BSc(Hons) Cape Town MSc UTK PhD Cape Town

My area of expertise and interest is in computer engineering, with a direction towards high performance embedded computing. I have taught courses in computer architecture, digital systems, software engineering and programming in various languages. My current research areas focuses on FPGA-based reconfigurable computing, embedded systems, quantum computing, high performance computing (HPC) and high performance embedded computing (HPEC), and using these platforms for applications related to image processing, software defined radio, radio astronomy and radar system digital backed processing.

I am also a member of the SA-CERN collaboration under the ALICE Experiment, involved in sensing systems, data collection, and routing related to the user logic.

Research Interests

• Embedded Systems
• High Performance Computing
• Quantum Computing
• FPGAs
• Smart Sensors
• Software Defined Radio

Postgraduate Supervision

PhD

• Ike Mafa,  AI-Assisted Digital Signal Processing Development
• Lilie Leopold, AI-assisted SAR satellite data processing for the purpose of analysing water security
• Feliz Ntshangase, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Architecture for lpGBT Firmware Validation

Masters

• Christopher Hill, Distributed sensor fusion system
• Maisha Magavha, AI-Assisted Embedded Systems Programming
• Jordan Masirika, Design of an Edge AI Co-Pilot: Embedded Neural Network for Adaptive Real-Time Control in UAV Systems
• Nkosinathi Ngwenya, Designing a Power measurement and analysis, with non-intrusive load monitoring on a hybrid FPGA architecture
• Oki Okwiri, An AI Flight Assistant for Powerline Inspection UAVs
• Robin Van Wyk, Software defined radio implementation of Red Pitaya hardware platforms
• Veronique Reagon, Action Potential and Force-Sensitive Motion Capture Suit

Current Undergraduate  Teaching

• EEE3095/6S: Embedded Systems II
• EEE4120F: High Performance Digital Embedded Systems