Members

The MOOCTA Research Group consists of dedicated researchers and academics from various institutions.

Dr. Chinedu Izuchukwu

Senior Lecturer

School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Research Interests: Optimization Theory, Numerical & Computational Methods, Differential Equations.

Prof. Maggie Aphane

Associate Professor & HOD

Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Research Interests: Topology, Fixed-point theory and its Applications.

Dr. Matthews Sejeso

Lecturer

School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand

Research Interests: Mathematical foundations of data science, mathematical modelling and optimization.

Dr. Rosephine Georgina Rakotonirainy

Lecturer

Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town

Research Interests: Operations Research, Metaheuristics, Cutting and packing problems.

Dr. Hammed Abass

Lecturer

Sol Plaatje University

Research Interests: Variational Analysis, Operator Theory, Nonlinear Optimization.

Dr. Nouralden Mohammed

Lecturer

University of the Witwatersrand

Research Interests: Stochastic Optimization, Computational and Applied Mathematics.