Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as neurodegeneration and cancer represent the leading cause of death worldwide, killing an estimated 41 million people each year—equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. Although …
The success of deep learning in natural language processing (NLP) rendered language-specific feature design rare but saw cross-lingual transfer methods flourish. NLP is a branch of artificial intelligence that helps …
Global awareness is in the spotlight on Earth Day, which is celebrated annually on 22 April and aims to highlight humanity’s role in protecting the planet. To mark Earth Day …
There has been a growing interest recently in developing automatic speech recognition (ASR) for under-resourced languages. In our previous article, it was established that in societies with a steady internet …
In societies with good internet connectivity, social media is a prevalent communication tool. However, where connectivity is insufficient or absent, radio stations that host phone-in talk shows become a popular …
Despite increasing global interconnectivity, radio remains a primary source of information for many communities in the developing world, including those in some parts of rural Africa. Because radio is accessible …
The Digital Signal Processing (DSP) research group at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University recently published their research on deep neural network-based cough detection using bed-mounted accelerometer measurements. …
As a result of exceedingly rapid growth in the solar energy market, at least 114,9 GW of photovoltaic (PV) systems have been installed and commissioned globally in 2019. As a …
Similar to technologies that initially started at a military base, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will soon be affecting civilian life. To date, several industries have built and commercially supplies low-end …
As 2021 dawns, we look back at some of the interesting, ground-breaking, and innovative projects our Department was involved and/or students from our Faculty completed. Here are some noteworthy highlights:Â …
