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Chareka, T. and Pillay, N. A study of tness functions for data classication using grammatical evolution. In Proceedings of 2016 Annual Conference of the Pattern Recognition Society of South Africa (PRASA 2016). IEEE, December 2016.

Ntombela, N. and Pillay, N. Evolving construction heuristics for the symmetric travelling salesman problem. In Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT 2016), doi:10.1145/2987491.2987525. ACM, September 2016.

Frankland, C., Pillay, N., Evolving Game Playing Strategies for Othello Incorporating Reinforcement Learning and Mobility. In proceedings of SAICSIT 2015, 28-30 September 2015, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Igwe, K., Pillay, N. A Comparative Study of Genetic Programming and Grammatical Evolution for Evolving Data Structures. In proceedings of the 25th Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (PRASA 2014), 27-28 November 2014, pp. 115-121.

Mashiane, T, Pillay, N. Genetic Programming for Password Cracking. Phase 1: Grammar Induction. In proceedings of the 25th Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (PRASA 2014), 27-28 November 2014, pp. 176-182.

Igwe, K., Pillay, N., Rae, C. Solving the 8-Puzzle Problem Using Genetic Programming, in the Proceedings of SAICSIT 2013, 7-10 October 2013, 64-67, East London, ACM.

Pillay, N. A Comparative Study of Hyper-Heuristics for Solving the School Timetabling Problem, in the proceedings of SAICSIT 2013, 7-10 October 2013, 278-285, East London, ACM.

Rajah, C., Pillay, N. A Study of Cell Depletion in the Developmental Approach for the Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem, accepted for publication in the proceedings of ORSSA 2013, 15-18 September, Stellenbosch, 102-111.

Raghavjee, R., Pillay, N. A Comparative Study of Genetic Algorithms Using a Direct and Indirect Representation in Solving the South African School Timetabling Problem, accepted for publication in the proceedings of ORSSA 2013, 15-18 September, Stellenbosch, 31-39.

Pillay, N., Rae, C. A Survey of Hyper-Heuristics for the Nurse Rostering Problem, in Proceedings of ORSSA (Operations Research Society of South Africa) 2012, September 2012, 115-122.

Pillay N. Design Patterns for Learning Formal Language and Automata Theory Topics, in Proceedings of the 2012 Conference on the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association- SACLA 2012: Educating in a Changing Environment, 1-3 July 2012, 20-24, ACM Press.

Pillay N. Using Bloom's Taxonomy for the Teaching and Assessment of computer Science Courses, in Proceedings of the 2012 Conference on the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association- SACLA 2012: Educating in a Changing Environment, 1-3 July 2012, 25-28, ACM Press.

Raghavjee R., Pillay N. The Effect of Construction Heuristics on the Performance of a Genetic Algorithm for the School Timetabling Problem, in the Proceedings of SAICSIT 2011, October 2011,187-194, ACM Press.

Pillay, N. Overcoming Learning Difficulties with Formal Language and Automata Theory (FLAT) Topics. In proceedings of SACLA 2011 (Southern African Computer Lecturers Association), July 2011, 148-156.

Pillay, N. Teaching Artificial Intelligence in the South African Computer Science Undergraduate Curriculum. In proceedings of SACLA 2011 (Southern African Computer Lecturers Association), July 2011, 155-164.

Raghavjee, R., Pillay, N. An Informed Genetic Algorithm for the High School Timetabling Problem, in proceedings of SAICSIT 2010, Bela-Bela, South Africa, October 2010, 408-412.

Pillay, N. A Study into the Use of Hyper-Heuristics to Solve the School Timetabling Problem. In proceedings of SAICSIT 2010, Bela-Bela, South Africa, October 2010, 258-264.

Pillay, N. An Empirical Study into the Structure of Heuristic Combinations in an Evolutionary Algorithm Hyper-Heuristic for the Examination Timetabling Problem, in proceedings of SAICSIT 2010, Bela-Bela, South Africa, October 2010, 251-157.

Pillay, N. Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science Teaching and Research, in proceedings of SACLA 2010, Pretoria, South Africa, June 2010.

Pillay, N. Teaching Design Patterns, in proceedings of SACLA 2010, Pretoria, South Africa, June 2010.

Pillay N., The Revised Developmental Approach to the Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem, in the proceedings of SAICSIT 2009, October 2009, 187-192, ACM Press.

Pillay N., A Study of Object-Oriented Errors Made by Novice Programmers, in the proceedings of SACLA 2009, Eastern Cape, July 2009, 101-105, ACM Press.

Pillay N., An Analysis of Representations for Hyper Heuristics for the Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem in a Genetic Programming System, in Cilliers C., Barnard L. and Botha R. (eds.), Proceedings of SAICSIT 2008, 188-192, ACM Press. (Best paper award)

Raghavjee R., Pillay N., An Application of Genetic Algorithms to the School Timetabling Problem, in Cilliers C., Barnard L. and Botha R. (eds.), Proceedings of SAICSIT 2008, 193-199, ACM Press.

Pillay N., Chalmers C.K.C., A Hybrid Approach to Automatic Programming for the Object Oriented Programming Paradigm, in Barnard L. and Botha R. A.(eds), Riding the Wave of Technology, Proceedings of SAICSIT 2007, 2007, 116 124, ACM International Conference Proceedings Series.

Naidoo A., Pillay N., Evolving Pushdown Automata, in Barnard L. and Botha R. A.(eds), Riding the Wave of Technology, Proceedings of SAICSIT 2007, 2007, 83 90, ACM International Conference Proceedings Series.

Mulholland H., Tapamo J. R. and Pillay N., Evolutionary Methods for Document Images Segmentation and Classification, in proceedings of PRASA 2006, 29 Nov 1 Dec 2006, Parys, South Africa, 96 102.

Pillay N., Naidoo A., An Investigation into the Automatic Generation of Solutions to Problems in an Intelligent Tutoring System for Finite Automata, full research paper in the Proceedings of SACLA 2006, Van Belle J. and Brown I. (eds.), 84 93. (Best full research paper award).

Pillay N., Jugoo V. R., An Analysis of Errors Made by Novice Programmers in a First Course in Procedural Programming in Java, full research paper in Van Belle J. and Brown I. (eds), Proceedings of SACLA 2006,11 20.

Pillay N., A Genetic Programming System for the Induction of Iterative Solutions, in the proceedings of SAICSIT 2005, 20 -22 September 2005, White River, South Africa, ACM Conference Proceedings Series, 2005, 66 -77.

Pillay N, Spear R. J., Investigating the Use of Computer Mediated Communications as a Means of Promoting Cross-Cultural, Collaborative Learning, in Proceedings of SACLA 1998, Stellenbosch University, July 1998.

Pillay N., The Development of a Tutoring System to Assist Students Develop Answering Techniques, in Proceedings of SAICSIT '97 Conference, 13-14, November 1997.

Pillay N., COBIE: An Integrated Cobol Environment, in the Proceedings of SAICSIT '96, Durban, September 1996.

Pillay N., Dempster R., The Implementation of a Computer Mediated Communications System in the Instruction of Distance Education Courses, in Proceedings of the Masters and Phd Conference, Grahamstown, July 1995.

Pillay N., Dempster R., Using Computer Mediated Communications in Distance Education, in the Proceedings of SACLA '95, Grahamstown, July 1995.