Committees
Local Organising Committee
General Chair and Co-Chair
Prof Mehrdad Ghaziasgar
(General Organising Chair)
University of the Western Cape
Prof Louise Leenen
(General Organising Co-Chair)
University of the Western Cape
Technical Programme Committee
Prof Aurona Gerber
(Technical Chair)
Stellenbosch University
Mr Anban Pillay
(Proceedings Chair)
University of
KwaZulu-Natal
Prof Terence van Zyl
Institute for Intelligent Systems
University of Johannesburg
Dr Paige Benton
African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
University of Johannesburg
Prof Jesse Heyninck
Research Program Towards High-quality and Intelligent Systems (THIS) Department of Computer Science
Open University, the Netherlands
Prof Eduan Kotzé
Computer Science and Informatics
University of the Free State
Dr Edgar Jembere
Academic Leader: Computer Science
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Prof Knut Hinkelmann
Head of Research Group Intelligent Information Systems
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Dr Fabio Tollon
Edinburgh Futures Institute
University of Edinburgh
Prof Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem
Head of Department: Philosophy
Head of Department: Philosophy
University of Pretoria
Prof Marelie Davel
Director of the Multilingual Speech Technologies (MuST) Research Group, Faculty of Engineering
North-West University
Prof Giovanni Casini
Institute of Information Science and Technology (ISTI)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Prof Sunet Eybers
Applied Artificial Intelligence, Data Science Teaching and Learning, Design Science Research
University of South Africa
Unconference Committee
Dr Oluwakorede M. Oluyide
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of the Western Cape
Mr Clayton K. Baker
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of the Western Cape
Mr Mluleki Bryan Sinqadu
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Mr Sibonelo Dlamini
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ms Yuvika Singh
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Tevin Moodley
(Unconference Co-Chair)
University of Johannesburg
Tutorial Committee
Dr Ayinde Mohammed Usman
(Tutorial Chair)
University of the Western Cape
SACAIR Steering Committee
Prof Aurona Gerber
Committee Member &
Chair of the SACAIR Steering Committee
Chair of the SACAIR Steering Committee
Stellenbosch University
Mr Anban Pillay
Committee Member
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Prof Alta de Waal
Committee Member & Treasurer
University of Pretoria
Prof Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem
Committee Member
University of Pretoria
Committee Member
University of Pretoria
Dr Edgar Jembere
Committee Member
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Prof Terence van Zyl
Committee Member
University of Johannesburg
