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Information for Community Services (iCOMMS) is a research team within the Department of Information Systems at The University of Cape Town. Established in 2011.

Cape Town, South Africa Katılım Temmuz 2015
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UCT eResearch
UCT eResearch@UCT_eResearch·
#BigData has changed the world forever – just ask Netflix. But, argues @RivettUlrike, when it comes to society, public sector and government big data is perhaps not the silver bullet we imagine. @icommsza bit.ly/2NlXK5C
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#ID4A2019
#ID4A2019@ID4A2019·
Final presentation for the day by Tokollo Noko on User Experiences of a City Infrastructure Fault-Reporting Mobile Application: A South African Case Study #ID4A2019
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#ID4A2019
#ID4A2019@ID4A2019·
Registrations are now open! #ID4A Notifications to authors will be on the 15th of May. You are welcome to attend #ID4A even if you are not presenting. Hope to see you all there! id4a.uct.ac.za/index.php/regi…
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Ulrike Rivett
Ulrike Rivett@RivettUlrike·
@icommsza a discussion we often have and need to continue having - paper rejection, bad reviews etc. - it is not a reflection on you but the version of work and we all get it- even the A rated scholars!
National Research Foundation of South Africa@NRF_News

Rejection in #academia can seem personal because "someone, usually a total stranger, is judging your work." However, rejection can actually be a positive thing - if you let it. The author provides 6 tips on how to manage the inevitable rejections. bit.ly/2P8zmEr

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iCOMMS South Africa
iCOMMS South Africa@icommsza·
Congratulations to latest graduate Dr. Amoako!
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Wangari Maathai's Registers of Freedom 🇵🇸🇪🇹
Wangari Maathai's Registers of Freedom 🇵🇸🇪🇹@G_A_Musila·
What if Africa-based scholars could summon enough courage and conviction to resist the peer pressure of research agendas set by Africanists? What if we permitted ourselves to ask the questions that interested us; and not those that were legible to our Northern colleagues? (1)
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ICT on Heels
ICT on Heels@ictonheels·
Spring season is a great time to reflect on the year so far. We're looking back to when our founders were hosted by @StartUpGrindPTA back during their Female Founders month in May. Click the link to read a little more about this event. startupgrind.com/events/details…
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Ulrike Rivett
Ulrike Rivett@RivettUlrike·
@icommsza @UCT_IS @UCT_SoIT Version 2.0 of the ICTDEthics standards are now out - see link below! Starting 2019 with the right focus on ethics in research
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UCT Digital Library
UCT Digital Library@DigitalUct·
We @DigitalUct staff at @UCTLibrary like this new development A LOT and are proud to be featured in the announcement! @UCT_Research @CSAGUCT @UCTInfoSys @HSCwithme @LesleyBioproEng @CILT_UCT @UCT_eResearch @UCT_news @ACDI_UCT @H3ABioNet @icommsza
Figshare@figshare

You now can have your own version of Figshare running on your own domain! This is the next step in our mission to provide the best Repository Infrastructure for papers, data, theses, code and any other academic output. figshare.com/blog/Figshare_… #libraries #scholcomm #rdm

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