Tshilidzi marwala biography definition

South African engineer and university administrator

Tshilidzi Marwala (born 28 July ) 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 Marwala was appointed to the United Nations scientific advisory council.^[2][3]

Biography

Early life and education

Marwala was born on 28 July in 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 ^[6]

Career

From to , Marwala was a post-doctoral research associate at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.^[7] In , he joined the University of the Witwatersran