.
Agriculture is very strong in the country and this is reflected with a
large Department of Agriculture at the University. As well as growing his
department, and increasing the amount of computer graphics and visualisation
taught, Dr. Mashwama is also keen to develop multidisciplinary links.
Interests:
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education of and with computer graphics
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multidisciplinary links particularly with the strong agricultural sector
Outcomes:
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Educators grant applications
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possible final year Computer Science projects together with the Agricultural
department, examples include, provision of web-based agricultural
information
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possible tie up with the CSIR-SAC and their work on environmental modelling
4.15 University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (UNP)
(http://www.nu.ac.za/)
The final ``stop'' on the delegation's visit to Southern Africa was
at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Here the presentation was
given to staff and students and informal discussions held with the Head
of the Department of Computer Science, Professor Peter Warren and some
of his colleagues. Professor Warren currently teaches computer graphics
at UNP and gives a similar course by video-conferencing to the University
of Port Elizabeth.
Interests:
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teaching computer graphics
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long distance learning of computer graphics
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visual communication
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ACM DL consortia
Outcomes:
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Educators grant applications
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possible membership of proposed ACM DL consortia
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