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The Bridging Application and Network Gaps (BANG) group examines the intersection of human computer interfaces, computer networks and software engineering within the context of ICT interventions in disadvantaged communities.

The South African Sign Language (SASL) group looks at the integration of signed and verbal communication building on the South African Sign Language Translation System.

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  • Designing mobile phone interfaces for age diversity in South Africa: “One-World” versus diverse “Islands” 
    Renaud, Karen; Blignaut, Rénette; Venter, Isabella M. (Springer, 2013)
    Designing for diversity is a laudable aim. How to achieve this, in the context of mobile phone usage by South African seniors, is a moot point. We considered this question from two possible perspectives: universal ...
  • State-of-the-art review on relevance of genetic algorithm to internet web search 
    Agbele, Kehinde K.; Adesina, Ademola Olusola; Ekong, Daniel; Ayangekun, Oluwafemi (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)
    People use search engines to find information they desire with the aim that their information needs will be met. Information retrieval (IR) is a field that is concerned primarily with the searching and retrieving of ...
  • Fast tracking students from disadvantaged backgrounds into main stream Computer Science 
    Blignaut, Rénette; Venter, Isabella M.; Cranfield, D.J. (Computer Society of South Africa, 2000)
    A computer-based training (CBT) system was used to teach Computer Literacy to full-time students at the University of the Western Cape. This approach was successful in creating computer literate students as well as creating ...
  • A query-based SMS translation in information access system 
    Adesina, Ademola Olusola; Agbele, Kehinde K.; Azeez, Nureni A.; Abidoye, Ademola P. (Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd., 2011)
    Mobile technology has contributed to the evolution of several media of communication such as chats, emails and short message service (SMS) text. This has significantly influenced the traditional standard way of expressing ...
  • Peer-to-Peer Computing and Grid Computing: towards a better understanding 
    Azeez, Nureni A.; Abidoye, Ademola P.; Adesina, Ademola Olusola; Agbele, Kehinde K.; Iyamu, Tiko; Venter, Isabella M. (Akamai University, 2011)
    Currently, both Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P) and Grid Computing have remained the most vibrant and useful forms of distributed computing all over the world. Their applications are such that they cut across both academia ...