The name of the game

College of Science, Engineering & Technology

The inaugural lecture of Prof Hossein Jafari, Mathematic Sciences, titled The name of the game, took place on 10 September 2018.

His lecture concentrated on fractional calculus and some of the mathematical methods that have been introduced during the last few decades in applied mathematics and engineering. Jafari focused on the relation between those methods and classical methods.

You can read the lecture here.

Prof Sarah Jane Johnston (Head of Research and Graduate Studies: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Unisa), Prof Khehla Ndlovu (Vice Principal: Strategy, Risk and Advisory Services, Unisa), Prof Hossein Jafari, Dr Javad Vahidi (Visiting researcher: University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran) and Dr Grace Katumba Mukondeleli (Deputy Executive Dean: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Unisa)

The man behind the professor

Prof Hossein Jafari with his wife, Masoumeh Ebadattalab, and his son, Mohammad Hossein

If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why?

A lion. I like this because it was a symbol of my country, Iran, and also it is one of the Big Five here as well.

Technology: Friend or foe?

Friend

What’s the best advice you’d give your 18-year-old self?

Study hard and be a useful person for your family and the community and you will have an effective role in helping people in future.

What sets scientists apart?

Maybe just different subjects

How do you manage work-related stress?

I usually go outside with my family to get more energy and control my work-related stress. Sometimes I go near the sea, a river, lake or garden. Specially Florida Lake.

* Compiled by Sharon Farrell, Editor: Internal Communication, Department of Institutional Advancement

Publish date: 2019-03-27 00:00:00.0