DIRISA 2025 Annual National Research Data Workshop

Speaker List

• Sandile Buthelezi Sefako Makgatho University
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    Denied Data Access: The Real Issue for Researchers and Innovators

• More Chinakidzwa Higher Colleges of Technology
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    Data Sovereignty Practices among African Academic Researchers and Local Communities.

• Bheki Cossa CSIR
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    Data driven analysis of National Public Key Infrastructure frameworks across cybersecurity-leading countries.

• Ross Holder CSIR
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    National Policy Data Observatory (NPDO)

• Musa Jaiteh University of Johannesburg
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    The Status of Machine Learning in HIV Testing in South Africa: A Qualitative Study Among Stakeholders in Gauteng Province

• Nobert Jere University of Fort Hare
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    Bridging the Data Divide: Towards a Clean Dataset Portal for Southern Africa’s Machine Learning Future

• Lethukuthula Khumalo
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    Data driven analysis of National Public Key Infrastructure frameworks across cybersecurity-leading countries.

• Pfano Makhera University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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    The analytics on the global impact of the University of Witwatersrand research datasets

• Hlaudi Daniel Masethe Tshwane University of Technology
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    Developing a Word Sense Disambiguation Dataset for Sesotho sa Leboa: Manual Annotation and Authentic Text Sources"

• Nosipho Mavuso Walter Sisulu University
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    A Big Data-Driven Framework to Enhance Student Success in Higher Education

• Sonwabo Mdwaba Pan African Information Communication Technology Association
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    Empowering Africa’s Digital Future: Advancing Data Literacy and Sovereignty in Rural and Peri-Rural Communities

• Bruce Mellado University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS
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    AI-powered Technology Transfer from the SA-CERN Program

• Mulalo Mphidi GIZ
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    The Future of Data & Management: Reimagining Governance in a Data-Driven World

• Bongi Mphuti University Of The Witwatersrand
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    The analytics on the global impact of the University of Witwatersrand research datasets

• Mphiliseni Nzuza
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    An interpretability machine learning approach for identifying factors associated with never taking HIV tests among Tanzanian women

• Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye University of Mpumalanga
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    Designing an Adaptive Privacy-Preserving Access Control Framework for Ensuring Data Confidentiality Across Complex Regulatory Environments

• Katlego W. Phoshoko Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA), CSIR
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    The South African Research Data Commons: An Implementation of DIRISA

• Kasandra Pillay CSIR
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    Update on NICIS 100Gbps Data Transfer Services

• Rosina Ramokgola University of Pretoria
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    Integrating Research Data Repository with Altmetric, Dimensions and ORCID: increasing research visibility and impact voltage

• Daisy Selematsela University of the Witwatersrand
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    Implementation of the Wits Data Vault (repository) as part of ensuring digital cooperation: a case of University of the Witwatersrandnd Lazarus Matizirofa (University of the Witwatersrand

• Claris Siyamayambo University of Johannesburg
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    Factors associated with Sexually transmitted infection literacy among men who have sex with men and transgender men and women in Soweto: A machine learning approach

• Niklas Zimmer First Coast Technologies (Pty) Ltd (trading as FCTEC)
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    Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Data Management in Digitisation Projects