Astrophysics research group at the University of the Western Cape (@UWConline) in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined January 2013
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MSc AND PhD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2024 CENTRE FOR RADIO COSMOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE DEADLINE: 5 June 2023
For further details on how to apply, click on the link below.
astro.uwc.ac.za/msc-and-phd-….
Congratulations to all the nominees of the 2022/2023 NSTF-South32 Awards! Your innovative contributions to science, engineering and technology in South Africa are inspiring. Check out the full list of nominees here: nstf.org.za/current-nominees…
#NSTFAwards
#SouthAfrica
#STEM
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
This week we are hosting #phiscc23 the SKA Pathfinder HI Survey Coordination Committee conference! During the week there will be talks and exciting visualisation demos by the IDIA Visualisation Lab #IDIAvislab
To know more have a look to the program here: astro.rug.nl/~phiscc2023/pro…
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
@DARA Big Data and its partners in the Hack4dev project, in conjunction with the @UKZN College of Teaching and Learning, are organising a 4-day #DataScienceHackathon event to be held at the @UKZN Howard campus.
Complete the registration form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
Hack4dev is a space that transforms current research projects and makes them available to students. Ensuring significant impact on not only the scientific community but also the wider societies
#research #hack4dev
@Astro4Dev @BRICSAstronomy @Big_IDIA @DARABigData @AfricaAstronomy
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
Hack4dev draws on the strength of its partners and believes in the power of collaboration to achieve effective and sustainable change and development.
#DataScience
#MachineLearning
#Hackathons
#hack4dev
@Astro4Dev @BRICSAstronomy @Big_IDIA @DARABigData @AfricaAstronomy
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
Registration closes soon! #hackathon for Honours & Masters students in all fields of science who wish to gain experience in #DataScience & #MachineLearning. More info: hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional-… #Hack4Dev
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
BITDN Regional Hackathon to be held 11 - 13 October. Register now on: hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional-…
#hack4dev #bitdn #hackathon
@CPUT @UWCpostgrad @cputstudents @StellenboschUni @UCT_news @UCTpostgrads
The BRICS Intelligent Telescope and Data Network, flagship project of BRICS Astronomy, is hosting its very first Data Hackathon. More information and registration on the link below:
hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional-…
The first BITDN hackathon will take place in Cape Town, at SAAO on 11-13 Oct 2022. The hackathon is for Hons and MSc students in all fields of science who wish to gain experience in Machine Learning
more info:
hack4dev.org/bitdn-regional-…
@Big_IDIA @SAAO @BRICSAstroMag @IAU_Outreach
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
*Black Hole Image coming up!*
The Event Horizon Telescope is releasing the image of our Galactic Centre Black Hole at 1300 UT = 1830 IST.
You can follow it live at
eventhorizontelescope.org/bl…
or
eso.org/public/announcements…
Nkalakatha! 😎
That’s how you call a megamaser around here, especially if it’s 5 billion light years away!
iol.co.za/education/uwc-scie…
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
Another amazing discovery from our researchers! Congratulations to all the team involved!
The most distant such megamaser found so far “Nkalakatha” discovered by astronomers using MeerKAT! Read more: sarao.ac.za/media-releases/m…
Megamaser “Nkalakatha” discovered by astronomers using MeerKAT:
astro.uwc.ac.za/megamaser-nk…
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
Thanks to @UCTscience for this nice press release about our #H2020SKIES project tinyurl.com/3bx66mcz The workshop continues today tackling ‘the business’ world, stay tuned @AstronomyUCT @UWC_Astro @SKA_Africa @Astro4Dev @Dot_Space @Entrepren_EUR #entrepreunership #innovation
Many UWC students are attending the same workshop! We wish you all a good week!
This week many of our students will explore design thinking, #OpenScience, #innovation and entrepreneurship at the #H2020SKIES training workshop! Enjoy everyone! @UCTpostgrads @UWC_Astro @SKA_Africa @Astro4Dev @Entrepren_EUR @dschoolUCT @UCT_news #entrepreneurmindset
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
Deadline to register for the #H2020SKIES is tomorrow!!! Follow the link in this trend to register! Few places are still available! @AstronomyUCT @UCTpostgrads @UWC_Astro @SKA_Africa @Astro4Dev @Entrepren_EUR @dschoolUCT @UCT_news #entrepreneurmindset #innovation #OpenScience
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
1 week left to apply to our #H2020SKIES training workshop for SA based astronomy and physics MSc/PhD/postdoc! Do not wait, register now! @AstronomyUCT @UWC_Astro @UCTpostgrads @Astro4Dev @SKA_Africa @dschoolUCT #innovation #OpenScience #Entrepreneurship
The UWC Astro Group retweeted
The Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers is hosting a fully-online educational program for 60 STEM-interested university-level students. Learn the tools used by professional astronomers and grow your skills! #Africa #Astronomy
paseaafrica.org/pasea-2021/a…
Great opportunity for our students!
Having a Design Thinking mindset is important in our complex and challenging world. Join #H2020SKIES in Cape Town and learn how to develop a design-led innovative mindset and unlock your creative intelligence with the help of experts from the @dschoolUCT! tinyurl.com/4m7zcnwf