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Report: Inaugural South African Research Software Symposium 2025

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

UCT at the forefront as NSTF introduces Research Software Awards

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.

Upper Campus Data Centre high-performance computing (HPC) facility

UCT’s upgraded Data Centre boosts resilience and efficiency

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.

Research Workflows, Code & Software - 4 Nov 2025

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

Celebrating International Research Software Engineering (RSE) Day

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

Strengthening global research through open data and collaboration

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

UCT eResearch at Open Science Fair 2025

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

UCT ramps up research software engineering momentum

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

Figshare South Africa Conference

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

Building Sustainable Research Software: July RSE Workshop

Building Sustainable Research Software: Highlights from the July RSE Workshop in South Africa

In July 2025, a group of researchers who develop research software from across South Africa gathered for a hands-on workshop on Sustainable Research Software Engineering (RSE).

The 7th Annual National Research Data Workshop showcases South Africa’s growing data ecosystem

The UCT eResearch Centre was an active participant at this year’s Annual National Research Data Workshop, contributing to important conversations around data governance and the future of research data services in South Africa.

UCT hosts IDIA Research Retreat 2025 to celebrate a decade of collaboration and innovation

The UCT eResearch Centre participated in the inter-university Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy's (IDIA) 10th anniversary, three-day research retreat, hosted at the UCT’s Graduate School of Business from 4–6 June 2025.

A new era of accessible high-performance computing at UCT

The recent upgrade of the Upper Campus Data Centre has provided UCT with a world-class environment for housing the high-performance computing (HPC) facility.

Global recognition advances UCT's research accessibility and reliability

UCT has officially joined DataCite, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to providing persistent digital object identifiers (DOIs) for research data.

Unpacking student data: Insights and innovation at UCT’s Data Festival

The Student Data Festival showcased the vital role of data in shaping decisions, improving teaching, and driving student success across the university.

The case for a systems approach to technology in organisations

On Thursday, 9 May, Professor Lisa Seymour presented the second of four inaugural lectures taking place this month as part of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Inaugural Lecture series.

Elections 2024: ‘Dose of scepticism’ needed as personal data becomes vulnerable

Personal data becomes susceptible to being used across political parties and polling companies. A “dose of scepticism” will be required to mitigate falling victim to getting your personal data in nefarious hands.

Infrastructure and innovation for a healthy Africa

Highlighting the globally competitive excellence at UCT, the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) researchers developed leading-edge infrastructure and innovation to address urgent health challenges.

CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science

The school provides early career researchers (M-level to postdoc) with the foundational data science skills, which include technical skills and responsible research practices, to enable them to work with their data in an effective and efficient manner

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