Posted by Dr Serena Coetzee on 1 Jun 2010, 14:00 (last modified on 11 Jun 2010, 09:52)

On 20 May 2010, the top Computer Science students from 2009 were honoured at the annual School of Information Technology Prize Giving Ceremony. The best Computer Science students in their respective years of study, each received a trophy and there were also a number of prizes sponsored by AfriGIS, Dariel Solutions, EPI-USE, Grintek Ewation and Microsoft. We are proud to announce that this time, a Computer Science student, Mr Pedro de Souza, was awarded the best student at undergraduate level over three years of study in the whole School of Information Technology. Congratulations!

Below the list of all prize winners. A student news item will be posted when the photos of the event are available.

The best first year student in Computer Science (prize sponsored by Microsoft): Mr Divan Burger
Runners-up: Mr HP Langenhoven, Mr A Vermooten, Mr KAJ Zöller

The best second year student in the module Operating Systems in Computer Science (prize sponsored by Microsoft): Mr Chris Stallmann

The best overall second year student in Computer Science: Ms JZ Abbott
Runners-up: Mr CW Cleghorn, Ms H Pieterse, Mr JH Smit

The best third year female student in Computer Science (prize sponsored by Microsoft): Ms CM Viljoen

The best overall third year student in Computer Science (prize sponsored by AfriGIS): Mr M Fouche
Runners-up: Mr P De Souza, Mr HG Henning, Ms CM Viljoen

The best Software Engineering third year Computer Science group project (sponsored by Grintek Ewation):
Mr P De Souza, Ms JC Hirst, Ms HA Khan, Mr AL Shaw, Mr C Yang

The best honours student in Computer Science (prize sponsored by Roelf van den Heever/EPI-USE): Mr Rudi Penzhorn
Runners up: Mr byron Ludwig, Mr Cornel Rautenbach

The best project in Computer Science Honours (prize sponsored by Dariel Solutions): Mr Byron Ludwig