Computer Science & IT - Graduate Programme

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Description

SASRI, a division of the South African Sugar Association, is offering a one-year Computer Science & IT - Graduate Programme in Mount Edgecombe. The role focuses on machine learning techniques to impute missing ground-based climate data, requiring analysis, development, and testing of customised software to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Analyze research data and prepare reports following supervisor guidelines
• Write computer code to meet specified objectives
• Re-engineer existing software to align with new research objectives
• Develop, debug, and test customized software packages
• Compile software documentation, including user guides and programming documentation
• Assist in training researchers, extension specialists, and farmers to use custom software packages
• Explore machine learning techniques to impute missing ground-based climate data
• Develop and test software to improve the accuracy and efficiency of climate data imputation procedures

Qualifications

• BSc/Hons Degree in Computer Science (preferably with Mathematics or Physics)
• Experience and/or training in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or Neural Networks
• Experience in web programming, Python, and/or R programming is advantageous

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