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Centre for High Performance Computing 2024 National Conference

from Sunday, 1 December 2024 (08:00) to Wednesday, 4 December 2024 (22:20)
Boardwalk Convention Centre (Tsitsikamma)

        : Sessions
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        : Breaks
1 Dec 2024
2 Dec 2024
3 Dec 2024
4 Dec 2024
AM
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 10:30) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
09:00
Workshop (until 10:30) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
09:00
Workshop (until 10:30) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
09:00 MODELLING CLIMATE CHANCE IMPACTS ON FUTURE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY USING GEOSPATIAL INTELLINECE - Dr Kgabo Humphrey T hamaga   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
09:00
Workshop (until 10:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:00 Different Techniques of Force-field Derivation and Setting Up Molecular Dynamics (MD) Calculations at CHPC Using DL_POLY Code - Cliffton Masedi (University of Limpopo)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:00
Workshop (until 10:30) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 12:30) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
Workshop (until 12:30) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:00
Workshop (until 12:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
Workshop (until 12:30) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
Workshop (until 12:30) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Keynote - Chair: Mr Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC) (until 10:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:00 Welcome - Chair: Mr Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:05 DSI Welcome - Mr Charles Mokonoto (Department of Science and Technology)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:15 CSIR Welcome - Dr Lulama Wakaba   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:25 NICIS Welcome - Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:45 Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration: Towards Accelerated Impact - The Role of Being a Good Ancestor - Mr Warren Hero*   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 --- Refreshment Break ---
11:15
HPC Applications - Chair: Prof Lyudmila Moskaleva (University of the Free State) (until 12:45) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:15 Simulating Potential Impacts of Solar Radiation Modification on African Climate - Prof. Babatunde Abiodun* (UCT)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:35 Drug Design, Resistance and Metabolisms through CHPC - Prof. Ozlem Tastan Bishop* (Rhodes University)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:55 Molecular Modelling in Research: From Basic Research Methods to Advanced Research - Dr Njabulo Gumede* (Walter Sisulu Unibversity)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
12:15 Elevating Material Simulations with Open Source – From Consumer to Contributor - Dr Robert Warmbier (University of the Witwatersrand)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
12:35 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:15
HPC Technology - Chair: Mr Faheem Essack (until 12:45) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:15 Digital Twins for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Datacenters (HPE) - Mr Tim Dykes   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:35 AI next trends: the critical HW and SW marriage (Intel) - Mr Walter Riviera (Intel)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:55 Dell AI Factory (Dell) - Mr Jacques Visagie   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
12:15 Pinnacle Presentation (TBC) - Mr Roger Crighton (Supermicro)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
12:35 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:15
ISSA - Chair: Jan Eloff (University of Pretoria) (until 12:55) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:15 Digital Forensic Investigation and Linguistic Analysis of Cyber-crimes: A Systematic Review - Mopati Bernerdict Kekgathetse (UP)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:35 Privacy and Legal Implications Regarding the Processing of Honeypot Data - Bahle Ngoma   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:55 Conceptual Model for taxation and regulatory governance among South African crypto asset holders - Pardon Ramazhamba (CSIR NGEI)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
12:15 Countering mobile application threats with a structured threat modelling approach - Christoff Jacobs (University of Johannesburg)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
12:35 Social Network Graphs in Email Forensics: Analysis of a Personal Email Dataset - Riaal Domingues (University of Pretoria)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:15
Special - Chair: Mr Nyameko Lisa (until 12:45) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:15 Building a Quantum-Ready Africa: Opportunities and Challenges - Prof. Franchesco Petruccione* (Stellenbosch University)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:55 A new approach on a D-wave for obtaining thermodynamic properties of a solid solution. - Prof. Scott Woodley (UCL)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
12:15 The UK National AI Research Resource “AIRR” - Dr Paul Calleja (Cambridge University)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
12:35 Questions - Questions   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
06:00 --- Morning Walk Wellness ---
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Keynote - Chair: Mr Sabelo Dlamini (until 10:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:00 Building global federated infrastructure in the R&E community - Ms Licia Florio* (NORDUnet)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:45 Cyber Intelligence at Scale: Risk Evaluation of DNS as Critical infrastructure - Prof. Barry Irwin* (Noroff University)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
HPC Applications - Chair: Prof Regina Maphanga (CSIR) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 Turbomachinery Modelling on the CHPC - Prof. Johan van der Spuy* (Stellenbosch University)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:20 High Resolution Modelling of Tropical Cyclone Characteristics using the Lengau Cluster - Dr Jessica Steinkopf (Global Change Institute, Wits University)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:40 Density functional theory of thermoelectric properties of graphene - Dr Moshibudi Ramoshaba (University of Limpopo)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
12:00 Multiscale modelling of chemical systems on HPC and quantum computers - Prof. Thomas Keal (STFC Scientific Computing)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
12:20 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
HPC Technology - Chair: Ms Dorah Thobye (Staff) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 Bridging the Digital Divide with Cloud-Hosted Geo-Location Spectrum Databases - Luzango Mfupe* (CSIR)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:20 Image based analysis and crop prediction using smartphone. - Lindokuhle Mdletshe* (INNOBIZ Group (Pty) Ltd)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:40 OpenStack Adoption at CHPC: Advancing AFIS and Emerging DevOps Projects Through Scalable Cloud Solutions - Kirodh Boodhraj* (CSIR)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
12:00 Infrastructure consideration for Science Engagement Information Management Systems on CHPC - Muzi Matyila* (CSIR)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
12:20 Q&A   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
ISSA - Chair: Barry Irwin (Noroff University) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:00 A chatbot LLM based access control mechanism - Christian Still (University of Pretoria)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:20 Enhancing Forensic Readiness through an Integrated Approach to Fraud Risk Management throughout the Digital Transformation Lifecycle - Antonio Pooe (University of Johannesburg)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:40 Solving the Privacy and Security Challenge using ZKP: Its Positive Impact on the Economy - Mrs Siphelele Myaka   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
12:00 Biometric authentication: Stress as a factor in keystroke dynamics - Monique Mac Donald   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
12:20 Q&A   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:00
SA NREN - Chair: Siyabonga Peter (CSIR) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 Collaboration and Resource Sharing Among SADC Institutions: Are NRENs Supporting These Initiatives? - Dr Frank Seth (TERNET)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:30 Ubuntunet Alliance – For Research & Education Networking - Eliakim Okundi (UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
12:00 MaREN – Malawi Research and Education Network - Solomon Dindi (MAREN)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
Special - Chair: Dr Ricardo Harry (CSIR) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 A multifaceted approach to the IS ecosystems implementation exploring multiple Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks - Dr Ricardo Harry (CSIR)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
11:20 Building NICIS’ Cloud: Localising the Cloud Platform - Mr David Macleod (CHPC)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
11:40 Guiding the adoption of Generative AI and Next Generation NLP - Privolen Naidoo Avi Moodley   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
12:00 Leveraging Hybrid Cloud, HPC and Quantum Computing Resources - Mr Nyameko Lisa   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
12:20 An Emerging Leadership Paradigm for Navigating a Rapidly Changing World - Mr Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
06:00 --- Morning Walk Wellness ---
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Keynote - Chair: Dr More Manda (CSIR) (until 10:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:00 Intel AI in Action at the 2024 Olympics: Deployments and Benefits for your Business - Dr Jean-Laurent Philippe* (Intel)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
09:45 Tackling the Challenges of Reproducibility and Data Sharing in Computational Science - Prof. Hakizumwami Birali Runesha* (University of Chicago)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
DIRISA - Chair: Prof Nobert Jere (University of Fort Hare) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 SAWS Climate Services and Infrastructure - Dawn Mahlobo* (South African Weather Service)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:20 Resource Scheduling and Allocation in HPC Cyberinfrastructure - Dr Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye* (University of Mpumalanga)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:40 Data driven decision-making and policy for application in water and sanitation systems - Ridhwaan Suliman* (CSIR)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
12:00 DIRISA: A National Infrastructure for Research Data Management and Collaboration - Dr Katlego W. Phoshoko* (Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA), CSIR)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
12:20 Q&A   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
DIRISA (until 14:00) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
11:00
HPC Applications - Chair: Dr Ndanduleni Lethole (University of Fort Hare) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 HPC Applications Enabling Catalysis Design for Ammonia Decomposition to Produce Hydrogen - Ms Nomcebo Motsa* (Sustainable Energy and Environment Research Group (SEERG), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:20 Computational Insights into Wind Patterns and Albatross Mortality - Ms Janine Schoombie* (University of Pretoria)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:40 Acceleration of Electronic Structure Codes on Heterogeneous Hardware - Dr Marcello Puligheddu (Science and Technology Facilities Council)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
12:00 Rational design of porphyin and BODIPY analogues for biomedical applications: further progress and future perspectives - Prof. John Mack (Rhodes University)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
12:20 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00
HPC Technology - Chair: Dr Oz Parchment (University of Cambridge) (until 12:30) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:00 Empowering Southern Africa's Researchers: Overcoming HPC Barriers with MATLAB Tools - Dr Marco Rossi (MathWorks)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
11:40 Sustainable AI Infrastructure: A Mandatory Pathway for Supercomputing Centres - Maximilian Höb (Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ))   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 15:00) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
Workshop (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Exploiting exascale HPC for materials modelling; UK's Excalibur Project - Prof. Thomas Keal (STFC) Dr Marcello Puligheddu (STFC) Prof. Scott Woodley (UCL) Dr Rajany KV (STFC) Dr Alexey Sokol (UCL) Dr Matt Smith (University of York)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
Workshop (until 15:00) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Windows Subsystem for Linux with GPU support for molecular dynamics simulations - Krishna Govender (University of Johannesburg)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
Workshop (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Hands-On Practical Introduction to Quantum Computing - Francesco Petruccione (UKZN)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
Workshop (until 15:00) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:30 A near real-time spatial monitoring and forecasting of wind energy using geospatial big data - Prof. Kgabo Humphrey Thamaga Prof. Phila Sibandze,   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 17:00) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
Workshop (until 17:00) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
Workshop (until 17:00) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
Workshop (until 17:00) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
Workshop (until 17:00) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
17:00 --- Intermission ---
18:00
Workshop (until 19:30) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
18:00
Workshop (until 19:30) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
18:00
Workshop (until 19:30) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
18:00
Workshop (until 19:30) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
18:00 A deep learning-based wind energy turbines suitability location analysis and transferability - Mr Phila Sibandze   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
12:45 --- Lunch ---
12:45 --- Lunch ---
12:45 --- Lunch ---
12:55 --- Lunch ---
13:30
HPC Applications - Chair: Prof Ozlem Tastan Bishop (Rhodes University) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 The Impact and Benefits of Partnering for Operational Weather Forecast Continuity - Ms Stephanie Landman* (South African Weather Service)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:50 Computational modelling of functional materials and chemical reactivity using molecular dynamics, DFT and wave-function-based approaches - Prof. Lyudmila Moskaleva* (University of the Free State)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:10 Unravelling plant-biotic/abiotic stress using computational biology and bioinformatics tools. - Dr Molemi Rauwane* (Nelson Mandela University)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 Fitting Classical Forcefields Programmatically for Application in Molecular Dynamics Simulations - Dr Kenneth Kgatwane (University of Limpopo)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:50 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
HPC Technology - Chair: Mr Hannes Steyn (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 H3C Presentation (TBC) - Mr Christo Cilliers   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:50 Huawei Presentation (TBC) - Mr Collen Maphosa   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
14:10 The Data Platform to Accelerate HPC Deployments (VAST Data) - Mr Kim Ormiston (Sponsor)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 NVIDIA Accelerated Computing (NVIDIA) - Ms Belinda Leigh Duke (Partner)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
14:50 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
ISSA - Chair: Kerry-Lynn Thomson (Nelson Mandela University) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:30 Guidance for the Creation of Management and Cost Accounting Computerized Information Systems: Assurance of Information Integrity and Flexibility - Emile Westraadt   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:50 Using artificial intelligence techniques to standardize intelligent and automated generation of digital forensic reports. - Idani Mulaudzi   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
14:10 A Decentralized E-voting System Using Blockchain - Daniel Ramotsoela (University of Cape Town)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
14:30 Changes in Observed Internet Background Radiation Traffic in the 155/8 netblock - Barry Irwin (Noroff University)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
14:50 Q&A   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:30
Special - Chair: Mr Nyameko Lisa (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Solving a quadratic optimization problem by means of quantum computing using amplitude encoding - Helarie Rose Medie Fah   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:50 Quantum Computing: a tool for simulating physical systems in photonics - Isaac Nape (University of the Witwatersrand)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:10 Data base search through quantum imaging - Paola Andrea CONCHA OBANDO (Wits University)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 Training phase masks for diffractive networks / Emulating quantum computing with optical matrix multiplication - Hadrian Bezuidenhout (University of the Witwatersrand) Mwezi Koni (University of the Witwatersrand)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:50 Q&A   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
Keynote - Facilitator: Mr Dan Olds (OrionX) (until 17:00) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
15:30 A Brief Tour of Your Data Center Future - Mr Dan Olds* (Olds Research)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
15:50 Industry Inquisition - Mr Dan Olds (Olds Research)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
17:00
Keynote - Chair: Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC) (until 17:45) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
17:00 Challenges and Opportunities of HPC in the age of AI - Dr Utz-Uwe Haus* (HPE HPC/AI EMEA Research Lab (ERL))   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
17:45 --- Intermission ---
18:00 --- Conference Dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
HPC Applications - Chair: Dr Njabulo Gumede (Walter Sisulu Unibversity) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Engineering Strategies for Perovskites Materials - Prof. Regina Maphanga* (CSIR)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:50 Cosmology with radio telescopes: finding a needle in the datastack - Prof. Mario Santos* (University of the Western Cape)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:10 1KSA - Decoding South Africa’s Biodiversity - Dr Patricia Swart (DIPLOMICS)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 HPC in all the right places – accelerating modelling workflows in metallurgical engineering applications - Dr Quinn Reynolds (Mintek)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:50 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
HPC Technology - Chair: Mr Bryan Johnston (CHPC) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Welcome and Introduction - Bryan Johnston (CHPC)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:35 Overview of Wits HPC   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:45 Overview of new local HPC course   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:55 Are You Doing Science? - Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
14:35 ® Onboarding new first time HPC users - John Poole   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
14:45 ® SIGHPC Committee   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
14:55 SIGHPC Edu   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
ISSA - Mariana Gerber (Nelson Mandela University) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:30 Smoke Signals: Analysing and Decoding Quiet Quitting and Burnout Among Cybersecurity Professionals - Michael De Jager (Unit for Data Science and Computing, North-West University)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:50 Profiling Prominent Ransomware Threat Actors - Hendrik Tjaart Pelser (North West University)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
14:10 Contextual Factors Influencing the Cybersecurity Commitment of Government Institutions in Developing Countries - Teofelus Tuyeni (University of Cape Town)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
14:30 Trust Requirements and Mechanisms in Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets - Boitumelo Leotlela   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
14:50 Q&A   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
13:30
SA NREN - Chair: Ndzalama Ngobeni (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 High-Performance Packet Processing with Programmable Data Planes - Ruan de Clercq (Dendrite Cyber)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:00 The way forward with Nokia - Craig Robert Taylor   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 AI-Native Networking for Modern Networks - Lunama Miankodila (Networking OEM)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
HPC Applications - Chair: Dr Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC) (until 17:00) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30 CHPC Users BoF - Dr Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
16:30 Computational Chemistry and Material Science Special Interest Group (SIG) - Krishna Govender (University of Johannesburg)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
HPC Technology - Kevin Colville (CHPC) Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories) (until 17:00) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30 Reducing Data Movement Through Derived Quantity Generation - Dr Jay Lofstead* (Sandia National Laboratories)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
15:50 Characterizing the I/O Performance of HPC Platforms Using the I/O Performance Evaluation Suite - Dr Luan Teylo* (INRIA Bordeaux)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
16:10 ® I/O Insights and Recommendations for All - Jean Luca Bez (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
16:30 ® XIO: Towards eXplainable I/O using multi-layer monitoring solution for HPC Systems. - Hari Hariharan Devarajan (LLNL)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
16:50 Q&A   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
ISSA - Chair: Reinhardt Botha (Noroff University College & Nelson Mandela University) (until 17:00) (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
15:30 A Rapid Review Cybersecurity Strategic Analysis Framework: The Case of Higher Education Institutions - Rennie Naidoo (University of the Witwatersrand)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
15:50 Factors influencing Sensitive Data Protection practices in South African public schools - Siyavuya Ntlale (University of Cape Town (UCT))   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
16:10 Exploring the Cybersecurity-Resilience Gap: AnAnalysis of Student Attitudes and Behaviors in Higher Education - Dirk Snyman (University of Cape Town)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
16:30 Lacking Balance? Assessing the Content and Coverage of Cyber Security Degrees - Steven Furnell (University of Nottingham)   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
16:50 Q&A   (BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms)
15:30
SA NREN - Ntuthuko Sambo (CSIR) (until 16:55) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:30 South African Broadband Education Nertworks (SABEN) - Acres Michael (SABEN)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:50 Empowering Research and Education: An Introduction to TENET's Trust & Identity Services - Wesley Barry (TENET South Africa)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
16:10 The South African National Research Network (SANReN) - Ajay Makan (SANReN)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
17:00 --- Intermission ---
17:15
Poster (until 19:15) (Exhibition Hall – Lower Level)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
DIRISA - Chair: Prof Nobert Jere (University of Fort Hare) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Data sharing, fabric and effective governance in the error of big data analytics - Mawande Mongo* (Altron)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:50 Applications of 4IR on the diagnosis and management of STIs among key populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review - Dr Claris Siyamayambo* (1South Africa Medical Research Council/ University of Johannesburg (SAMRC/UJ) Pan African Centre for Epidemics Research (PACER) Extramural Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:10 Crafting Open Data for Open Science: Technical Innovation and Data Management in Environmental Research — The SAEON Open Data Platform - Mark Jacobson* (South African Environmental Observation Network)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 A Secure Data-Centric Model for SMMEs Across Africa: Bringing Stakeholders Together - Mr Sonwabo Mdwaba* (Pan African Information Communication Technology Association) Prof. Nobert Jere (University of Fort Hare)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
14:50 Q&A   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
HPC Applications - Chair: Ms Nomcebo Motsa (Sustainable Energy and Environment Research Group (SEERG), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 Exploration of future magnetic and cathode materials through computer-based simulations. - Dr Ndanduleni Lethole* (University of Fort Hare)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:50 Architectural Variations of Li2MnO3-Li0.69MnO2 Core-Shell Cathodes During the Cycling Process - Prof. Raesibe Ledwaba (University of Limpopo)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:10 Computational challenges of running kilometer-scale Earth System Models in a developing country - Mr Tumelo Moalusi (Witwatersrand University)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:30 Developing a Sustainable and Performant GPU Implementation of Plane-Wave DFT - Mr Matthew Smith (University of York)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
14:50 Q&A - Q&A   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30
HPC Technology - Chair: Mr Bryan Johnston (CHPC) (until 15:00) (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
13:30 HPC Ecosystems BoF - Coordinator: Mr Bryan Johnston (CHPC)   (BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
DIRISA - Chair: Prof Nobert Jere (University of Fort Hare) (until 16:50) (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:30 AcousNomaly: Learning to Detect Anomalies in Acoustic Telemetry Data using Machine learning and Deep Learning - Siphendulwe Zaza* (MSc Applied Mathematics student from Rhodes University)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:50 Empowering Data-Driven Research with AI Tools - Lungile Nkosi* (University of Pretoria)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
16:10 Obtaining and Using Data for Decision Support and Innovation in Resource-Constrained Environments - Audrey Masizana* (University of Botswana)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
16:30 Transformer-based Sense Embeddings with Deep Learning Large Language Models for Low-Resource Language Disambiguation - Hlaudi Masethe* (Tshwane University of Technology)   (BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma)
15:30
HPC Applications - Chair: Prof Khomotso Maenetja (Materials Modelling Centre) (until 16:30) (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
15:30 Women in HPC BoF - Prof. Khomotso Maenetja (Materials Modelling Centre)   (BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma)
17:00 --- Intermission ---
19:00
Keynote - Chair: Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC) (until 19:45) (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
19:00 The Third Pillar of HPC - Prof. Thomas Sterling* (TACC)   (BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma)
19:45 --- Awards Dinner ---
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