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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Executive members of ORSSA visit the UFS
2009-11-23
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Here are, from the left: Prof. Pieter Blignaut, Prof. Hennie Kruger, Ms Marthi Harmse and Dr Anelize van Biljon. Prof. Blignaut and Dr Van Biljon are from the Department of Computer Sciences and Informatics at the UFS.
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| The Department of Computer Sciences and Informatics at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received a visit from Prof. Hennie Kruger from the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) and Ms Marthi Harmse from SASOL (Secunda). During this visit they had a discussion on operational research. Members of the Departments of Computer Sciences and Informatics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science at the UFS attended this discussion. Both Prof. Kruger and Ms Harmse serve on the Executive Committee of ORSSA (Operational Research Society of South Africa). |