The tables below contains all current research fields offered within the School of Computing (SoC) at Unisa, as well as supervision slots available per supervisor. Do note that the advertised slots may not be accurate at the time of this page being accessed. Slots available are only updated after confirmation of prior requests for supervision.
For general information on the MSc ITM degree, click here.
Internal Supervisors | Email @unisa.ac.za | Research area | MSc ITM supervision slots open | Master's supervision slots open | PhD supervision slots open |
Dr Mampilo Phahlane None | phahlmm | Adoption and use of information systems by organizations and individuals. | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Prof Felix Bankole Computer Science | bankofo | Expert Systems, Telecommunication Systems, Database Systems, Decision Support Systems, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. ICT impact | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Prof Adele Da Veiga Information Systems | dveiga | * Information (cyber) security culture / privacy culture - developing frameworks, assessments, maturity models for various industries, countries, contexts, assessing influences of behaviour or theories, considering different organisational cultures, leadership, creativity or innovation influences. * POPIA - Defining implementation frameworks, assessing the impact of privacy in various contexts. * Women in Cybersecurity - challenges, improving diversity, creating a culture of inclusiveness, etc | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Elmarie Kritzinger Information Systems | kritze | Information / Cyber Safety Awareness & Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Hugo Lotriet Information Systems | lotrihh | Prof Lotriet is a researcher in Information Systems. His focus is on socio-technical aspects of the adoption and use of information systems in organizations and society. His main areas of focus are on the adoption and use of IS in organizations, society and developing countries. He is a qualitative researcher (i.e. the use of non-statistical research methods and approaches). He would be particularly interested in students who wish to study the design, adoption and use of information systems in relation to the UN priority areas such as: Sustainable development; Peacekeeping; Dealing with natural and other disasters; Migrants and migration; Making education accessible to all; e-Government resistance; Climate change. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Peter Mkhize Information Systems | mkhizpl | Knowledge management, Strategic Information Systems; Social media impact on Knowledge Management; Role of Knowledge Management in the 4th Industrial Revolution era; Tacit knowledge conversion; Knowledge transfer in Software development; and Changing nature of work. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Prof Ernest Mnkandla Computer Science | mnkane | Students may select an area from: AREA 1. Artificial Intelligence to tackle socio-economic challenges. AREA 2. Managing software quality using contemporary technologies/environments such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Agile Development, DevOps, IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, etc. AREA 3. Artificial intelligence ethics. AREA 4. Augmented intelligence. | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Prof Bester Chimbo Information Systems | chimbb | HCI (xR); Eye Tracking Technology; Child-Computer Interaction; Designing for children with children and other special user groups; Design of Technology for Education; HCI4D. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Grant Howard Information Systems | howargr | Autonomous or Self-driving Organisations || IT Innovation || Digital Transformation/IT-Organisational Change/Organisational Transformation and IS/IT || Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies and Organisations || Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies and Education || Artificial Intelligence in Education || Smart Sustainable Cities || Green Information Systems/Information Technology/Computing (Green IS/IT/ICT) || ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) || | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Prof Lucas Khoza Information Systems | khozalt | Area 1: Digital transformation in Agile projects. Area 2: Scaled Agile in software projects. Area 3: IT Project Management. Area 4: Agile Software Project Success. | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Prof Mathias Mujinga Information Systems | mujinm | Information Security, Usable Security, Cloud Computing Security, IS Service Quality | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Keshnee Padayachee Information Systems | padayk | Option 1: Insider Threat Management encompasses the management of insider threats. An insider threat is an internal threat that uses the authority granted to them to attack an organisations IT infrastructure (e.g., unauthorised extraction, exfiltration of data, tampering with data, deletion of critical assets, etc.) Qualification Streams: PhD (Information Systems)/Masters (Computing)/ Masters (Information Technology Management) Option 2: Computing Education encompasses the teaching and learning of programming, and the development of new techniques for teaching and assessing it (integrating pedagogical and computational perspectives). Qualification Streams: PhD (Science, Engineering and Technology)/Masters (Computing Education) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Shawren Singh Information Systems | singhs | Digital-government | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Prof Bobby Tait Computer Science | taitbl | Biometrics, Blockchain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Prof Sreedevi Vallabhapurapu Computer Science | vallas | 1. Development of Environmental friendly and Energy efficient ReRAM type memories for "Green computing". 2. FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION(4IR) | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Prof Mc Donald Van der Merwe Information Systems | vdmertm | E-learning, m-learning, psycho-physiological aspects of Human-Computer Interaction (will require lab work in the Florida campus in Johannesburg), Open Source movement, Smart campuses. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prof Etienne van der Poel Computer Science | evdpoel | Computational Creativity, Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Prof Corne Van Staden Information Systems Only available as co-supervisor | vstadcj1 | User experience, m-learning, e-learning and eModeration | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dr Hanifa Abdullah Information Systems | abdulh | Information privacy/data privacy protection, Information privacy protection awareness, Information privacy compliance, Information security Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Danie Bisschoff Computer Science | dbischof | Designing Banking Technology for the Aged and Disabled | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Ms Portia Buthelezi Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | mathimp | Technology in business and society: Fin-Tech & Tech-Fin; information systems in raising awareness (awareness tech); information systems and indigenous knowledge management; mobile bullying; digitalisation, digitisation & artificial intelligence. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Baldreck Chipangura Information Systems | chipab | Securing land and other indigenous properties in developing countries. The objective of this research is to design systems/frameworks/architectures for securing the administration of land and other indigenous properties in developing countries. In most developing countries indigenous people occupy and use land for farming/grazing or mining. The land belongs to a community, but the native people do not have title deeds over the land. Hence, students with proper programming experience are required. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Dr Cyrille Dongmo Computer Science | dongmc | Combining semi-formal and formal specification techniques - Requirements Engineering - Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering (GORE) Methods - Formal Software Requirement Specification with Z/Object-Z - User Requirements Notation (URN). Specific topics: 1- Reverse engineering jUCMNav (URN process, formal method, tool development) 2- Virtual system for street work seekers: making street work permanent employees (Software Engineering, virtual company creation, smart cities) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Dr Patricia Gouws Information Systems | gouwspm | Robotics, programming, social media | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mr Ken Halland Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | hallakj | Applied Logic and Description Logics | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Dr Alfred Kgopa Information Systems | kgopaat | (1) Human computer interaction - which includes social informatics, information, and society/culture. (2) Mobile computing (which includes smart farming, smart cities, cloud computing, mLearning, and mHealth). (3) Adoption of AI and robotics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Petra le Roux Computer Science | lrouxp | ODL e-Learning and e-Assessment; Computer Science Education : Programming; Sociological Aspects of Computing; User Experience | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Stevens Mamorobela Information Systems | mamorsp | Knowledge management Systems, Expert Systems, Knowledge Management strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises, Information Security as it relates to knowledge sharing; Social media impact on Knowledge Management; Work Integrated Learning and the future of work in the 4th Industrial Revolution era. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dr Themba Masombuka Computer Science | masomkt | Software engineering, Agile software development, DevOps, | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Dr Samuel Mtsweni Computer Science | mtswees | Information Systems, Information Systems Development, Information System Development Projects, Software Development, Software Development Projects, IS Adoption and Usage, Agile Project Management ,Knowledge Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Vincent Mzazi Information Systems | hornevz | Areas: e-health. epidemiology research. primary health care. public health medicine. quality assurance and clinical practice guidelines. community outreach primary health care. m-health. ICT4Health. Preference: I would like to work with students that are interested in projects that have an indepth engagement with the health system, rather than a superficial one. | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mr Lindelani Nxumalo Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | nxumals | Knowledge Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mr Elisha Ochola Computer Science | ocholeo | Routing Protocols in Mobile Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Ad Hoc Networks Security | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mrs Dorothy Scholtz Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | scholid | Cyber safety awareness, e-Learning, Project Management, Information Systems, ODL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Sam Ssemugabi Information Systems | ssemus | Human-Computer Interaction (usability/User experience of 4IR technologies/applications); 4IR technology driven e-learning; digitalization/e-skiils; Application of 4IR technologies in developing countries/ resource-constrained communities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Anitta Thomas Computer Science | thomaa | Diagram specifications, automated processing of diagrams | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Ronell van der Merwe Computer Science | vdmerwer | Open and distance education Using Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in ODeL Big databases | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mrs Ruthea Vorster Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | rvorster | Green Computing, Sustainable IT, Green Information Systems Information Privacy Culture, Information Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mr Siphe Mhlana Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | mhlans2 | ICT and education, e-learning, Social media, m-learning, text-to-speech | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ms Tebatso Moape Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | moapetg | I am looking for students to supervise in Computational Linguistics. Computational Linguistics is a combination of Linguistics, Machine Leaning and Artificial Intelligence. Research in this area includes the development of Machine Translation Systems, Part of Speech Taggers, Language Modelling, Morphological analyzers, e.t.c. | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Ms Promise Mvelase Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | mvelap | Emerging technologies, cyber-physical systems/IoT, Data Analytics (Big data/small data), Cyber-infrastructure (Software and advanced networks, computing systems, advanced instruments and data repositories, visualization environments) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mr Kokisa Phorah Computer Science Only available as co-supervisor | phorake | I am looking for Honours and Masters degrees students. I can organize co-supervision for PhD students with collaboration with researchers of high caliber from University of Pretoria, Rhodes University and AIMS (Cape Town)/ University Stellenbosch. 1. Application of ML/AI of different sectors 2. Developing predictive models using ML and AI 3. Data Sciences 4. Natural Language processing 5. Deep leaning 6. Image ausing ML and AI Others 1. ICT in education and eLearning 2. EA 3. E-health | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Mr Elias Tabane Information Systems Only available as co-supervisor | tabane | Internet of things( IoT), Web of Things ( WoT), Digital skills Machine learning Ai Data Science | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Dr Emil van der Poll Information Systems | vdpolae | Dr. Emil van der Poll, an Information Systems researcher, specializes in qualitative research centered on the sociotechnical and sociocultural aspects of information technology utilization and integration in both organizational and societal contexts. He is actively looking to mentor students passionate about investigating the design, development, adoption, and application of artificial intelligence concerning indigenous knowledge and underrepresented communities. Additionally, he welcomes postgraduate candidates eager to explore the use of game-based learning and augmented reality to improve teaching and learning in computing education. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
External Supervisors | Research area | MSc ITM supervision slots open | Master's supervision slots open | PhD supervision slots open |