{"id":79044,"date":"2025-07-01T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=79044"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:43:57","slug":"spu-hosts-world-ranked-researcher-in-knowledge-exchange-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-hosts-world-ranked-researcher-in-knowledge-exchange-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"SPU hosts World-Ranked Researcher in Knowledge Exchange Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"79044\" class=\"elementor elementor-79044\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a86504 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a86504\" 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-53cb064\" data-id=\"53cb064\" 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-1cb6f38 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cb6f38\" 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;\">Prof Nicola Bragazzi, a Senior Researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipr.it\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">University of Parma<\/span><\/a> in Italy, recently concluded a one-month visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SPU\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences where he served as a Visiting Professor.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Bragazzi is a globally recognised academic with expertise in digital health, computational modelling, data science and biostatistics. During his time at SPU, he made significant contributions that advanced collaborative research and knowledge-sharing within the faculty.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A seminar he delivered on Large Language Models sparked interest among staff, postgraduate students and senior undergraduates in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology. His ongoing work with Prof Colin Chibaya, Head of Department in Computer Science and Information Technology,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in evolutionary computation and his mentorship of Dr Shalene Bothma, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical and Earth Sciences, on research in perovskite solar cells reflect his interdisciplinary approach.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Bragazzi has authored over 900 scientific publications and holds a Scopus h-index of 74. He is recognised as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and ranks among the top 2% of the most-cited scientists globally. While at SPU he completed two research articles as first author and contributed to two additional drafts as co-author.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt was a great pleasure to host such a renowned scholar in the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences and it is clear that his visiting professorship is going to benefit SPU in many ways,\u201d said Prof Martin Ntwaeaborwa, Dean of the Faculty.<\/p>\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof Nicola Bragazzi, a Senior Researcher at the University of Parma in Italy, recently concluded a one-month visit to SPU\u2019s Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences where he served as a Visiting Professor. 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