Postgraduate Supervision
Completed
- MSc
- Mr Steven Ruskin. Wits. MSc by coursework and research report, report titled Polygonal
approximation algorithms with application to aerial photographs. Degree awarded May
1998.
- Ms Tamsin Herbert. Wits. MSc by coursework and research report, report titled Women role
models in computer science at the University of the Witwatersrand. Degree awarded on 23
November 2000.
- Ms Tina Götschi. Wits. Co-supervisor with Dr Vashti Galpin. MSc by coursework and
research report, report titled Mental models of recursion. Graduated with distinction on 29
April 2004.
- Mr Leonard Hagger. Wits. MSc by dissertation, dissertation titled A greedy heuristic for
Axial Line Placement in collections of convex polygons. Graduated with distinction in April
2005.
- Ms Linda Wedderburn. Wits (School of Science Education). Co-supervisor with Prof M
Rollnick. MSc coursework and research report, report titled The learning styles and approaches
of students studying the Fundamental Algorithmic Concepts course at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Graduated with distinction in November 2005.
- Mr Berhane Mengisteab. Wits. MSc by dissertation, dissertation titled Single-crossing orthogonal
axial lines in orthogonal rectangles. Graduated in November 2007.
- Mr Unnel-Teddy Ngoumandjoka. Wits. MSc by dissertation, dissertation titled Correlation
Between Internet Usage and Academic Performance Among University Students. Graduated
in June 2012.
- Mr Jan van der Linde. Unisa. MSc by dissertation, dissertation titled Enlarging Directed
Graphs to Ensure All Nodes are Contained in Cycles. Graduated on 13 May 2016.
- Ms Saadia Essa, Unisa, MSc by dissertation, dissertation titled Using an e-learning tool to
overcome difficulties in learning object-oriented programming. Graduated on 22 June 2016.
- Mr Thomas Marokane, Unisa, MTech by dissertation, dissertation titled Hindrances to learning
to program in an introductory programming module. Graduated on 15 September 2017.
- Mr Thabo Khomo, Unisa, MTech, co-supervisor with Dr Colin Pilkington, dissertation titled
The use of information and communication technology by mathematics and physical science
teachers at secondary schools. Graduated on 12 March 2019.
- Mr Sewisha Lehong, Unisa, MSc. Co-supervisor with Prof Judy van Biljon. Dissertation
titled Supervisors’ perspectives of usability guidelines for learning management systems in
open distance learning environments. Graduated on 9 October 2020.
- Ms Louise Cronje, Unisa, MSc, Dissertation titled Semi-automated class attendance monitoring
using smart phone technology. Graduated on 31 May 2021.
- Phillip Choshi, Unisa, MSc. Co-supervisor with Prof Judy van Biljon. Dissertation titled Mobile
Applications in supporting Open and Distance Learning students’ research. Graduated
on 1 December 2021.
- PhD
- Dr Benjamin Okundaye. Wits. Co-supervisor with Prof Sigrid Ewert. Thesis titled A Tree Grammar-based Visual Password Scheme. Graduated on 9 December 2015.
- Dr Adejide Olu Ade-Ibijola, Wits. Co-supervisor with Prof Sigrid Ewert. Thesis titled Automatic
Novice Program Comprehension for Semantic Bug Detection. Graduated on 5 July
2016.
- Dr John Kamau, Unisa. Thesis titled Adoption of free desktop open source software in developing
countries in Africa: A case of Kenyan university students. Graduated on 14 March
2018.
- Dr Nuru Jingili. Wits. Co-supervisor with Prof Sigrid Ewert. Thesis titled Syntactic Generation
of Similar Pictures. Graduated on 7 July 2020.
- Dr Kehinde Aruleba. Wits. Co-supervisor with Prof Sigrid Ewert (Wits) and Dr Mpho
Raborife (UJ). Thesis titled Extracting Finite Automata from Hand-drawn Images. Graduated
on 7 December 2020.
- Dr Emmanuel Freeman, Unisa. Co-supervisor with Prof Bester Chimbo. Thesis titled A
framework for activity-based computer programming instruction in a blended learning environment.
Graduated on 4 May 2022.
- Dr Anil Pise, Wits. Co-supervisor with Prof Hima Vadapalli. Thesis titled Facial Emotion
Recognition Using Temporal Relational Network: An Application to E-learning. Graduated
on 18 July 2022.
- Dr Edward Zimudzi, Unisa. Thesis titled Few-shot learning for image classification and
object detection. Graduated on 12 October 2022.
- Dr Olaperi Yeside Okuboyejo. Co-supervisor with Prof Sigrid Ewert (Wits). Thesis titled
Enhanced Automatic Feedback Generation for the Learning of Regular Expressions. Graduated on 12 December 2022.
- Dr Tlou James Ramabu, Unisa, PhD. Co-supervisor with Prof Marthie Schoeman. Thesis titled An Animation-Based Pedagogical Framework for Struggling Introductory Programming Students. Graduated on 11 April 2024.
- Dr Samkeliso Dube, Co-supervisor with Dr Anitta Thomas. Thesis titled Detecting Informal Structures Within Formal Residential Areas: A Case of Bulawayo Metropolitan Area. Graduated on 18 October 2024.
Current supervisions
- MSc
- Barnet Liwonde, Unisa, MSc, Co-supervisor with Prof Bester Chimbo, Dissertation titled Factors that enable transformation of a secondary school into an e-school
- PhD
- Gilbert Dzawo, Unisa, PhD. Co-supervisor with Dr Anitta Thomas. Thesis titled Using knowledge of students’ learning approaches for course design in Computer Science.
- Nthabiseng Mokoena, UJ, PhD, Co-supervisor with Prof Hima Vadapalli. At the thesis proposal stage.
- Hosiah Masha, PhD, Co-supervisor with Prof Hima Vadapalli. At the thesis proposal stage.
Examination of postgraduate degrees
I have examined 15 Master's dissertations or research reports and 8 PhD theses.