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Seminars

Welcome to the Research Seminar series hosted by the Department of Information Systems. These monthly seminar sessions are designed to showcase the research that is being completed at the department. Although most of the seminars are presented by staff members, we also frequently host visitors, colleagues from other departments and post-graduate students.

Please inform Ms Aayesha Patel Aayesha.Patel@uct.ac.za of your e-mail address if you'd like to attend the above and/or be informed of upcoming seminars.

Schedule

The research seminars are scheduled for the last Wednesday of each Month. They start at 12:30 (for 13:00) and should be finished before 14:00. They normally take place in Leslie Commerce Building room 6.14.

Seminar Listing

Below you will find a listing of the seminars that have been held. To view more information about a particular seminar, click on the link entitled "[more]" next to the seminar title.

2008 Seminars

Speaker Topic Date
Mr. Kosheek Sewchurran Situating knowledge claims in broader Social Systems [More] 2008/06/25
Mr. Kevin Johnston News You Can Use [More] 2008/05/28
Mr. Steve Vosloo Digital storytelling for Africa: Case Study of an International Digital Media Project [More] 2008/04/23
Prof. Antonie Stam User Error and Decision Quality in Decision Support Systems [More] 2008/04/02
Dr. Joachim Schaper Ubiquitous Computing in Business Processes [More] 2008/04/01

18-22 February 2008: Lunchtime Lecture Series

Notice of a series of lectures by Professor Trauth

TIME: 12H30 – 14H00 (Monday – Thursday) and 12H45 – 14H15 (Friday)

DATE: VENUE TOPIC
Monday 18 February The Gallery, Centre for African Studies, Upper Campus Information Technology and Economic Development:  A Case Study of Ireland
Tuesday, 19 February The Gallery, Centre for African Studies, Upper Campus Gender in the Information Economy
Wednesday, 20 February Seminar Room 4.01. Centre for African Studies, Upper Campus Gender in the Global Information Economy
Thursday, 21 February Seminar Room 4.01, Centre for African Studies, Upper Campus Linking Economic Development and Workforce Diversity in the Information Economy
Friday, 22 February Room 6.14, Leslie Commerce Building, Upper Campus Qualitative Research and Information Technology

SPEAKER

Eileen M. Trauth is Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach and International Engagement, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology and Director of the Center for the Information Society at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research is concerned with societal, cultural and organizational influences on information technology and the information technology professions with a special focus on the role of diversity within the field. As a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, Dr. Trauth undertook a multi-year investigation of socio-cultural influences on the emergence of Ireland’s information economy. She has also analyzed cultural, economic, infrastructure and public policy influences on the development of information technology occupational clusters in the U.S. Dr. Trauth has investigated gender under representation in the information technology professions in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United States with grants from the National Science Foundation and Science Foundation Ireland. She is recipient of a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies in Austria. She has also published papers and books on qualitative research methods, global informatics, information policy, information management and information systems skills.

A finger lunch and refreshments will be provided.  To RSVP please call 650 4242 or email: Linda.Magodla@uct.ac.za

2007 Seminars

Speaker Topic Date
Prof Jean-Paul Van Belle Barriers to ICT Adoption for Micro-Business in South Africa [More] 2007/02/21
Kevin Johnston The need for a course in Forensic Information Systems at South African Universities [More] 2007/03/14
Prof Irwin Brown Investigating Impediments to Academic Success in an IS Degree Programme A South African Perspective [More] 2007/04/18
Peter Underwood The Invisible Web [More]
  • The Hidden Web - Click here (.PPT) (343 KB)
  • URLs - Click here (.DOC) (67.5 KB)
2007/05/16
Elaine Byrne Transformation in IS education: Whose concepts should be changing? [More]
  • Concepts - Click here (.PPT) (2.4 MB)
2007/06/27
Lisa Seymour RFID Adoption factors within the South African Container Supply Chain [More]
  • Research Seminar - Click here (.PPTX) (577.6 KB) (15/08/2007)
2007/08/08
Kevin Johnston Information Systems for the Public Sector to improve service delivery [More] 2007/08/28
Prof. Dewald Roode Information Infrastructure in SMMEs: Building block or happenstance? [More]
  • Information Infrastructure In SMMEs - Click here (.PPTX) (786.6 KB) (07/12/2007)
2007/10/24
Prof. Mike Kyobe Factors Influencing SME Compliance with Government Legislation on Use of IT: The Case of South Africa [More] 2007/11/28

2006 Seminars

Speaker Topic Date
Cliff Court An Alternative, Practical Plus Sustainable Approach to Addressing the Digital Divide [More] [Presentation] 2006/02/22
Petro van Rhyn & Helen Alexander Marketing Strategy for E-Government Services in South Africa: The Case of Cape Gateway Project [More] 2006/03/22
Kosheek Sewchurran Business Process modelling in Complex Environments [More] 2006/04/19
Raymond Kekwaletswe Ubiquitous Social Presence: Context-Awareness in a Mobile Learning Environment [More] [Presentation] 2006/05/24
  SACLA Conference - No Seminar 2006/06/28
Kevin Johnson Key issues for Chief Information Officers [More] 2006/07/26
Alan Abrahams Cost-Sensitive Learning and Profit Optimal Decision Trees [More] [Presentation] 2006/08/23
Janine Joubert Building Trust in Mobile Commerce [More] [Presentation] 2006/09/06
Mario Marais An Overview of the Research Initiatives of the ICT in Education Research Group of the Meraka Institute [More] [Presentation] 2006/10/04
Prof Dewald Roode The Question Concerning Best Practices [More] [Presentation] 2006/11/29

2005 Seminars

Speaker Topic Date
Niall Levine The Application of Structuration Theory to Telecom Reform and Convergence in South Africa 2005/10/26
Prof. Michael Kyobe Using Information Technologies to support Knowledge Transformation: Current issues and challenges [more] 2005/09/28
Kosheek Sewchurran The Extent to which an Enterprise Data Architectural Approach supported the Knowledge Management Aims of a Flexible Manufacturer [more] 2005/08/24
Prof. Olayele Adelakun Offshore IT Outsourcing, Success Factors, Economically Emerging Countries [more] 2005/07/27
Irwin Brown Grounding SISP in Theory - Reflections on a Qualitative Study [more] 2005/06/29
Wallace Chigona Success Factors of Public-Funded Communal Computing Among the Urban Poor: The case of Cape Town [more] 2005/05/18
Brian O'Donovan Reflections on the changes in the management paradigm since the 18th century [more] 2005/03/16
Mikko Korpela Experiences in Information Systems Research in Healthcare in Africa and in Finland: Projects and Methodologies [more] 2005/02/16
Kechil Kirkham & Dr Lisa Seymour The Value of Teaching Using a Live ERP System with Resource Constraints  [more] 2005/01/26

2004 Seminars

Speaker Topic Date
Dr Jean-Paul Van Belle A Proposed Low-cost Architecture for a Novel Smart Whiteboard: the Textbook-on-the-Wall project [more] 2004/11/24
Kevin Johnston Every Question Deserves an Answer. [more] 2004/10/27
Prof Mike Hart OLAP Revisited: Using the Multidimensional Cube to Assist with Business Decision-making [more] 2004/07/28
Elsje Scott The Impact of the Adoption of Object-Orientated Testing Practices - A South African Perspective [more] 2004/06/15
Dr George Ditsa Knowledge Management about Knowledge Management Systems: A Conceptual Cleansing [more] 2004/06/02
Prof. Dewald Roode It's not the Digital Divide - it's the Socio-Techno Divide! [more] 2004/04/21
Kevin Johnston Does the Intranet Empower Knowledge Workers? A survey in the Western Cape of South Africa [more] 2004/03/31
Prof. Klaus Brunnstein Detection of Malicious Software [more] 2004/03/03

2003 Seminars

Speaker Topic Date
Elsje Scott & Nata van der Merwe Using multiple assessment approaches to enhance objectivity and student learning [more] 2003/11/26
Dick Ng'ambi A Journey from Theory to Methods: A Case or Structuration Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) 2003/10/15
Irwin Brown Cellphone banking: Predictors of consumer adoption in South Africa, and comparisons with Internet banking [more] 2003/08/10
Prof. Dewald Roode Research in Information Systems: Past and Present 2003/07/30
Graham Mcleod Enhancing Enterprise Architecture Models with Cost, Risk and Quality Dimensions [more] 2003/06/25
Kevin Johnston An Evaluation of the Factors that Impact Open Source Software Uptake in South African Organisations [more] 2003/05/28
Prof. Dewald Roode A framework for understanding ICT-enabled sustainable socio-economic development 2003/04/23
Jean-Paul Van Belle Leveraging theoretical IS frameworks by exploiting the similarities between different information systems research areas 2003/03/26
Dr Laszlo Pooke Cultural Background of Systems Analysis 2003/02/19

 


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