He was one of the 261 outstanding individuals named by the academy President David W. Oxtoby and Chair of the Board of Directors Nancy C. Andrews, to have been elected to the Academy in April, 2022.
Professor Marwala, a computer scientist was one of about thirty (30) International Honorary Members drawn from around the world. He was one of the two IHM from Africa on the list of 2022 elected members. He was elected a member of the academy base on his outstanding track record as a computer scientist and human capacity developer.
His research interests are multi-disciplinary. It cover the artificial intelligence (AI) theory and application on engineering, computer science, social science, finance and medicine . He has supervised 47 master’s and 28 Doctoral students to completion.
Marwala, who is also a Mechanical Engineer is bestowed with many honours including:
- Order of Mapungubwe.
- Extraordinary Professor – University of Pretoria
- Extraordinary Lecturer – University of Pretoria
- Charles Hesterman Merz Fund Award
- Ford of Britain Trust Award
- Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
- Honorary Cambridge Malaysian Scholar
- Honorary Cambridge Mandela Scholar
- Case Western Reserve University Alumni Professional Achievement Award
- NRF Award: Champion of Research Capacity Development
- Judge of the YouTube/Google Spacelab Completion
- NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards: Eskom Research Capacity Award
- TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists
- SAIEE Premium Best Paper Award
- NSTF Award
Professor Tshilidzi Marwala education qualifications includes:
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering, University of Cambridge (St. John’s College), Cambridge, U.K.
- Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
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