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Research and Graduate Studies in Mathematics and its Applications: A Network Approach (RGSMA).
RGSMA seeks to promote training and research in biomathematics supported by new results from research in the areas of pure mathematics, such as analysis and geometry. This project involves researchers from 8 univiersities and institutions located in Sub-Saharan Africa in Botswana, Zambia, Nambia and South Africa but with extended influence in the region.
Lead Researcher
Professor Edward M Lungu:
Dr. Lungu has been an Applied Mathematics Professor at The Botswana Institute of Science and Technology (BUIST) and The University of Botswana for over 20 years. Dr Lungu has numerous publications and awards to his name including the prestigious CIAM Su Buchin Prize in 2011, for his fundamental contribution to developing teaching, research and organizational structures for Applied Mathematics in Southern Africa.
Using Bio-Metrics to Solve Africa’s Disease Problems
Due to the ease of movement in the region, large populations and ideal conditions for the spread of infectious disease, Sub-Saharan Africa is a hot bed for emerging and re-emerging human diseases cause have caused immense suffering to the populous. The most recent...
SAMSA Graduate Workshop Paves The Path Forward.
As part of the training of the Simons Foundation project, The Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association in conjunction with MASAMU (An Auburn University, USA graduate training project) organized a workshop for graduate students from Africa and the United...