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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) 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>


== Biography ==
⚫ == Early life and education ==
Marwala was born at ] Village in the ] Province. He obtained a ] in artificial intelligence from the ]<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> and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from ], graduating with a ].<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>


⚫ === Early life and education ===
⚫ ==Career==
Marwala was born at ] 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>
⚫ 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> Marwala was previously a ] and ] of the ]. He was previously the deputy vice chancellor for research and internationalization as well as the dean of ] at the ] and a professor of ] at the ]. He was a post-doctoral fellow at ]. He served as a trustee of the ] and on a board of ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneyweb.co.za/mny_sens/nedbank-ltd-nedbank-group-limited-and-nedbank-limited-changes-to-the-boards-of-directors/|title=Nedbank|language=en|access-date=13 May 2019|date=13 May 2019}}</ref>


⚫ === Career ===
One of the books he co-authored on modelling interstate conflict has been translated into Chinese by the National Defense Industry Press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookschina.com/book_detail/bookspic.asp?pic1=http://image12.bookschina.com/2016/20160909/7262646.jpg&name=%E5%9F%BA%E4%BA%8E%E8%AE%A1%E7%AE%97%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%86%9B%E4%BA%8B%E5%86%B2%E7%AA%81%E5%BB%BA%E6%A8%A1|title=鍩轰簬璁＄畻鏅鸿兘鐨勫啗浜嬪啿绐佸缓妯?-中国图书网，图书，书店，网上书店，特价书，特价图书|website=www.bookschina.com|access-date=25 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=基于计算智能的军事冲突建模 – 图书 – 亚马逊|isbn=978-7118105285 |last1=Marwala |first1=Tshilidzi |author2=马瓦拉 |date=5 November 2023 |publisher=国防工业出版社 }}</ref> His work and opinion have appeared in media such as '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://digital.asahi.com/articles/ASR8T53DPR8QUPQJ016.html?ptoken=01H8YZR1R0VV0W0HG984YDDB9W |title=Tshilidzi Marwala|work=Asahi Shinbun|access-date=28 November 2024|language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCD021LJ0S4A800C2000000/ |title=Tshilidzi Marwala|work=Nikkei Shinbun|access-date=28 November 2024|language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fortune.com/2024/01/23/world-international-decade-data-splintering-ai-haves-have-nots-un-researchers-warn-tech-politics/|title=Tshilidzi Marwala|work=Fortune|access-date=27 November 2024|language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/5433/tshilidzi-marwala/|title=Tshilidzi Marwala|work=The Japan Times|access-date=27 November 2024|language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/intelligenza-artificiale-rischio-dell-esclusione-AGPNbdJB|title=Tshilidzi Marwala|work=Il Sole 24 Ore|access-date=27 November 2024|language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426066.600-software-learns-when-it-pays-to-deceive/|title=Software learns when it pays to deceive|work=New Scientist|access-date=27 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://search.time.com/?q=Marwala&site=time|title=TIME {{!}} Current & Breaking News|newspaper=Time|access-date=27 October 2017}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/13642290|title=On Jacob Zuma, Iraq, Croatia, home ownership, Somali pirates, education, Greece, Machiavelli, economics|date=14 May 2009|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=27 October 2017|issn=0013-0613}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yiba.co.za/uj-grabs-ai-spotlight-cnn-feature/|title=UJ grabs AI spotlight in CNN feature|date=15 January 2018}}</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 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CKvf99dy3jk |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|access-date=20 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswh1b|title=BBC World Service - Business Daily, The education scam|website=BBC}}</ref> He has also given talks at ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events-at-rhodes-house/events/2019/february/scholar-talk-artificial-intelligence-with-prof-tshildzi-marwala/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203165810/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events-at-rhodes-house/events/2019/february/scholar-talk-artificial-intelligence-with-prof-tshildzi-marwala/|archive-date=2019-12-03|title= Scholar Talk: Artificial Intelligence with Prof. Tshildzi Marwala |website=Rhodes House}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/02/day-1-highlights-2021-commonwealth-science-conference/|title=Day 1 highlights - 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference: Science for a resilient future &#124; Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2B7mXaNzo&feature=youtu.be |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/Gc2B7mXaNzo |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title= Is AI dangerous}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Harvard's ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2019-08/development-data-economy|title=Development in the Data Economy &#124; Berkman Klein Center|date=11 September 2019|website=cyber.harvard.edu}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqeqnE7CLr8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/uqeqnE7CLr8 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=AI Panel}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxford-union.org/node/1844|title=AI Panel}}</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 |work=YouTube Space Lab Resources |publisher=Google Sites |access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref>
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" />


⚫ 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>
=== Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg ===


⚫ 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>
==== Fourth Industrial Revolution ====
⚫ As Vice-Chancellor, 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> To move the fourth industrial revolution, Marwala introduced 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> Furthermore, he introduced Africa by Bus Project, where thousands of students travel by bus to various African countries to understand the African continent.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Africa by Bus |url=https://www.unicef.org/southafrica/stories/unicef-university-johannesburg-supports-beira-orange-bus-campaign#:~:text=Annually%2C%20the%20UJDVI%20has%20organised,more%20aware%20about%20their%20continent. |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>


⚫ 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>
==== Rankings ====
Under his leadership, the University of Johannesburg was ranked first in Africa in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and first globally for Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8). In the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, it was ranked first in Africa and globally for SDG 1 (no poverty).<ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/length/25/name/university%20of%20johannesburg/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> From 2018 to 2022, the University of Johannesburg increased research output from sixth position to position first in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 May 2023 |title=Research |url=https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/499/238622.html |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 May 2023 |title=Research |url=https://universityofjohannesburg.us/4ir/2023/05/uj-achieves-historic-no-1-in-sas-accredited-research-outputs/#:~:text=This%20is%20according%20to%20a%20report%20released%20on,in%20South%20Africa%20with%202753.4%20research%20output%20units. |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref> Furthermore, according to the ] (QS) ranking, UJ increased from being number 5 in Africa in 2021 (announced in 2020) to number 2 in Africa in 2023 (announced in 2022).<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2022 |title=SRanking |url=https://www.businessinsider.co.za/the-best-university-in-south-africa-uct-versus-uj-2022-6 |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>


⚫ 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>
==== Fundraising ====
Under his leadership, the University of Johannesburg increased its endowment from US$61 million to US$200 million from 2018 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Fundraising |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/uj-raises-r200-mln-poor-students/ |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> During his tenure, the University of Johannesburg purchased and financed two additional campuses, Devland Campus (US$10million) and Media 24 Park (US$20 million), and completed the Soweto Residence Complex (US$30million). Furthermore, the University of Johannesburg increased electricity consumption from solar energy from 0% to 15% from 2018 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Solar Energy |url=https://www.uj.ac.za/?s=solar+energy |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>


==== Institutes ==== === Research ===
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>
Marwala established of the ], UJ Press,<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=UJ Press |url=https://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/index.php/ujp |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> Johannesburg Business School,<ref name="jbs.ac.za">{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=JBS |url=https://jbs.ac.za/ |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> Institute of Future Studies, with ] the Institute for Global African Affairs and Institute of Intelligent Systems.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=IIS |url=https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/engineering-the-built-environment/centers-units-institutes-stations/institute-for-intelligent-systems/ |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>


=== United Nations === === '''Outreach and public engagement''' ===
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>
As the Rector of the United Nations University, Marwala has secured $65 million to establish the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in ]. This Institute will be located at the supercomputing facility ].<ref>{{cite web |date=27 June 2023 |title=UNU AI |url=https://unu.edu/press-release/new-unu-institute-italy-will-drive-global-collaboration-big-data-and-artificial |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 June 2023 |title=UNU AI |url=https://www.onuitalia.com/2023/06/12/big-data-and-artificial-intelligence-a-new-institute-of-un-university-will-open-in-bologna/ |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref> Marwala has also worked with the ] through agencies such as ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web |date=27 November 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=27 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marwala |first1=Tshilidzi |date=27 November 2021 |title=UNESCO |url=https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/journals/22202293/2019/2/15 |journal=The UNESCO Courier |volume=2019 |issue=2 |pages=56–57 |doi=10.18356/d94175df-en |s2cid=213291921 |access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 November 2021 |title=UNICEF |url=https://www.unicef.org/globalinsight/media/2311/file |access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 November 2021 |title=WIPO |url=https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2019/si/article_0006.html |access-date=27 November 2021}}</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> Furthermore, he was a member of the committee that developed the international accord on open data for the International Council for Science (ICSU) in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Namibia |url=https://www.interacademies.org/event/first-science-international-meeting-big-dataopen-data |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="jbs.ac.za" /> Institute of Future Studies, with ] the Institute for Global African Affairs and Institute of Intelligent Systems.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2023 |title=AI and Data |url=https://www.onuitalia.com/2023/06/12/big-data-and-artificial-intelligence-a-new-institute-of-un-university-will-open-in-bologna/ |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>


=== Governments === === Personal life ===
Marwala is married to Jabulile Vuyiswa Manana since 2000, and together they have 3 children.<ref name=":0" />
⚫ Marwala has served globally and nationally on policymaking bodies. Most recently, he was the Deputy Chair of South Africa’s Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (with the President of South Africa ] serving as Chair). This committee developed the country’s fourth industrial revolution strategy.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=RSA |url=https://www.gov.za/search?search_query=Marwala |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> Continentally, Marwala 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>{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Namibia |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/103156/read/Geingob-appoints-UJ-professor-to-4IR-task-force |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>


=== Other activities === == Awards and honours ==
⚫ 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 ].<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 ].{{When|date=December 2024}}<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 is on the corporate 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> and is 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>


Marwala has been a visiting fellow at ],<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 2007 |title=South African Fellowship Program certificates awarded |language=en-US |work=Harvard Gazette |url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/06/south-african-fellowship-program-certificates-awarded/ |access-date=27 October 2017}}</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. 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}}


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}}
==Academic contributions and research==
Marwala's research interests include the theory and application of artificial intelligence to engineering, computer science, finance, economics, social science and medicine. Marwala and Israeli researcher Daniel Muller studied the ] using the concept of the relative net utility.<ref>{{cite arXiv | last1 = Muller | first1 = Daniel | last2 = Marwala | first2 = Tshilidzi |year = 2019 | title =Relative Net Utility and the Saint Petersburg Paradox |eprint= 1910.09544 | class = econ.GN }}</ref> Marwala and Bo Xing have also studied the relationship between ] and artificial intelligence.<ref>{{cite arXiv | last1 = Marwala | first1 = Tshilidzi | last2 = Xing | first2 = Bo |year = 2015 | title =Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence |eprint= 1802.04451| class = cs.AI }}</ref> With Evan Hurwitz, Marwala built software agents that can ] on playing a game of poker.<ref>{{cite arXiv|eprint=0705.0693|first1=Tshilidzi|last1= Marwala |last2 = Hurwitz | first2 = Evan |title= Learning to bluff |date=7 May 2007 |class=cs.AI}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=Zeeya|last= Merali |title= Software learns when it pays to deceive |journal = New Scientist|date=2 June 2007 }}</ref>

=== Artificial intelligence and aerospace engineering ===
Marwala has applied artificial intelligence in aeronautical engineering and an example of this is his work on using AI to detect faults in aerospace structures, which he published papers in journals of ] such as ] and Journal of Aircraft.
<ref>{{cite journal|author1= Tshilidzi Marwala|title= Fault classification using pseudo modal energies and neural networks|journal= American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal|year= 2003|volume= 41|issue= 1|pages= 82–89|doi= 10.2514/2.1916|bibcode= 2003AIAAJ..41...82M}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1= Tshilidzi Marwala|author2= Sibusiso Sibisi|title= Finite element model updating using Bayesian framework and modal properties.|journal= American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal of Aircraft|year= 2005|volume= 42|issue= 1|pages= 275–278|doi= 10.2514/1.11841}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1= Tshilidzi Marwala|title= Finite element model updating using wavelet data and genetic algorithm.|journal= American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal of Aircraft|year= 2002|volume= 39|issue= 4|pages= 709–711|doi= 10.2514/2.2971}}</ref>

=== Artificial intelligence and medical sciences ===
Marwala has worked on the application of artificial intelligence to health care. For example, he has used AI to diagnose pulmonary embolism <ref>{{cite arXiv | last1 = Scurrell | first1 = Simon | last2 = Marwala | first2 = Tshilidzi |last3 = Rubin | first3 = David| year = 2007 | title =Automatic Detection of Pulmonary Embolism using Computational Intelligence |eprint= 0706.0300| class = cs.CV}}</ref> and epileptic activity <ref>{{cite journal|author1= Nadim Mohamed|author2= David Rubin|author3= Tshilidzi Marwala|title= Detection of epileptiform activity in human EEG signals using Bayesian neural networks.|journal= Neural Information Processing-Letters and Reviews|year= 2006|volume= 10|issue= 1|pages= |doi= }}</ref> as well as understand HIV<ref>{{cite journal|author1= B.B. Leke|author2= T. Marwala|title= Autoencoder networks for HIV classification.|journal= Current Science |year= 2006|volume= 81|issue= 11|pages= |doi= }}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite journal|author1= R. Mbuvha|author2= T. Marwala|title= Bayesian inference of COVID-19 spreading rates in South Africa.|journal= PLOS ONE|year= 2020|volume= 15|issue= 8|pages= e0237126|doi= 10.1371/journal.pone.0237126|pmid= 32756608|pmc= 7406053|bibcode= 2020PLoSO..1537126M|doi-access= free}}</ref> He was a co-inventor of the innovative methods of radiation imaging<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080296504 |title=Patent US20080296504 – Method and Apparatus for Radiation Imaging – Google Patents |date=30 March 2004 |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> and with ] as well as David Rubin the artificial larynx.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110190881 |title=Patent US20110190881 – Artificial Larynx – Google Patents |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>

=== Artificial intelligence and economics ===
Marwala and Evan Hurwitz proposed that there is less ] between two artificial intelligent agents than between two human agents and that the more artificial intelligence there is in the market, the less the volume of trades in the market.<ref>{{cite arXiv | last1 = Marwala | first1 = Tshilidzi | last2 = Hurwitz | first2 = Evan |year = 2015 | title =Artificial Intelligence and Asymmetric Information Theory |eprint= 1510.02867| class = cs.AI }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2015/11/26/artificial-intelligence-can-reduce-information-asymmetry/|title=Artificial Intelligence can Reduce Information Asymmetry : Networks Course blog for INFO 2040/CS 2850/Econ 2040/SOC 2090|website=blogs.cornell.edu|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> Tshilidzi Marwala and Evan Hurwitz in their book<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Marwala |first1= Tshilidzi| last2=Hurwitz |first2= Evan |title=Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theory: Skynet in the Market |year=2017 |publisher=] |location=London |isbn=978-3-319-66104-9}}</ref> applied ] theory to study the transition of the economy into automated production and identified an equilibrium point (Lewis turning point) where it does not make economic sense to move human labor to automated machines. Tshilidzi Marwala and Evan Hurwitz, in their book,<ref name="auto"/> observed that the advent of intelligent online buying platforms such as Amazon and technologies such as flexible manufacturing offers the opportunity for individualized ] curves to be produced. They observed that these reduce the degree of arbitrage in the market, permitting individualized pricing for the same product and bringing fairness and efficiency into the market. Furthermore, with Evan Hurwitz in their book,<ref name="auto"/> they observed that decision-making and predicting machines that are executed using ] and other ] techniques reduce the biases and variances of the errors on decision making and thus make decisions in a closer manner to the conclusions of ] theory than human decision-makers. In his response to ], Marwala has also brought to the attention the difficulty of taxing robots given the fact that a great deal of the devices that we use have robotics features.<ref>{{cite arXiv|last1=Marwala|first1=Tshilidzi|title=On Robot Revolution and Taxation|eprint=1808.01666|class=cs.CY|year=2018}}</ref> He developed the concept of ], proposing the theory of rational ], rational ] and the theory of flexibly ].<ref>{{cite arXiv|eprint=1811.06606|first=Daniel|last= Muller |title= Economics of Human-AI Ecosystem: Value Bias and Lost Utility in Multi-Dimensional Gaps |date=25 November 2018 |class=q-fin.GN}}</ref> Marwala also observed that the applicability of ] depends on how much artificial intelligence is used to make a decision. He also observed that the more artificial intelligence is used for decision-making, the more efficient the markets become. For example, if artificially intelligent machines make all decisions, the markets will be fully rational.<ref>{{cite arXiv|eprint=1509.01213|first=Tshilidzi|last= Marwala |title= Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Theory |date=1 July 2015 |class=q-fin.GN}}</ref>

=== Artificial Intelligence and Political Science ===
Tshilidzi Marwala has contributed to the application of artificial intelligence in political science, international relations, and interstate conflict. With Monica Lagazio, he has studied the effects of artificial intelligence on international relations, including the possibility of interstate conflict. In this regard, these researchers have discussed how AI can be used to predict and manage conflicts, as well as how it may alter the nature of diplomacy and international negotiations. This work involved analyzing data and predicting potential conflicts using machine learning algorithms.<ref>{{cite book |author1= Tshilidzi Marwala|author2= Monica Lagazio |title= Militarized Conflict Modeling Using Computational Intelligence |year=2011 |publisher=] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-0-85729-789-1}}</ref> Marwala and Bhaso Ndzendze have investigated how AI can be utilized in international relations decision-making procedures. He has discussed the potential for artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making by providing more precise forecasts and analyses.<ref>{{cite book |author1= Bhaso Ndzendze|author2= Tshilidzi Marwala| title= Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in International Relations. |year=2021 |publisher= ]|location=Singapore |isbn= 978-981-123-454-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1= Bhaso Ndzendze| author2= Tshilidzi Marwala |title= Artificial Intelligence and International Relations Theories |year=2023 |publisher= ] |location=London |isbn= 978-9811948763}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
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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
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 at 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

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 Order of Mapungubwe. 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

Scholia has a profile for Tshilidzi Marwala (Q7849622).

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