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Herkulaas Combrink

0000-0001-7741-3418

Co-Director/Lecturer (Adversarial machine learning; Machine learning not elsewhere classified; Deep learning; Reinforcement learning; Data engineering and data science; Indigenous data and data technologies; Data management and data science not elsewhere classified; Data models, storage and indexing; Spatial data and applications; Data and information privacy; Graph, social and multimedia data; Data visualisation and computational (incl. parametric and generative) design; Data communications; Data structures and algorithms; Data mining and knowledge discovery; Database systems; Large and complex data theory; Data quality; Statistical data science; Panel data analysis; Higher education)

Bloemfontein

Senior Lecturer and Academic for the Data Analytics and Data Analytics for Business modules at the University of the Free State Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures is a centre within the University of the Free State that focusses on leveraging from Social Science and Data science to solve societal problems. The ICDF has a specialized focus on eHealth, Education, Agriculture and Ethics. Herkulaas Combrink is working on solving the unknown, applying the scientific method in research projects and collaborating with teams to solve complex problems related to real-world applications are among the drivers of my passions. With experience in Higher Education, Medical Science, Computer Science, Data Analytics and Research across various fields, the perspective he adds to a team or project is truly unique. Logic, creativity and constructive reasoning are the characteristics he values most in himself. He focuses on solving problems related to data-driven decisions that contribute toward busi

Publications

  • https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=20T767kAAAAJ&hl=en
  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Herkulaas-Combrink
  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case data - South Africa
  • Mapping the South African health landscape in response to COVID-19
  • Molecular Screening of the South African Indian Population for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Using High Resolution Melting Analysis
  • A rainbow of Genetic Diversity in the South African Population Complicates BRCA Testing.
  • Filling the gaps in our Covid-19 data
  • Agent Based Artificial Intelligence for Timeous Student Support Strategies
  • Implementation of multigene panel testing for breast and ovarian cancer in South Africa: A step towards excellence in oncology for the public sector
  • Reply to Lurie et al.
  • Direct and Indirect Health Effects of Lockdown in South Africa
  • The Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19: Emerging Findings from Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda
  • 2021 Ural Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, Radioelectronics and Information Technology Committees Program Committee
  • Reinforcement Learning in Education: A Multi-armed Bandit Approach
  • Strengthening online teaching and learning by closing the feedback loop
  • A South African Indian population group dataset for breast cancer and BRCA1/2 variants
  • The ontology of epidemics—A value‐dependent realist account of epidemics
  • Mapping the South African health landscape in response to COVID-19
  • Use of Available Data To Inform The COVID-19 Outbreak in South Africa: A Case Study
  • Mutations in BRCA-related breast and ovarian cancer in the South African Indian population: a descriptive study
  • 16. AFRICA'S RESPONSES TO COVID-19: AN EARLY DATA SCIENCE VIEW
  • Corrigendum to “COVID-19 in South Africa” [Global Epidemiology 2 (2020) 100034]
  • Risk factors for COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting in South Africa: a cohort study
  • Difference in mortality among individuals admitted to hospital with COVID-19 during the first and second waves in South Africa: a cohort study
  • First-Year Student Transition at the University of the Free State during COVID-19: Challenges and Insights
  • Social discounting in a symmetric giving and taking frame: An artifactual field experiment with young South African adults
  • Computational Infodemic Intelligence (InfoDI) Data for South Africa's 2024 Election
  • Social Listening Reports, Health Priorities and Systemic Review of Social Listening Reports
  • Social Listening Reports, Health Priorities and Systemic Review of Social Listening Reports
  • Advancing South African Sign Language for 4IR Technological Development
  • Advancing South African Sign Language for 4IR Technological Development Using Place Names
  • Reports for Advancing South African Sign Language for 4IR Technological Development Using Place Names

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