Welcome to Quantum Science and Technology at the University of Stellenbosch

In July 2026, Stellenbosch University hosted three students as part of the NITheCS Winter Internship Programme. The internship was supervised by Prof. Francesco Petruccione and Abbas (Omid) Hassasfar from the Quantum Research Group at Stellenbosch University. From Qiskit to PennyLane The main objective of the internship was to convert selected material from the QWorld QSilver …

On Friday, 5 June 2026, Quantum@SUN and NITheCS hosted Mpho Tladi from the University of Cape Town for a seminar titled “Stochastic Krylov Dynamics: Revisiting Operator Growth in Open Quantum Systems.”  The seminar explored one of the big questions in modern quantum physics: what happens to quantum information when a system is no longer isolated …

Solomon Gizaw gave us a fascinating look into gender bias in natural language processing, using Amharic, the official federal language of Ethiopia, as the main case study. The big question behind the talk was simple but powerful: can language data itself carry gender bias before an AI model even starts making decisions? The answer was …

We are excited to welcome Dr Solomon Gizaw from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, who is currently based at the NITheCS offices at Stellenbosch University until 11 May 2026. During his visit, Dr Gizaw will give a talk titled “Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Policy Development in African Countries: A Policy Process Perspective” on Thursday, 7 May …