{"id":10876,"date":"2025-11-30T00:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saicsit.org\/2026\/?page_id=10876"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:34:43","slug":"postgraduate-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saicsit.org\/2026\/postgraduate-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10876\" class=\"elementor elementor-10876\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a6abe5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default pxl-shape-divider-none\" data-id=\"3a6abe5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7aa976f pxl-column-element-default\" data-id=\"7aa976f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n                    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7427ad5 pxl-heading-layout-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"7427ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-heading-wrap d-flex layout1\">\n    <div class=\"pxl-heading-inner center\">\n        \n        <h2 class=\"heading-title\">\n            <span >\n                Postgraduate symposium            <\/span>\n                    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de40d24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"de40d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl_text_editor-de40d24-6618\" class=\"pxl-text-editor-wrap d-flex\" >\n\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n        <p>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.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-764d439 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default pxl-shape-divider-none\" data-id=\"764d439\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                <div class=\"elementor-column 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<\/span>\n                    <\/h3>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b85ef0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default pxl-shape-divider-none\" data-id=\"1b85ef0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ba9a5d pxl-column-element-default\" data-id=\"8ba9a5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n                    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4f3381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4f3381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/saicsit.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dario.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12331\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saicsit.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dario.png 495w, https:\/\/saicsit.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dario-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-968b2eb pxl-column-element-default\" data-id=\"968b2eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n                    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99558e9 pxl-heading-layout-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"99558e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-heading-wrap d-flex layout1\">\n    <div class=\"pxl-heading-inner \">\n        \n        <h4 class=\"heading-title\">\n            <span >\n                Dario Fanucchi            <\/span>\n                    <\/h4>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c52470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"0c52470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl_text_editor-0c52470-7141\" class=\"pxl-text-editor-wrap d-flex\" >\n\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n        <p>Dario Fanucchi is a computer scientist and mathematician, and co-founder of Isazi Consulting, one of Africa&#8217;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.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e07e55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default pxl-shape-divider-none\" data-id=\"7e07e55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3fb0a0 pxl-column-element-default\" data-id=\"c3fb0a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n                    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a24f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48a24f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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