{"id":38630,"date":"2022-11-14T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/ccpd-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:31:45","slug":"cads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/cads\/","title":{"rendered":"Cads"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"38630\" class=\"elementor elementor-38630\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3efda90 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3efda90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a1d1c7\" data-id=\"9a1d1c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6490ce elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6490ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Centre-Banner2-1-scaled-qo213hochv5aq8tg5mcbdd5h5x0mqwuft8tlprvctc.jpg\" title=\"Centre Banner2\" alt=\"Centre Banner2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe9f95f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe9f95f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-313499a\" data-id=\"313499a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e426042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e426042\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"color: #d23443;\"><strong>\u00a0About CADS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be91e48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be91e48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for Applied Data Science (CADS) within the Faculty of Natural and Applied Science at Sol Plaatje University will contribute to the growth of data science and its applications.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CADS aims to be an interdisciplinary, world-class research centre for applied data science that empowers society to make informed decisions. The Centre will motivate focus coherence to how data is sourced, generated, managed, and used to advance the four niche areas in NAS, as well as other disciplines within the institution.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the evolving plan of SPU, and as a vertical progression of the BSc in Data Science graduates, the BSc Honours in Data Science was introduced in 2019. 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