Tshilidzi Marwala

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.[1] In August 2023 Marwala was appointed to the United Nations scientific advisory council.[2][3]

Biography

Early life and education

Marwala was born at Duthuni Village in the Limpopo Province.[4] He obtained a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, graduating Magna Cum Laude,[5] followed by a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Cambridge in 2000.[6]

Career

From 2000 to 2001, Marwala was a post-doctoral research associate at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.[7] In 2003, he joined the University of the Witwatersrand and became a professor of electrical engineering in 2008.[7] 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.[7]

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,[8] by introducing a compulsory artificial intelligence course and an Africa Insights course for all students, irrespective of their majors.[9]

Marwala has been Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General since 1 March 2023.[10] He was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) committee that developed the ethical guidelines of using artificial intelligence in medicine.[11]

Marwala served as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation (2020-2023)[12] and on a board of Nedbank (2019-2023).[13] He is a member of council of the University of Peace [14] and the STS Forum Kyoto. [15]

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).[16] 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.[17] The government of Namibia appointed him on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Task Team.[7]

Research

Marwala's research interests include the theory and application of artificial intelligence to engineering[18][19][20] and computer science such as the St. Petersburg paradox,[21] blockchain,[22] and poker.[23][24], finance and economics,[25][26][27] medicine like his work on pulmonary embolism[28] epileptic activity,[29] HIV[30] and Covid-19,[31] and political science.[32][33][34]

Outreach and public engagement

Marwala work and opinion have appeared in media such as New Scientist,[35] The Economist,[36] CNN,[37][38] and BBC.[39] He has also given talks at Royal Society,[40] Cambridge Union,[41] and Oxford Union.[42][43] 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.[44]

Personal life

Marwala is married to Jabulile Vuyiswa Manana since 2000, and together they have 3 children.[4]

Awards and honours

Marwala is a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (2010),[45] African Academy of Sciences (2012),[46] American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022),[47] Chinese Academy of Sciences (2023),[48] and the Academy of Science of South Africa.[49][failed verification] He is the recipient of the Order of Mapungubwe.[when?][50][failed verification] In 2022, Marwala was awarded the IT Personality of the Year Award in South Africa for his work on the fourth Industrial Revolution.[51] In 2020 the Science-for-Society Gold Medal from the Academy of Science of South Africa,[52][failed verification] and in 2024 the Hans Carl von Carlowitz Sustainability Award.[53]

Marwala has received honorary doctorates from the Caucasus University in Tbilisi in Georgia,[54] the University of Venda.[55] and Tshwane University of Technology.[56] Marwala has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University,[57] Wolfson College, Cambridge,[58] and University of California, Berkeley.[59] He is an honorary professor at the Nanjing Tech University as well as the Central South University in The People's Republic of China.[citation needed]

In high school he won the National Youth Science Olympiad and represented South Africa in the London International Youth Science Forum.[60][failed verification]

See also

Scholia has a profile for Tshilidzi Marwala (Q7849622).

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