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Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala OMB Pr.Eng. FSAAE FRSA Ph.D.(Cambridge)PLD(Harvard) TABLE OF CONTENTS BIOGRAPHY.....................................................................................................................................2 EDUCATION .....................................................................................................................................2 FELLOWSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION ................................................................3 CURRENT POSITIONS ...................................................................................................................3 EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................3 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS.....................................................................................................3 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS.....................................................................................................4 PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE................................................................................................4 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE ........................................................................................................5 AWARDS, HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS ..........................................................................6 MADE PRESENTATIONS AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:.....................................7 MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS........................................................8 RESEARCH INTERESTS................................................................................................................8 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS....................................................8 VISITING PROFESSORS/RESEARCHERS HOSTED ...............................................................9 BOOK................................................................................................................................................10 PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS......................................................................10 PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS......................................................................................13 PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ..........................14 PAPERS IN POPULAR/POLITICAL JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/ARCHIVES ....................21 THESES ............................................................................................................................................23 ARTICLES ON THE WORK OF PROF. MARWALA ..............................................................23 JOURNAL/CONFERENCE/PROJECTS REVIEWER..............................................................23 VISITING PROFESSORSHIP/RESEARCHER/FELLOW .......................................................24 CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AND PRESENTATION ........................................................24 POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION..............................................................................................25 EXTERNAL EXAMINER ..............................................................................................................27 RESEARCH GRANT RECEIVED................................................................................................28 BUSINESS, ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING ...........................................29 INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION ...........................................................................................29 REFERENCE:..................................................................................................................................30 1 of 30 Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala OMB Pr.Eng. FSAAE FRSA Ph.D.(Cambridge)PLD(Harvard) Biography Tshilidzi Marwala born 28 July 1971 in Venda, South Africa is the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering as well as the South Africa Research Chair in Systems Engineering both at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, is a Chair of the Local Loop Unbundling Committee, Deputy Chair of Limpopo Business Support Agency and is on boards of EOH (Pty) Ltd, City Power Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd, State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd, Statistics South Africa, National Advisory Council on Innovation and a Fellow of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. He is a trustee of the Bradlow Foundation as well as the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation. He is the youngest recipient of the Order of Mapungubwe (whose other recipients are Nobel Prize Winners Sydney Brenner, Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and J.M. Coetzee) and was the first African Engineer to be awarded the President Award by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Engineering from the University of Pretoria, a PhD in Engineering from St John's College, University of Cambridge and attended a Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School. He was a post-doctoral research associate at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and in year 2006 to 2007 was a visiting fellow at Harvard University. In the year 2007 to 2008 he is a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. His research interests include the application of computational intelligence to engineering, computer science, finance, social science and medicine. He has published over 150 papers in journals, proceedings and book chapters and has supervised 30 master and PhD theses. He was part of a team that has succeeded in bringing the 2014 World Congress of Automatic Control to Africa for the first time. His work has appeared in publications such as New Scientist and Time Magazine. Personal Details Name: Tshilidzi Marwala OMB Pr.Eng. FRSA PhD Date of Birth: 28 July 1971 Citizenship: South African Place of Birth: Venda, Limpopo Province, South Africa Postal Address: P.O. Box 787391, Sandton, 2146 Telephone (Work): 011 717 7217 E/mail: [email protected] Website: http://dept.ee.wits.ac.za/~marwala/ Education 1. Harvard Business School, Cambridge, USA Program for Leadership Development (2006-2007) 2. University of London (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)-London, UK Post-Doctorate in Information Technology (2000 - 2001) 3. University of Cambridge, St. John’s College - Cambridge, United Kingdom Ph.D. Computational Intelligence in Engineering Systems (1997 - 2000) 4. University of Pretoria - Pretoria, South Africa 2 of 30 Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala OMB Pr.Eng. FSAAE FRSA Ph.D.(Cambridge)PLD(Harvard) Masters of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (1996 - 1997) 5. Case Western Reserve University - Ohio, United States of America Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, (1991 - 1995) Fellowships/Professional Registration 1. Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) (2007) 2. Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering (2007) 3. Registered Professional Engineer (2005) 4. Fellow of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (2004) Current Positions 1. South African Research Chair in Systems Engineering (Funded by DST Administered by NRF): University of the Witwatersrand (2007) 2. Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering: University of the Witwatersrand (2006) 3. Personal Professor of Electrical Engineering: University of the Witwatersrand (2005). 4. Extraordinary Professor of Mechanical Engineering: University of Pretoria (2003). 5. Director of the Board: City Power Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd. (2005) 6. Director of the Board: State Information and Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd. (2005) 7. Director of the Board: EOH Holding (Pty) Ltd. (2006-2007) 8. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors: Limpopo Business Support Agency (2006) 9. Member: South African Statistics Council (2005) 10. Member: National Advisory Council on Innovation (2004) 11. Trustee: The Bradlow Foundation (2006) 12. Trustee: Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation (2006) Editorial Responsibilities 1. Member of the Editorial Board: Open Aerospace Engineering Journal (2007-present) 2. Associate Editor: ICIC Express Letters ( An International Journal of Research and Surveys ) (2007-present) Committee Memberships 1. Member of the Steering Committee: 19 th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Cape Town, South Africa 2014. 3 of 30 Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala OMB Pr.Eng. FSAAE FRSA Ph.D.(Cambridge)PLD(Harvard) 2. International Technical Committee: BIONETICS 2007, Hungary. 3. International Program Committee: WSEAS Automatic Control, Modelling and Simulation, Turkey (2007) 4. International Program Committee: IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation (Africa-MS ), Botswana, (2007) 5. Scientific Committee: GAMEON 2007, Florida, USA. Committee Memberships 1. University Research Committee: University of the Witwatersrand (2006) 2. School Executive Committee: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand (2003) 3. Faculty Board: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand (2007) 4. Human Resource Committee: State Information Technology Agency (2005) 5. Strategic Committee: State Information Technology Agency (2005) 6. Chair of Oversight Committee: City Power Johannesburg (2005) 7. Chair of Finance and Procurement Committee: Limpopo Business Support Agency (2006) 8. Audit Committee:
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