1. Tshilidzi Marwala was born on 28 July 1971 and is a South African artificial intelligence engineer, a computer scientist, a mechanical engineer and a university administrator.
19 Facts About Tshilidzi Marwala
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Tshilidzi Marwala is currently Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General.
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Tshilidzi Marwala was born on 28 July 1971 in Duthuni Village in the Limpopo Province.
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From 2000 to 2001, Tshilidzi Marwala was a post-doctoral research associate at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
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From 2018 to 2023, Tshilidzi Marwala was the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Johannesburg.
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Tshilidzi Marwala has been Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General since 1 March 2023.
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Tshilidzi Marwala was a member of the World Health Organization committee that developed the ethical guidelines of using artificial intelligence in medicine.
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Tshilidzi Marwala served as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and on a board of Nedbank.
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Tshilidzi Marwala is a member of council of the University of Peace and the STS Forum Kyoto.
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Tshilidzi Marwala was the Deputy Chair of South Africa's Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Tshilidzi Marwala is the Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the African Centre of Excellence in the Internet of Things based in Rwanda.
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Tshilidzi Marwala has given talks at Royal Society, Cambridge Union, and Oxford Union.
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In 2016 Tshilidzi Marwala delivered the Bernard Price Memorial Lecture in South Africa.
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Tshilidzi Marwala is married to Jabulile Vuyiswa Manana since 2000, and together they have 3 children.
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Tshilidzi Marwala is a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, African Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Science of South Africa.
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Tshilidzi Marwala is the recipient of the Bronze Order of Mapungubwe in 2004.
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In 2022, Tshilidzi Marwala was awarded the IT Personality of the Year Award in South Africa for his work on the fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Tshilidzi Marwala has received honorary doctorates from the Caucasus University in Tbilisi in Georgia, the University of Venda.
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Tshilidzi Marwala has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University, Wolfson College, Cambridge, and University of California, Berkeley.