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Happy Holidays to
you all, dear Witsies!
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Wits celebrates thousands of Graduands at its
December Graduation ceremonies
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... and165
(red-gowned) PhDs, who through their effort and determination, have
graduated, ready to use the knowledge and skills that they have
attained to change the world for good.
Read more here.
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New
High-Tech Digital Dome Catapults Johannesburg Planetarium into
the Future
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Wits University and Anglo American to transform
the Johannesburg Planetarium into a world-class digital research,
training, and science engagement facility.
Students, researchers, and Joburgers will soon have access to a
cutting-edge 360-degree visual experience in the new Wits Anglo
American Digital Dome, where they will learn through immersion in
multi-dimensional, cross-disciplinary worlds.
“We are creating a high-tech 360° IMAX-like theatre, just
better,” says Professor Roger Deane, Director of the Wits Centre
for Astrophysics and the SKA Chair in Radio Astronomy at Wits.
Deane has served as Chair of the Digital Dome Working Group,
which includes leading AI researchers, scientists, digital
artists, and quantum computing engineers. “The Digital Dome will
provide an incredible theatre experience, but it will also serve
a greater purpose – it will assist researchers across all
disciplines to visualise data in a profound way.”
Read more here.
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New high-tech Digital Dome
catapults Johannesburg Planetarium into the future
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KEEP GOING, STRAIGHT-STRAIGHT, UNTIL THE NEXT
ROBOT: HOW AN AI OBSESSION TOOK ONE WITSIE FROM
THE
LIBRARY LAWNS TO THE IVY LEAGUE
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IF YOU
COULDN'T MAKE IT for the Wits Fund Indaba, and stories from Prof George Konidaris - of
his favorite Library Lawn tree, the slushy dash, late-night
inspiration from 5FM and Barney Simon, and the evolution of all
the robots… they are here, in the recording below.
And he’ll answer the question on all our minds <queue dramatic
music>: Will Robots Take Over the World?
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George Konidaris (Wits Fund board
member) is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Brown
University, where he directs the Intelligent Robot Lab.
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The University of the
Witwatersrand Fund, Inc. is a corporation
under the Internal Revenue Code, section 501 (c) (3). Donations
are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. The Wits Fund
IRS EIN number is: 13-3902012.
Vision
To ensure that Wits University remains one of
Africa’s – and the world’s –
pre-eminent research-intensive educational institutions, with
top academic standards, committed faculty, and supportive
alumni.
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Wits
University Emeritus Professor Barry Dwolatzky launches
inspirational memoir, smartly capturing his less-than-ordinary
coded history.
In his new memoir, Coded History – A life of new beginnings, lauded as ‘revealing,
inspirational and vulnerable’, Dwolatzky captures his extraordinary
'life of new beginnings'.
He also shares his love and connection with Wits University which
spans more than 50 years, starting as a student in electrical
engineering in the early 70s where he graduated with a BSc(Eng)
degree and later his PhD, and where he has since devoted much of
his time to prepare young people for the future.
Read more here.
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