PhD & Masters Students

Aeysha Bhatti
Degree: Statistics
Supervisor: Dr GK Sandrock & Dr J Nienkemper-Swanepoel
Thesis: N/A
Keara Stapelberg
Degree: Statistics
Supervisor: Dr S Bierman and Dr M Dunaiski (Dept of Computer Science)
Thesis: Compression-Based Methods for Text Classification
Matthew De Bie
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: Prof J Harvey (co-supervisors: Profs J Van Niekerk, A Bekker - UP)
Thesis: Model Validation in the context of Spatial Modelling
Phuti Sebatjane
Degree: Statistics
Supervisor: Prof Sugnet Lubbe
Thesis: Visualisation of compositional data
Ruan Buys
Degree: Financial Risk Management
Supervisor: Prof S Gardner-Lubbe & Dr ML Steyn
Thesis: Uncertainty Quantification in Machine Learning and Visualisation via Interactive Biplots
Zoë-Mae Adams
Degree: Statistics
Supervisor: Dr J Nienkemper-Swanepoel & Prof J Harvey
Thesis: Biplots for text and sentiment visualisation
AD Kotze
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: Dr ML Steyn
Thesis: A supervised and unsupervised approach to fraudulent transaction detection
Christiaan Hildebrand
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: Dr ML Steyn
Thesis: From Raw Transactions on a bank statement to Credit Scores: Using AI to Extract Meaningful Financial Insights
Danielle Alves
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: N/A
Thesis: N/A
Kamohelo Mokone
Degree: Financial Risk Management
Supervisor: Thloni Mhango (FNB South Africa), Prof M Alfeus
Thesis: Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) quantification in the presence of Wrong-Way Risk (WWR)
Lise Visagie 
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: Prof Danie Uys
Thesis: N/A
Marcell Wynand Muller
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: Dr S van der Westhuizen
Thesis: N/A
Thomas Kilbourn
Degree: Financial Risk Management
Supervisor: Prof D Polakow (UCT) & Prof M Alfeus
Thesis: Beyond Mean-Variance: Distributional Performance Analysis and Applications of the Omega Ratio
Tyla Graham
Degree: Mathematical Statistics
Supervisor: Dr P Nagar
Thesis: N/A
William Francis Gibson
Degree: Actuarial science
Supervisor: Mr RJ Clover
Thesis: Neural network claims reserving: An investigation into mixture density networks and recurrent neural networks for actuarial implementation