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Résumé Prof Dr Hein S Venter obtained his PhD (Computer Science) degree in 2003 at the University of Johannesburg (formerly the Rand Afrikaans University). He is currently working at the University of Pretoria and started his research career there in 2003. Prof Venter also holds a BSc degree, a BSc (Honours) degree, and an MSc degree in Computer Science. Prof Hein Venter is one of the founding members and current head of the Information and Computer Security Architectures (ICSA) Research Group at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pretoria, where he provides postgraduate supervision to a number of Honours, M.IT, MSc and PhD students. He is the author and co-author of more than 80 publications at national and international conferences and accredited subject journals. His current research interests include mainly digital forensics, but he also has an interest in information privacy, wireless security systems and trust-based computing. He is also member of several professional organisations, including the IFIP working group 11.9 on digital forensics (IFIP WG 11.9), the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT), Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). He also serves on the technical and program committees of the conferences organised by IFIP WG 11.9, SAICSIT and ISSA. Prof Venter was successful in a bid to host the Eighth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics that was to be hosted for the first time in South Africa from 3-5 January 2012. Furthermore, Prof Venter is awarded several research grants that allows him and his research team to conduct the said research. He acts as reviewer to various subject journals and conferences as well as acting as external examiner for MSc, M.IT and PhD candidates. Prof Venter received the TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for outstanding young scientist in Africa. The award was conferred at an award ceremony on 10 November 2011 at the AAS Headquarters, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya. Prof Venter received the award to the value of 7000 Euros that can be used for further research purposes. Prof Venter is teaching numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Pretoria in the areas of programming, information security and digital forensics. He is also involved in teaching of short courses in programming, information security and digital forensic investigations aimed at industry. Furthermore, Prof Venter acts as external examiner to numerous academic courses at national and international universities and institutions. On the sideline, Prof Venter is director of and launched an annual community-based project in 2003, known as Project PumaScope, aimed at reaching out to rural communities in South Africa. The main goal of this project is to facilitate teachers and learners of rural secondary schools with basic knowledge in computer science and computer literacy as well as cyber security awareness. On an annual basis, hundreds of people of various age groups receive such training and are each awarded a certificate of attendance endorsed by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pretoria. The programme is sponsored by several sponsors, of which Unisys South Africa by far provides the most sponsorship towards the project. |
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