FDCR 2025
Workshops & Tutorials Programme Overview
(subject to change)
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Venue: Coastlands Hotel and Conference Centre, Umhlanga
| Session | Quantum Computing: A Digital Revolution for Africa | Mini-DH-IGNITE: Bridging Digital Capabilities and Computational Methods in Humanities Research | Next Generation NLP: Generative AI Tools and R&D Advancements for the Digital Era |
| Venue | African Fire 1 | African Fire 2 | African Fire 3 |
| 08:30 | Welcome & Agenda | Welcome & Introduction | Introduction to Generative AI |
| 09:00 | Talk 1: Intro to QC & Africa’s Potential | Overview of Digital Humanities Tools and Methodologies | |
| 09:30 | Talk 2: HPC and QC Supercomputing | ||
| 10:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | ||
| 10:30 | Talk 3: Opportunities for Innovation; SDGs | Hands-on Session: Text Analysis with Voyant and Digital Annotation Techniques | Demonstration + Walkthrough: Open Source Tools, Story Generation, Document Analysis |
| 11:00 | Student Lightning Talks x3 | ||
| 11:30 | Talk 4: Mitigating Risks, Quantum Safe, Quantum Education | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 13:00 | Panel discussion: Tackling Africa’s SDGs with Quantum Technologies | Panel Discussion: The Future of Digital Scholarship in South Africa | Designing Your Own 5G Network: A Hands-On Workshop |
| Welcome and CSIR 5G Testbed Current Status and Future Plans | |||
| 13:30 | Practical Session: HPC and QC for Healthcare Research | Presentations: Elements of 5G Network, Mobile Network Testbed, Network Emulation Tools | |
| 14:00 | Installation and Setup of Network Emulation Tools | ||
| 14:30 | Tea / Coffee Break | ||
| 15:00 | Practical Session: HPC and QC for Healthcare Research | Structured Networking and Collaboration Opportunities | Hands-on Lab (Live Configuration of 5G End-to-End Network) |
| 15:30 | |||
| 16:00 | Demonstration: Network Performance Management Tool | ||
| 16:30 | Close | ||
