Postgraduate symposium
SAICSIT 2026 offers postgraduate students at masters and doctoral levels the opportunity to actively engage with their peers and established researchers on the first day of the conference. Successful students will be required to present their research during the dedicated session on Monday 13 July. Participation is open to all CS, IS and IT postgraduate research students at any stage of their research. The Postgraduate symposium provides students an excellent opportunity to do presentations of their research in a friendly and fertile environment; present research to peers and experienced supervisors for valuable feedback; participate by also providing feedback to peers; and meet other postgraduate researchers working on similar areas of research but based in different locations.
Programme
Postgraduate symposium programme
Postgraduate symposium programme
Invited talk
Dario Fanucchi
Dario Fanucchi is a computer scientist and mathematician, and co-founder of Isazi Consulting, one of Africa’s longest-standing applied AI companies. Since 2012, Isazi has built and deployed production machine learning systems across 10 industries including financial services, supply chain, and global fund administration, operating across five geographies in environments where accuracy is not optional. Dario holds dual BSc Honours degrees in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was awarded the William Cullen Medal as the most distinguished science graduate of his year. He represented South Africa in the International Mathematics Olympiad and has published peer-reviewed research in forecasting. His work sits at the intersection of rigorous mathematics and systems that have to perform at scale.