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title: IPMS 2020 evidence for Professor PH Potgieter

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# IPMS 2020 evidence for Professor PH Potgieter

Prepared for CoD as part of February 2021 review. The goals themselves are not functionally very well-aligned with the departmental work allocation and, furthermore, this record might be incomplete due to the fallibility of human memory.


## Provide leadership in tuition

### 2020Q3

#### Oversees colleagues' up keep in discipline. (1.1) – KPA 5

Active participation in departmental seminars and colloquia. 

#### Peer review for academic outputs of colleagues and academics from other institutions (1.17)

Extensive work as quality lecture, among other in DSC2605.

#### Departmental and college committees and roles as assigned, curriculum involvement as assigned. Participation measured.

Active participation, as required.

### 2020Q4

#### Oversees colleagues' up keep in discipline. (1.1) – KPA 5

Departmental colloquium on machine learning forecasting methods with applications to pseudo-random time series.

#### Peer review for academic outputs of colleagues and academics from other institutions (1.17)

External examiner for UCT Honours course on computational complexity. Further extensive quality work in Decision Sciences.

#### Departmental and college committees and roles as assigned, curriculum involvement as assigned. Participation measured.

Active participation, as required.


## Mentor academic colleagues in the subject or discipline

### 2020Q3

#### 3rd year and Honours lecturers and others as required.  Sufficient support determined through personal feedback

Provided on demand.

#### Oversee the development of curricula that will support the Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) of the College and the implementation of the ODL tuition delivery model

No new development in 2020.

#### Review curriculum for honours module DSC4826

Language services and review of rewritten study material.

### 2020Q4

#### 3rd year and Honours lecturers and others as required.  Sufficient support determined through personal feedback

Provided on demand.

#### Oversee the development of curricula that will support the Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) of the College and the implementation of the ODL tuition delivery model

No new development in 2020.

#### Review curriculum for honours module DSC4826

As above.

## Provide Quality Tuition 

### 2020Q3

#### Teach postgraduate papers/modules DSC4825/6(1.4)

Professor Jordaan and I taught 4826 with success online and I provided extensive quality feedback in 4825.

#### Utilise myUnisa to enhance T&L (1.9)

We used the Lessons environment for 4825.

#### Conduct classes, group visits and lectures (1.3)

Not in 2020.

### 2020Q4

#### Teach postgraduate papers/modules DSC4825/6(1.4)

We continued using the Lessons environment and implement a Teams-based procedure for the final assessment which was an examination at Home. I implemented an automated questions and solutions generator (fixed questions, varying numbers) for 4826 using Python and Markdown. We used it for assignment questions and for some exam questions.

#### Utilise myUnisa to enhance T&L (1.9)

As above.

#### Conduct classes, group visits and lectures (1.3)

As above.

## Evaluate tutorial material of colleagues and oversees that it is improved and acts as course coordinator 

### 2020Q3

#### Honours level co-ordinator

In all modules as above.

### 2020Q4

#### Honours level co-ordinator

In all modules as above.



## Conduct research that could be discipline, field, and/or subject specific

### 2020Q3

#### Produce 5 ROU in 3 years

Chapter appeared in book "Applied Economics in the Digital Era" <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-40601-1>.

The following co-authored papers appeared in accredited journals.

* "Politics, policy and fixed-line telecommunications provision: Insights from Australia" <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2020.101999>

* "Harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to increase wellbeing for all: The case for a new technology diplomacy" <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2020.101988>

#### Project leadership

Initiated establishment of Institute for Technology and Network Economics <http://www.itne.eu>.

### 2020Q4

#### Produce 5 ROU in 3 years

The following paper was accepted by an accredited journal.

* "A tale of two contact-tracing apps – comparing Australia’s CovidSafe and New Zealand’s NZ Covid Tracer" (Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance)

The following co-authored papers were accepted by accredited journal subject to revision.

* "Uncertainty and Dispute Resolution for Blockchain and Smart Contract Institutions" (Journal of Institutional Economics)

* "Globalisme en taal in die hoër onderwys: Redes vir die keuse van Engels as onderrigtaal" (Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe)

A further three papers were submitted but rejected.

Two co-authored chapters in a book on media industry concentration in South Africa were finalized and accepted for a book to appear at Unisa Press but publication was delayed for operational reasons.

#### Project leadership

Recorded and published several podcasts for the Institute for Technology and Network Economics as well as popular publications on the Institute website. Submitted as co-researcher application for funding for international project Global Media and Internet Concentration under stewardship of Carleton University in Canada to the Canadian SSHRC.

## Supervise Master and Doctoral students

### 2020Q3

#### Supervision and co-supervision as required

33573794 Simmons (MSc); 50885081 Sauer (PhD completed and awarded); 50797891 Royden-Turner (PhD, first year).

#### Improve supervision of student

Extensive engagements with DCS authorities in an attempt to improve conditions for study by Simmons that were severely impacted by lockdowns.

#### Approve research proposal

Worked with 53101162 Mokoka (MSc proposal); 36697567 Papadopulo (PhD proposal, MAST); 10176543 Tappe (PhD proposal, MAST).

#### Increase completion of theses

Sauer completed.

### 2020Q4

#### Supervision and co-supervision as required

Simmons withdrew due to a range of difficulties, including financial.

#### Improve supervision of student

Regular online conferences with Royden-Turner.

#### Approve research proposal

Tappe withdrew due to work pressures and other reasons. Papadopulo and Mokoka completed proposals to the point of review in the department.

#### Increase completion of theses

Sauer completed by deadlines.

## Read papers at conferences, colloquiums, workshops, and seminars in order to enhance research outputs and improve discipline knowledge

### 2020Q3

#### Mostly virtual attendance in 2020

Attended International Telecommunications Society (ITS) online seminar in the placed of scheduled June conference. Presented paper at IT Web Security Summit <https://v2.itweb.co.za/event/itweb/security-summit-2020/?page=speaker:petrus-potgieter&speakerId=APero3MZkYOqQb6m>.

Paper accepted for ITS Africa conference which was cancelled because of lockdowns.

### 2020Q4

#### Mostly virtual attendance in 2020

Presented paper at virtual 40th International Symposium on Forecasting <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4XIL_ubPjM&list=PLUxduCQo6_X2YLD4RVVX2G4TOAkNjG0Lo&index=26&t=19m06s>.

## Invite African and international scholars

### 2020Q3

#### Apply for EU funding to facilitate exchanges

The EU programme was suspended due to lockdown although preparations had been in place. Also arranged a one-month visit by Dr Bronwyn Howell of Victoria University of Wellington which had to be cancelled at the last minute because of lockdown.

### 2020Q4

#### Apply for EU funding to facilitate exchanges

As above.


## Mentor young upcoming researchers

### 2020Q3

#### Collaborates with students by being co-author

No co-authored publications but completed PhD student Sauer submitted a paper to an accredited journal.

#### Mentor colleagues

Extensive support to Reinet Lotter in Economics in the framing of her hypothesis for her PhD on the institutional incentives in the South Africa medical industry.

### 2020Q4

#### Collaborates with students by being co-author

As above.

#### Mentor colleagues

No significant activity in this quarter.


## Promote ODL research

### 2020Q3

Submission of paper "Globalisme en taal in die hoër onderwys: Redes vir die keuse van Engels as onderrigtaal" (Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe) about Unisa Afrikaans students' language choice.

### 2020Q4

Acceptance, with major revision of the paper above.


## Participate in curriculum related community engagement and/or research-related community engagement

### 2020Q3

#### Terminology hub. Get online and partially populated

Acquaintance with the project and familiarisation with the platform.

### 2020Q4

#### Terminology hub. Get online and partially populated

Software tested. All attempts to contact the service provider and gain access to the data failed.

## Consciously seek to present a good impression of UNISA in all engagements with communities, prospective students and students, as well as the public

### 2020Q3

#### In all engagements, internally and externally

Extensive exposure of Unisa brand through all activities including on LinkedIn. Timely responses and advice to students, including friends, in their dealings with Unisa, especially with regard to administrative issues.

### 2020Q4

#### In all engagements, internally and externally

As above.


## Participate voluntarily in University structures/committees on various levels (4.1)

### 2020Q3

#### As tasked by the CoD

Attended all meetings.

### 2020Q4

#### As tasked by the CoD

Attended all meetings.

## Do editorial work for journals in relevant discipline(s)(4.4)

### 2020Q3

#### Ongoing

Frequent reviewer for Telecommunications Policy where I am on the editorial board. 

### 2020Q4

#### Ongoing

Invited to review for SAJBM, Financial Innovation and Economics of Innovation and New Technology.


## Actively contributes towards decision making in the department and University (4.5)

### 2020Q3

#### Makes contribution within the university (outside department) and internationally (4.2)

Continued diligent involvement in management of international research projects and organisations (detailed above).

### 2020Q4

#### Makes contribution within the university (outside department) and internationally (4.2)

Continued diligent involvement in management of international research projects and organisations (detailed above).

## Diligently and efficiently fulfils committee responsibilities (4.6)

### 2020Q3

#### As required

Attended all meetings.

### 2020Q4

#### As required

Attended all meetings.


## Involved with professional, national and international bodies/boards.(4.3)

### 2020Q3

One NRF peer review completed. Re-elected to Board of International Telecommunications Society <https://www.itsworld.org/board-of-directors/>.

### 2020Q4

Appointed to programme committee of TPRC <http://www.tprcweb.com/program-committee>.


## V3 Innovation and excellence 

> Acts as a change agent to make a difference in the way he/she works with available resources to achieve specific goals despite contextual and policy constraints. Adopts a problem-solving approach that fosters intellectual ingenuity and novel solutions rather than simply problem identification.

### 2020Q3

In order to compensate for the inability of my co-author to travel to Pretoria, as planned, I instituted virtual office hours with her of two hours per day for one month where we went online and worked while in the same virtual room on Jitsi.

I experimented intensively with online video-conferencing tools, including with graduate students.

### 2020Q4

Several colleagues and students were assisted in the use of HackMD and Markdown in order to overcome the difficulty of complex LaTeX and difficult installations. This helps them to type perfectly adequate mathematical expressions. Used with success i.a. in collaborating on documents for DSC4826.

## C1 Communication

> Ensures shared meaning and promotes mutual understanding by making explicit the decisions, actions, choices, and events timeously and dialogically.

### 2020Q3

I practised being a good communicator and am comfortable engaging in dialogue with colleagues.

### 2020Q4

I practised being a good communicator and am comfortable engaging in dialogue with colleagues.

## C2 Conversation

> Actively participates as equals in a dialogue that transforms the relationship and narrows the scope of differences, enhances better understanding and empathy of each other's standpoint, which leads to common understanding.

### 2020Q3

Enhanced LinkedIn activity for better networking among colleagues during lockdown.

### 2020Q4

As above.

## C10 Creativity

> Generates imaginative and innovative responses and solutions and liberates potential.

### 2020Q3

Actively encouraged different forms of online conferencing for locked down colleagues.

### 2020Q4

I studied the university's response to the discontinuation of venue-based exams in detail and have compiled a number of innovative suggestions.


## C11 Consultation

> Takes into account, in good faith, the views, advice and contributions of appropriate stakeholders and individuals on relevant matters.

### 2020Q3

This should be tested by 360 degree feedback.

### 2020Q4

This should be tested by 360 degree feedback.

