Current Postgraduate Supervision
Ameerah Allie

MSc, UCT, 2024 –

PhD, UCT, 20XX –
Robust and Secure Distributed Algorithms for Energy Management in Resource Constrained Smart Micro-grids

Aidan Bailey

MSc, UCT, 2024 –
Towards Automated Circuit Board Configuration: An ASP-Based Approach
Co-supervisor: Jesse Heyninck

Clayton Baker

PhD, UCT, 2022 –
Predictive modelling of individual human reasoning using belief revision
Co-supervisor: Marco Ragni

Lucas Carr

MSc, UCT, 2024 –
Comparison between entailment in Stable Model Semantics and System Z
Co-supervisor: Jesse Heyninck

PhD, UCT, 2023 –
Logics for Explainable AI
Co-supervisor: Deshen Moodley

Frances Gillis-Webber

PhD, UCT, 2023 –
Modelling Localised Representations of an OWL Ontology

Chipo Hamayobe

Chipo Hamayobe

MSc, UCT, 2024 –
KLM-Style Defeasible Reasoning Explanations
Co-supervisor: Jonas Haldimann

Michael Harrison

MSc, UCT, 2018 –
An algorithmic approach to rational preferential reasoning for Datalog

Jane Imrie

MSc, UCT, 2023 –
Generalised weak justifications for rational defeasible entailment and the connection to strong explanations

Yahlieel Jafta

MSc, UWC, 2021 –
Semantic data access for relational databases using an ontology
Co-supervisor: Louise Leenen

Eleanor Kedem

Eleanor Kedem

MSc, UCT, 2022 –
Simulated Annealing Using Quantum Inspired Algorithms
Co-supervisors: Francesco Petruccione and Ilya Sinayskiy

PhD, UCT, 2024 –

Luke Slater

Luke Slater

MSc, UCT, 2024 –
Knowledge Compilation for Ranked Models
Co-supervisor: Jesse Heyninck

Alberto Tagliaro

MIT, UCT, 20XX –
Ontology Mediated Water Resource Management

Ameel Valjee

MSc, UCT, 2024 –
Quantum machine learning for intrusion detection
Co-supervisor: Ilya Sinayskiy

PhD, UCT, 2024 –
Logics for explainable AI and defeasible reasoning

Past Postgraduate Supervision

Steve Wang, MSc, UCT, 2021-2023
Defeasible Justification for the KLM Framework

Clayton Baker, MSc (with Distinction), UCT, 2020-2022
An Empirical Investigation for Patterns of Belief Change in Human Reasoning

Guy Paterson-Jones (Co-supervisor: Giovanni Casini), MSc, UCT, 2020-2022
KLM-Style Defeasible Reasoning for Datalog

Jesse Heyninck, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCT, 2021-2022

Dhiresh Thakor Vallabh and Evashna Pillay, Honours Project, UCT, 2022
SCADR2 – Scalable Defeasible Reasoning Version 2

Carl Combrinck and Jaron Cohen, Honours Project, UCT, 2022
MBDR – Model-based Defeasible Reasoning

Abraham Parbhunath (Co-supervisor: Louise Leenen), MIT, UCT, 2018-2021
An analysis of cybersecurity culture in an organisation managing Critical Infrastructure

Rachel Drake (Supervisor: Deshen Moodley), MIT (with distinction), UCT, 2019-2020
A semantic Bayesian network for automated share evaluation on the JSE

Victoria Chama, MSc, UCT, 2018-2020
Explanation for Defeasible Entailment

Julian Chingoma, MSc, UCT, 2018-2020
Enriching deontic logic with typicality

Adam Kaliski, MSc (with distinction), UCT, 2018-2020
An Overview of KLM-Style Defeasible Entailment

Wiebke Toussaint (Supervisor: Deshen Moodley), MSc (with distinction), 2016-2019
Evaluation of Clustering Techniques for Generating Household Energy Consumption Patterns in a Developing Country

Gavin Rens, Claude Leon Postdoctoral Fellow, UCT, 2017-2018

Anesu Marufu, PhD, UCT, 2016-2018
Robust and Cheating-Resilient Power Auctioning on Resource Constrained Smart Micro-grids

Steve Wang, MSc, UCT, 2021-2023
Defeasible Justification for the KLM Framework

Clayton Baker, MSc (with Distinction), UCT, 2020-2022
An Empirical Investigation for Patterns of Belief Change in Human Reasoning

Guy Paterson-Jones (Co-supervisor: Giovanni Casini), MSc, UCT, 2020-2022
KLM-Style Defeasible Reasoning for Datalog

Jesse Heyninck, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCT, 2021-2022

Abraham Parbhunath (Co-supervisor: Louise Leenen), MIT, UCT, 2018-2021
An analysis of cybersecurity culture in an organisation managing Critical Infrastructure

Aidan Bailey, Daniel Park, and Joel Hamilton, Honours Project, UCT, 2021
Scalable Defeasible Reasoning

Emilly Morris and Lloyd Everett, Honours Project, UCT, 2021
Propositional Defeasible Explanation

Rachel Drake (Supervisor: Deshen Moodley), MIT (with distinction), UCT, 2019-2020
A semantic Bayesian network for automated share evaluation on the JSE

Victoria Chama, MSc, UCT, 2018-2020
Explanation for Defeasible Entailment

Julian Chingoma, MSc, UCT, 2018-2020
Enriching deontic logic with typicality

Adam Kaliski, MSc (with distinction), UCT, 2018-2020
An Overview of KLM-Style Defeasible Entailment

Wiebke Toussaint (Supervisor: Deshen Moodley), MSc (with distinction), 2016-2019
Evaluation of Clustering Techniques for Generating Household Energy Consumption Patterns in a Developing Country

Claire Denny, Clayton Baker, and Paul Freund, Honours Project, UCT, 2019
Cognitive Defeasible Reasoning

Matthew Morris and Tala Ross, Honours Project, UCT, 2019
Defeasible Disjunctive Datalog

Pieter Cilliers Pretorius and Solomon Malesa, Honours Project, UCT, 2019
EXPLOG – Explanations in Logic

Gavin Rens, Claude Leon Postdoctoral Fellow, UCT, 2017-2018

Anesu Marufu, PhD, UCT, 2016-2018
Robust and Cheating-Resilient Power Auctioning on Resource Constrained Smart Micro-grids

Blessing Ojeme (Co-supervisor: Audrey Mbogho), PhD, UCT, 2016-2018
Adoption of ICT4D frameworks to support screening for depression in Nigerian universities

Mary-Jane Antia, MIT, UCT, 2016-2018
(Multilingual) Knowledge Representation for Epistemological Access

Leonard Botha (Co-supervisor: Rafael Peñaloza), MSc, UCT, 2016-2018
The Bayesian Description Logic BALC

Elijah Roussos and Luke Neville, Honours Project, UCT, 2018
Implicative Bayesian Networks

Joshua Abraham and Thomas Pownall, Honours Project, UCT, 2018
Defeasible Datalog

Andrew Howe-Ely and Guy Green, UCT, 2018
Propositional Typicality Reasoning (PTR)

Jason Smythe and Jonathon Clark, Honours Project, UCT, 2017
Blockchain

Michael Harrison and Reid Swan, Honours Project, UCT, 2017
Preferential Reasoning for Ontologies

Gavin Rens, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRUKZN, 2015-2016

Nishal Morar (Supervisor: Aurona Gerber), MSc, UKZN, 2014-2016
Extending Classical Reasoning for Classification Queries over Ontologies

Gavin Wiener, Luke Kingsley Bell, and William Lumala, Honours Project, UCT, 2016
Mobile Onboard Vehicle Event Recorder

Marcel Teixeira, Michael Pepper, and Saleem Manjoo, Honours Project, UCT, 2016
Social Engineering Prevention Training Tool

Giovanni Casini, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRUP, 2014-2015

Nasubo Ongoma (Co-supervisor: Maria Keet), MSc (with distinction), UKZN, 2014-2015
Formalizing Temporal Attributes in Temporal Conceptual Data Models

Szymon Klarman, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRUKZN, 2013-2015

Ivan Varzinczak, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRUKZN, 2011-2015

Kody Moodley (Co-supervisor: Uli Sattler), PhD, UKZN, 2011-2015
Practical Reasoning for Defeasible Description Logics

Giovanni Casini, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRUKZN, 2012-2014

Gavin Rens (Co-supervisor: Gerhard Lakemeyer), PhD, UKZN, 2010-2014
Formalisms for Agents Reasoning with Stochastic Actions and Perceptions

Ivan Varzinczak, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIR, 2008-2011

Kevin Lee (Supervisor: Norman Foo), PhD, UNSW, 2005-2012
Inconsistency Management for Description Logics

Kody Moodley (Co-supervisor: Deshen Moodley), MSc (with distinction), UKZN, 2009-2011
Debugging and Repair of Description Logic Ontologies

Riku Nortjé (Supervisor: Arina Britz), MSc (with distinction, and recipient of the Council Platinum Award), UNISA, 2009-2011
Module Extraction for Inexpressive Description Logics

Gibson Chimamiwa (Supervisor: Aurona Gerber), MSc, UNISA, 2008-2011
Using Ontologies to Semantify a Web Information Portal

Ka-Shu Wong (Supervisor: Norman Foo), PhD, UNSW, 2005-2009

Anne Cregan (Supervisor: Norman Foo), PhD, UNSW, 2004-2008
Weaving the Semantic Web

Zhiqiang Zhuang (Supervisor: Maurice Pagnucco), MSc, UNSW, 2005-2006
Belief Change Under the Horn Fragment of Propositional Logic

Tanya van der Vyver, MSc (with distinction), UNISA, 1998-1999
Modal Logics

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