{"id":162298,"date":"2016-05-22T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=162298"},"modified":"2016-05-22T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T13:02:28","slug":"the-smartest-computer-science-students-at-uj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/162298-the-smartest-computer-science-students-at-uj.html","title":{"rendered":"The smartest computer science students at UJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Johannesburg was established in 2005 when the former Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand, and Vista University merged.<\/p>\n

UJ is one of South Africa\u2019s top academic institutions, with nine faculties, more than 90 departments, and around 48,000 students.<\/p>\n

Over the years the university has produced many graduates who excelled in their fields, like rugby players Bryan Habana and Francois Pienaar.<\/p>\n

UJ is also known for its excellent Academy Computer Science and Software Engineering, which is headed by Professor Ehlers.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband asked UJ\u00a0who its\u00a0top computer science students are, and the university gave us the four learners\u00a0below.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Paul Downs<\/h3>\n

\"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin Paul Downs placed in the top 10 for both majors during his undergraduate degree, and received both undergraduate and honours degrees cum laude.<\/p>\n

His honours project focused on \u201cImmunoOptiDrone – Towards Re-Factoring an Evolutionary Drone Control Model for Use in Immunological Optimization Problems”.<\/p>\n

The research produced during his award-winning honours project was published in a peer-reviewed international A.I. conference and\u00a0SCOPUS-indexed journal.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the third-year team he mentored won the Academy’s Projects Day and will compete at the Microsoft Imagine Cup South African Finals.<\/p>\n

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Michael John Brooke<\/h3>\n

\"Michael<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael John Brooke has been honoured at every top achievers function held by the Academy during his studies.<\/p>\n

He was presented with the prize for best final-year student at the Academy Computer Science and Software Engineering for both majors.<\/p>\n

His team also won last year’s Discovery Hackathon.<\/p>\n

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Margaux Fourie<\/h3>\n

\"Margaux<\/a><\/p>\n

Margaux Fourie was one of the top first-year students in the Faculty of Science, and is always among the best in her undergraduate modules.<\/p>\n

Her second-year project team is set to compete as a national finalist in the local Microsoft 2016 Imagine Cup competition.<\/p>\n

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Chukwudi Nnaemeka Fortune Obodoekwe<\/h3>\n

\"Nnaemeka<\/a>Chukwudi Nnaemeka Fortune Obodoekwe was regularly one of the top students in his undergraduate IT modules.<\/p>\n

His third-year team took first place at the Academy\u2019s annual Projects Day competition in 2015, and will compete as a national finalist at the local Microsoft Imagine Cup competition.<\/p>\n

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