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UCT eResearch recently participated in an international workshop in Edinburgh that aimed to explore how generative AI is changing the way research software is developed.

Two recently disclosed Linux security vulnerabilities are drawing attention across the global computing community because they affect the Linux kernel that underpins many research systems and services.

Organised in partnership with UCT's eResearch Centre and the Science for Africa Foundation, the main goal of the EVERSE-Africa engagement event in April was to establish connections and collaborations across continents.

UCT’s Reimagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South (ReTAGS) project concludes with a six-year retrospective report and a landmark Ibali-hosted digital archive documenting contemporary African performance and artistic research.

A new initiative positioning software as a core component of research quality and productivity has been launched at UCT.

UCT eResearch will co-host Research Software Quality Across Continents on 14 April 2026, in partnership with the European Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence (EVERSE) and the Science for Africa Foundation.

Engagement in FDL Foundations Africa expands UCT’s collaborative AI network across sectors and regions

Help shape the future of research software engineering: Take part in the 2026 International RSE Survey

UCT has been formally accredited as a research institution with Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The South African research community are invited to participate in a process to ensure that local contexts, challenges and good practices are accurately represented.

An eResearch snapshot has been added to the suite of UCT brochures that provide a concise, compelling overview of key highlights in a specific theme or area.

A report developed for UCT eResearch on the first South African Research Software Symposium provides insights into the event programme, participants and outcomes.

UCT's eResearch Centre has played a leading role in shaping national recognition for research software, inspiring the NSTF, in partnership with SADiLaR, to launch a new award category: the Research Software Awards.

The major upgrade to the University of Cape Town (UCT) Upper Campus Data Centre has been successfully completed, enhancing the technological infrastructure behind many of UCT's online services.

The inaugural Research Software Symposium will take place on 4 November 2025.

UCT celebrates International Research Software Engineering (RSE) Day and looks forward to hosting the first research software symposium in Africa.

WDS membership reinforces UCT's leadership in responsible data stewardship, in a strategic step towards global research excellence.

The UCT eResearch team attended the Open Science Fair 2025 in September, and opportunity to engage directly with the InvenioRDM team at CERN

In August, UCT convened key stakeholders to shape the university’s research software engineering (RSE) initiative.

The Figshare South Africa User Conference brought together research data management (RDM) specialists from across South Africa for insightful sharing of best practices.