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'''Tshilidzi Marwala''' (born 28 July 1971) is a South African ] engineer, a ], a mechanical engineer and a university administrator. He is currently ] of the ] and ] Under-Secretary-General.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tshilidzi Marwala {{!}} United Nations University |url=https://unu.edu/about/staff/tshilidzi-marwala |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=UNU {{!}} United Nations University}}</ref> In August 2023 Marwala was appointed to the ] scientific advisory council.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=United Nations University |title=UN Secretary-General Creates Scientific Advisory Board |url=https://unu.edu/news/un-secretary-general-creates-scientific-advisory-board |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=], ] |language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Secretary-General Creates Scientific Advisory Board for Independent Advice on Breakthroughs in Science and Technology {{!}} UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2023/sga2223.doc.htm |date= 2023-08-03 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=press.un.org}}</ref>
'''Tshilidzi Marwala''' (]) born 28 July 1971 in ], ], ] is a Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Johannesburg.


==Academic career== == Biography ==
Marwala was previously a Dean of Engineering at the University of Johannesburg, a Professor of Electrical Engineering, the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering as well as the DST/NRF South Africa Research Chair of Systems Engineering at the ]. He is a professor extraordinaire at the ], was the Chair of the ] Committee as well as the non-executive director of the State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd. He has served as a Deputy Chair of Limpopo Business Support Agency and on boards of EOH (Pty) Ltd and City Power Johannesburg. He was a ] of ] as well as the National Advisory Council on Innovation. He is a trustee of the Bradlow Foundation as well as the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation. He is the youngest recipient of the ] and was the first African Engineer to be awarded the President Award by the ].


=== Early life and education ===
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (]) from ], a Master of Engineering from the ], a PhD in Engineering from ] and successfully completed a Program for Leadership Development at ]. He was a post-doctoral research associate at the ] and in year 2006 to 2007 was a visiting fellow at ]. In the year 2007 to 2008, he has been appointed a visiting fellow of ]. He matriculated at ] and completed Sixth Form at ] in Johannesburg.
Marwala was born on 28 July 1971 in ] Village in the ] Province.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mkize |first=Phumla |date=2022-08-16 |title=Well-travelled professor who loves technology |url=https://sundayworld.co.za/news/well-travelled-professor-who-loves-technology/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Sunday World |language=en-ZA}}</ref> He obtained a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from ], graduating ],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://casealumnus.org/newsmakers/international-educator/?fbclid=IwAR39vl0GjdW0EcmgWXeDkpiJ2EOEn-2JlBGCNBaV61cm3Gse94KYHE3fkW0_aem_AczShICf1rJv-D3ED5lmHTecqgfDBFcQv3QDUo5w2hZcsv56Beedp3_1EN-VmVqU28g |title=Case Western Reserve University Alumni |language=en |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=3 March 2023}}</ref> followed by a PhD in artificial intelligence from the ] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44CAM_ALMA21404576030003606&context=L&vid=44CAM_PROD&lang=en_US&search_scope=SCOP_CAM_ALL&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=cam_lib_coll&query=any,contains,Marwala&offset=10 |title=University of Cambridge PhD Thesis |language=en |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=3 March 2023}}</ref>


=== Career ===
His research interests include the theory and application of computational intelligence to engineering, computer science, finance, economics, social science and medicine. Marwala has made fundamental contributions to engineering science including the development of the concept of ], proposing the theory of rational ], and the theory of flexibly ]. Marwala has contributed to concepts such as the ] <ref>T. Marwala. The anatomy of capital and the National Democratic Revolution.
From 2000 to 2001, Marwala was a post-doctoral research associate at ].<ref name=":1" /> In 2003, he joined the ] and became a professor of electrical engineering in 2008.<ref name=":1" /> From 2013 to 2017, He was the deputy vice chancellor for research and internationalization as well as the dean of engineering at the ].<ref name=":1" />
Umrabulo, Vol. 29, 2007, pp. 57-59.''.</ref> and ].<ref>Marwala, Tshilidzi. 2009. Foundations for a Developmental State: A case for technical education'' {{arxiv|0907.2019v1}}.</ref> He has supervised 43 masters and 19 PhD students to completion and has published over 300 papers in journals such as the ] Journal, proceedings and book chapters, and has published 8 books. He is a fellow of ], The World Academy of Sciences, ] and ] as well as a senior member of the ] and a distinguished member of the ]. His work has appeared in publications such as ], ] and ].


From 2018 to 2023, Marwala was the ] and ] of the ]. As Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Marwala developed and implemented the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) strategy,<ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=4IR |url=https://www.uj.ac.za/news/fourth-industrial-revolution-lets-all-get-to-work-in-a-synchronised-manner/ |access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref> by introducing a compulsory artificial intelligence course and an Africa Insights course for all students, irrespective of their majors.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=4IR |url=https://www.uj.ac.za/news/uj-introduces-two-100-free-fully-online-course-moocs-to-the-public-introduction-to-artificial-intelligence-in-the-4ir-and-african-insights/ |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>
== Patents ==
1. David Mark Starfield David Milton Rubin. Tshilidzi Marwala Method and Apparatus for Radiation Imaging. IPC8 Class: AG01T100FI USPC Class: 25036302


Marwala has been Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General since 1 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala Begins Term as United Nations University Rector {{!}} United Nations University |url=https://unu.edu/press-release/prof-tshilidzi-marwala-begins-term-united-nations-university-rector |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=UNU {{!}} United Nations University |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) committee that developed the ethical guidelines of using artificial intelligence in medicine.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 April 2021 |title=WHO |url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/ethics/biographies-of-advisory-group-on-ethics-gov-of-ai-for-health-dg-briefing.pdf?sfvrsn=d4d6acaa_12 |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
2. David Mark Starfield David Milton Rubin. Tshilidzi Marwala Coded Appertures Masks for Ration-Based Medical Imaging. WO 2008/14254


Marwala served as a trustee of the ] (2020-2023)<ref>{{cite web |date=20 March 2023 |title=NelsonMandelaFoundation |url=https://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/prof-tshilidzi-marwala |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> and on a board of ] (2019-2023).<ref>{{cite web |date=20 April 2022 |title=NedbankBoard |url=https://www.listcorp.com/jse/ned/nedbank-group-limited/news/nedbank-group-and-nedbank-change-to-the-boards-to-take-place-in-2023-2746554.html |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> He is a member of council of the ]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://upeace.org/council-of-the-university-for-peace/ | title=Council of the University for Peace – UPEACE }}</ref> and the STS Forum Kyoto.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stsforum.org/aboutus/councilmembers.php | title=Council Members｜NPO STS forum }}</ref>
3. Megan J. Russell, David M. Rubin, B. Wigdorowitz and Tshilidzi Marwala. (PCT/IB2009/006125) An artificial larynx.


Marwala was the Deputy Chair of South Africa’s Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (with the President of South Africa ] serving as Chair).<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=RSA |url=https://www.gov.za/search?search_query=Marwala |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> He is the Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the African Centre of Excellence in the Internet of Things (ACE-IoT) based in Rwanda.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Rwanda |url=https://aceiot.ur.ac.rw/?Prof-Tshilidzi-Marwala |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> The government of Namibia appointed him on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Task Team.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Namibia |work=The Namibian |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/103156/read/Geingob-appoints-UJ-professor-to-4IR-task-force |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>
== Books==
1. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Computational Intelligence for Modelling Complex Systems |year=2007 |publisher=] |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-904362-1-2 }}


=== Research ===
2. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Computational Intelligence for Missing Data Imputation, Estimation, and Management: Knowledge Optimization Techniques |year=2009 |publisher=] |location=Pennsylvania |isbn=978-1-60566-336-4}}
{{Scholia}}Marwala's research interests include the theory and application of artificial intelligence to engineering<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tshilidzi Marwala |year=2003 |title=Fault classification using pseudo modal energies and neural networks |journal=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=82–89 |bibcode=2003AIAAJ..41...82M |doi=10.2514/2.1916}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tshilidzi Marwala |author2=Sibusiso Sibisi |year=2005 |title=Finite element model updating using Bayesian framework and modal properties. |journal=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal of Aircraft |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=275–278 |doi=10.2514/1.11841}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tshilidzi Marwala |year=2002 |title=Finite element model updating using wavelet data and genetic algorithm. |journal=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal of Aircraft |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=709–711 |doi=10.2514/2.2971}}</ref> and computer science such as the ],<ref>{{cite arXiv |eprint=1910.09544 |class=econ.GN |first1=Daniel |last1=Muller |first2=Tshilidzi |last2=Marwala |title=Relative Net Utility and the Saint Petersburg Paradox |year=2019}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite arXiv |eprint=1802.04451 |class=cs.AI |first1=Tshilidzi |last1=Marwala |first2=Bo |last2=Xing |title=Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence |year=2015}}</ref> and poker.,<ref>{{cite arXiv |eprint=0705.0693 |class=cs.AI |first1=Tshilidzi |last1=Marwala |first2=Evan |last2=Hurwitz |title=Learning to bluff |date=7 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Merali |first=Zeeya |date=2 June 2007 |title=Software learns when it pays to deceive |journal=New Scientist}}</ref> finance and economics,<ref>{{cite arXiv |eprint=1510.02867 |class=cs.AI |first1=Tshilidzi |last1=Marwala |first2=Evan |last2=Hurwitz |title=Artificial Intelligence and Asymmetric Information Theory |year=2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artificial Intelligence can Reduce Information Asymmetry : Networks Course blog for INFO 2040/CS 2850/Econ 2040/SOC 2090 |url=https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2015/11/26/artificial-intelligence-can-reduce-information-asymmetry/ |access-date=27 October 2017 |website=blogs.cornell.edu}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1=Tshilidzi |title=Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theory: Skynet in the Market |last2=Hurwitz |first2=Evan |publisher=] |year=2017 |isbn=978-3-319-66104-9 |location=London}}</ref> medicine like his work on pulmonary embolism<ref>{{cite arXiv |eprint=0706.0300 |class=cs.CV |first1=Simon |last1=Scurrell |first2=Tshilidzi |last2=Marwala |title=Automatic Detection of Pulmonary Embolism using Computational Intelligence |last3=Rubin |first3=David |year=2007}}</ref> epileptic activity,<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nadim Mohamed |author2=David Rubin |author3=Tshilidzi Marwala |year=2006 |title=Detection of epileptiform activity in human EEG signals using Bayesian neural networks. |journal=Neural Information Processing-Letters and Reviews |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages= |doi=}}</ref> HIV<ref>{{cite journal |author1=B.B. Leke |author2=T. Marwala |year=2006 |title=Autoencoder networks for HIV classification. |journal=Current Science |volume=81 |issue=11 |pages= |doi=}}</ref> and ],<ref>{{cite journal |author1=R. Mbuvha |author2=T. Marwala |year=2020 |title=Bayesian inference of COVID-19 spreading rates in South Africa. |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=15 |issue=8 |pages=e0237126 |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1537126M |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0237126 |pmc=7406053 |pmid=32756608 |doi-access=free}}</ref> and political science.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Tshilidzi Marwala |title=Militarized Conflict Modeling Using Computational Intelligence |author2=Monica Lagazio |publisher=] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85729-789-1 |location=Heidelberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Bhaso Ndzendze |title=Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in International Relations. |author2=Tshilidzi Marwala |publisher=] |year=2021 |isbn=978-981-123-454-5 |location=Singapore}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Bhaso Ndzendze |title=Artificial Intelligence and International Relations Theories |author2=Tshilidzi Marwala |publisher=] |year=2023 |isbn=978-9811948763 |location=London}}</ref>


=== Outreach and public engagement ===
3. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Finite Element Model Updating Using Computational Intelligence Techniques: Applications to Structural Dynamics |year=2010 |publisher=] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-1-84996-322-0}}
Marwala work and opinion have appeared in media such as '']'',<ref>{{Cite news |title=Software learns when it pays to deceive |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426066.600-software-learns-when-it-pays-to-deceive/ |access-date=27 October 2017 |work=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 2009 |title=On Jacob Zuma, Iraq, Croatia, home ownership, Somali pirates, education, Greece, Machiavelli, economics |url=http://www.economist.com/node/13642290 |access-date=27 October 2017 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2018 |title=UJ grabs AI spotlight in CNN feature |url=https://yiba.co.za/uj-grabs-ai-spotlight-cnn-feature/}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=University of Johannesburg official Youtube |title=UJ Vice-Chancellor speaks on AI on CNN Marketplace Africa |date=16 January 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKvf99dy3jk |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CKvf99dy3jk |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC World Service - Business Daily, The education scam |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswh1b |website=BBC}}</ref> He has also given talks at ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Day 1 highlights - 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference: Science for a resilient future &#124; Royal Society |url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/02/day-1-highlights-2021-commonwealth-science-conference/ |website=royalsociety.org}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Is AI dangerous |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2B7mXaNzo&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/Gc2B7mXaNzo |archive-date=2021-12-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite news |title=AI Panel |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqeqnE7CLr8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/uqeqnE7CLr8 |archive-date=2021-12-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AI Panel |url=https://www.oxford-union.org/node/1844}}</ref> In 2016 Tshilidzi Marwala delivered the ] in South Africa. With ] and ], he was a judge of the ] competition.<ref name="Judges">{{cite web |title=Judges |url=https://sites.google.com/site/ytspacelab/press/judges#TOC-Judges |access-date=2 January 2013 |work=YouTube Space Lab Resources |publisher=Google Sites}}</ref>


=== Personal life ===
4. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |last2=Lagazio |first2= Monica |title=Militarized Conflict Modeling Using Computational Intelligence |year=2011 |publisher=] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-0-85729-789-1}}
Marwala is married to Jabulile Vuyiswa Manana since 2000, and together they have 3 children.<ref name=":0" />


== Awards and honours ==
5. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Condition Monitoring Using Computational Intelligence Methods |year=2012 |publisher=] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-1-4471-2380-4}}
Marwala is a fellow of ] (2010),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twas.org/member/marwala-tshilidzi|title=Marwala Tshilidzi|website=TWAS|language=en|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> ] (2012),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marwala Tshilidzi {{!}} The AAS |url=https://old.aasciences.africa/fellow/marwala-tshilidzi |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=old.aasciences.africa}}</ref> ] (2022),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/tshilidzi-marwala|title=Marwala Tshilidzi|website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|language=en|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> ] (2023),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cas.ac.cn/tz/202311/t20231123_4986839.shtml|title=Marwala Tshilidzi|website=Chinese Academy of Sciences|language=en|access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref> and the ].{{When|date=January 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assaf.org.za/members-directory/|title=ASAf Fellows in South Africa|website=Academy of Science of South Africa|language=en|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2024}} He is the recipient of the Bronze ] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/node/5274 | title=The Order of Mapungubwe &#124; the Presidency }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2024}} In 2022, Marwala was awarded the IT Personality of the Year Award in South Africa for his work on the fourth Industrial Revolution.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.itweb.co.za/content/RgeVDqPY6lpvKJN3 |language=en |access-date=28 April 2022 |title=UJ's Prof Marwala wins IT Personality of the Year Award |date=12 April 2022}}</ref> In 2020 the Science-for-Society Gold Medal from the Academy of Science of South Africa,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.assaf.org.za/2021/03/03/gold-medal-winners-2020/|language=en |access-date=24 November 2023 |title=Asaf Gold medal |date=12 April 2022}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2024}} and in 2024 the ] Sustainability Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNU Rector Recognized for Contributions to Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability |url=https://unu.edu/flores/news/unu-rector-recognized-contributions-artificial-intelligence-and-sustainability?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=United Nations University |language=en}}</ref>


Marwala has received honorary doctorates from the ] in ] in Georgia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uj.ac.za/news/prof-tshilidzi-marwala-awarded-honorary-doctorate-from-the-caucasus-university-in-tbilisi-georgia/|language=en|access-date=1 August 2022|title=UJ's Prof Marwala awarded honorary doctorate from Caucasus University |date=1 August 2022 }}</ref> the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uj.ac.za/news/vice-chancellor-message-27-october-2022/|language=en|access-date=1 August 2022|title=honorary doctorate f|date=1 August 2022 }}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tut.ac.za/latest-news/151-prof-marwala-to-be-awarded-honorary-doctorate-at-tut|language=en|access-date=28 March 2024|title=honorary doctorate f|date=28 March 2024}}</ref> Marwala has been a visiting fellow at ],<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 2007 |title=South African Fellowship Program certificates awarded |url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/06/south-african-fellowship-program-certificates-awarded/ |access-date=27 October 2017 |work=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=New appointment for former Visiting Fellow {{!}} Wolfson College Cambridge |url=http://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/news/2009/02/11/new-appointment-for-former-visiting-fellow |access-date=27 October 2017 |website=www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visiting Scholars Program {{!}} Center for Studies in Higher Education |url=http://www.cshe.berkeley.edu/visiting-scholars-program |access-date=27 October 2017 |website=www.cshe.berkeley.edu |language=en}}</ref> He is an honorary professor at the ] as well as the ] in The People's Republic of China.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
6. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Economic Modeling Using Artificial Intelligence Methods |year=2013 |publisher=] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-1-84996-323-7}}


In high school he won the National Youth Science Olympiad and represented South Africa in the ].<ref>https://www.earlylearningresourcenetwork.org/system/files/2023-09/403201-pages.pdf</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2024}}
7. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Rational Decision Making |year=2014 |publisher=] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-3-319-11423-1}}


==See also==
8. {{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi |title=Causality, Correlation, and Artificial Intelligence for Rational Decision Making |year=2015 |publisher=] |location=Singapore |isbn=978-9-814-63086-3}}
* {{Annotated link|Simon Connell}}
* {{Annotated link|Youba Sokona}}
* {{Annotated link|Mohamed Thameur Chaibi}}


==Notes== == References ==
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== References==
* T. Marwala. Fault classification using pseudo modal energies and neural networks. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal, 2003, 41(1), pp.&nbsp;82–89.
* M. Lagazio and T. Marwala. Assessing different Bayesian neural network models for militarized interstate dispute. Social Science Computer Review, 2006, 24(1), pp.&nbsp;119–131.
* D. Lunga, T. Marwala. Online forecasting of stock market movement direction using the improved incremental algorithm. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, In Neural Information Processing, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Volume 4234, 2006, pp.&nbsp;440–449.
* T. Marwala. The national democratic revolution, technology and a developed economy. Umrabulo, Vol. 22, 2005, pp.&nbsp;58–60.
* T.N. Tim and T. Marwala. Computational Intelligence Methods for Risk Assessment of HIV. Proceedings of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2006, Vol. 14, pp.&nbsp;3581–3585, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. Eds. Sun I. Kim and Tae Suk Sah, ISSN 1727-1983.
* T. Marwala and S. Chakraverty. Fault classification in structures with incomplete measured data using autoassociative neural networks and genetic algorithm. Current Science Journal, 2006, 90(4), pp.&nbsp;542–548.


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South African engineer and university administrator
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Tshilidzi Marwala
7th Rector of the United Nations University
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 March 2023
DeputySawako Shirahase, Senior Vice-Rector, UNU
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byDavid M. Malone
2nd Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg
In office
1 January 2018 – 28 February 2023
ChancellorNjabulo Ndebele
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Preceded byIhron Rensburg
Succeeded byLetlhokwa George Mpedi
Personal details
Born (1971-07-28) 28 July 1971 (age 53)
Duthuni, Limpopo
SpouseJabulile Vuyiswa Manana (m. 2000, 3 children)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Case Western Reserve University
Websitewww.gov.za/about-government/tshilidzi-marwala

Tshilidzi Marwala (born 28 July 1971) is a South African artificial intelligence engineer, a computer scientist, a mechanical engineer and a university administrator. He is currently Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General. In August 2023 Marwala was appointed to the United Nations scientific advisory council.

Biography

Early life and education

Marwala was born on 28 July 1971 in Duthuni Village in the Limpopo Province. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, followed by a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Cambridge in 2000.

Career

From 2000 to 2001, Marwala was a post-doctoral research associate at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. In 2003, he joined the University of the Witwatersrand and became a professor of electrical engineering in 2008. From 2013 to 2017, He was the deputy vice chancellor for research and internationalization as well as the dean of engineering at the University of Johannesburg.

From 2018 to 2023, Marwala was the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Johannesburg. As Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Marwala developed and implemented the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) strategy, by introducing a compulsory artificial intelligence course and an Africa Insights course for all students, irrespective of their majors.

Marwala has been Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General since 1 March 2023. He was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) committee that developed the ethical guidelines of using artificial intelligence in medicine.

Marwala served as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation (2020-2023) and on a board of Nedbank (2019-2023). He is a member of council of the University of Peace and the STS Forum Kyoto.

Marwala was the Deputy Chair of South Africa’s Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (with the President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa serving as Chair). He is the Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the African Centre of Excellence in the Internet of Things (ACE-IoT) based in Rwanda. The government of Namibia appointed him on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Task Team.

Research

Scholia has a profile for Tshilidzi Marwala (Q7849622).

Marwala's research interests include the theory and application of artificial intelligence to engineering and computer science such as the St. Petersburg paradox, blockchain, and poker., finance and economics, medicine like his work on pulmonary embolism epileptic activity, HIV and Covid-19, and political science.

Outreach and public engagement

Marwala work and opinion have appeared in media such as New Scientist, The Economist, CNN, and BBC. He has also given talks at Royal Society, Cambridge Union, and Oxford Union. In 2016 Tshilidzi Marwala delivered the Bernard Price Memorial Lecture in South Africa. With Stephen Hawking and Guy Laliberté, he was a judge of the YouTube Space Lab competition.

Personal life

Marwala is married to Jabulile Vuyiswa Manana since 2000, and together they have 3 children.

Awards and honours

Marwala is a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (2010), African Academy of Sciences (2012), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022), Chinese Academy of Sciences (2023), and the Academy of Science of South Africa. He is the recipient of the Bronze Order of Mapungubwe in 2004. In 2022, Marwala was awarded the IT Personality of the Year Award in South Africa for his work on the fourth Industrial Revolution. In 2020 the Science-for-Society Gold Medal from the Academy of Science of South Africa, and in 2024 the Hans Carl von Carlowitz Sustainability Award.

Marwala has received honorary doctorates from the Caucasus University in Tbilisi in Georgia, the University of Venda. and Tshwane University of Technology. Marwala has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University, Wolfson College, Cambridge, and University of California, Berkeley. He is an honorary professor at the Nanjing Tech University as well as the Central South University in The People's Republic of China.

In high school he won the National Youth Science Olympiad and represented South Africa in the London International Youth Science Forum.

See also

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