Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, PhD (Cantab)

1 Tshilidzi marwala OMB PrEng PhD 01/04/2015 1 of 39 Contents PERSONAL INFORMATION .. 2 ADDRESS: .. 2 E-MAIL .. 2 WEBSITE .. 2 PLACE OF 2 DATE OF BIRTH .. 2 CITIZENSHIP .. 2 SPOUSE .. 2 CHILDREN .. 2 BIOGRAPHY .. 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE .. 4 EDUCATION .. 5 LEADERSHIP EDUCATION .. 5 MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES/COMMITTEES .. 5 SELECTED AWARDS, HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS .. 6 RESEARCH INTERESTS .. 8 MEMBERSHIP/FELLOWSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL 8 EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES .. 8 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE .. 8 STUDENTS SUPERVISION: .. 10 STUDENTS CURRENTLY UNDER SUPERVISION .. 15 OTHER RESEARCH STUDENTS SUPERVISED.

2 15 POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP SUPERVISION .. 15 SELECTED JOURNAL/GRANT REVIEWER .. 15 GRANT REVIEW .. 15 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS .. 15 MAJOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AND PRESENTATION .. 16 VISITING PROFESSORS/RESEARCHERS HOSTED .. 17 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS .. 17 RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED .. 18 EXTERNAL EXAMINATION .. 18 PUBLICATIONS: .. 19 PATENTS .. 19 BOOKS .. 19 PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS AND 20 PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (ISI LISTED JOURNALS) .. 22 PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS .. 24 SELECTED PAPERS IN LOCAL/POPULAR JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/ARCHIVES .. 35 CHARITABLE INITIATIVES.

3 37 GOOGLE SCHOLAR PROFILE .. 38 REFERENCES .. 38 Tshilidzi marwala OMB PrEng PhD 01/04/2015 2 of 39 Professor Tshilidzi marwala PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Innovation University of Johannesburg PO Box 524 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg South Africa E-mail: Website: Place of birth: Duthuni, Venda, Republic of South Africa Date of birth: 28 July 1971 Citizenship: South African Spouse: Dr Jabulile marwala BSc(Pretoria) BSc(Hons)(Pretoria) MSc(Pretoria) MBBCh(Wits ) Children: Nhlonipho Khathutshelo marwala (Son), Lwazi Thendo marwala (Son), Denga Mbali marwala (Daughter) BIOGRAPHY Tshilidzi marwala is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research, Innovation, Postgraduate Studies and the Library at the University of Johannesburg.

4 He was the executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg. He was previously a full Professor of Electrical Engineering, the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering as well as the South Africa Chair (SARChI) of Systems Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand. Prior to this, he was an executive assistant to the technical director at the South African Breweries. He has served as the Chair of the Local Loop Unbundling Committee that was tasked by the Department of Communications with the responsibility to unbundle Telkom s local loop, as a Chairman of Pikitup Board, on the Board of Directors of the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), EOH Pty Ltd, Denel Soc Ltd, City Power Johannesburg Soc Ltd, as a Deputy Chairman of the Limpopo Business Support Agency, as a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation, and as a member of Statistics South Africa Council.

5 He is a member of the ICT Advisory Council of the South African government and he is a Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure of the Department of Communications. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) from Case Western Reserve University (USA), a Master of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pretoria, a PhD in Engineering from Cambridge University, was a post-doctoral research associate at the Imperial College (London) and completed a Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School. He is a registered professional engineer, a Fellow of TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Science of South Africa, The African Academy of Sciences, CSIR and the South African Academy of Engineering.

6 He is a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) and a distinguished member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). His research interests are multi-disciplinary and they include the applications of computational intelligence to engineering, computer science, finance, social science and medicine. He has extensive track record in human capacity development having supervised 46 Masters and 19 PhD students to completion. Some of these students have proceeded with their doctoral and post-doctoral studies at leading universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Tshilidzi marwala OMB PrEng PhD 01/04/2015 3 of 39 British Columbia, Rutgers, Purdue and Concordia.

7 He has published 8 books, over 260 papers in journals, proceedings and book chapters and hold three international patents. He is an associate editor of the International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor and Francis Publishers) and was an associate editor of the South African Journal of Science. He has received more than 40 awards including the Order of Mapungubwe and the President s Award of the National Research Foundation. His writings and opinions have appeared in the New Scientist and Time Magazines. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Longest serving member non- executive Director of the Board of Directors of EOH (Pty) Ltd.

8 With market capitalization of over US$1 billion Leader of a team of 8 experts appointed by the Minister of Communications that developed a strategy on how to unbundle the local loop of the fixed line telecommunication company Telkom (Listed in the New York Stock Exchange at the time) Leader of a delegation that met various stakeholders including the Telecommunication Regulator (ICASA) and the executive team of Telkom. Participated in the Presidential International Advisory Council on Information Technology (PIAC). Delegates included global CEOs of HP and Alcatel. Leader of a delegation that negotiated the exit of the Chief executive Officer of City Power Johannesburg in 2006 Leader of a delegation to the South African Parliament Portfolio Committee on Science and technology to present the annual business plans for NACI.

9 Chairman of the Oversight Committee of City Power Johannesburg Member of the Procurement Committee of City Power Johannesburg Member of the Pricing and Regulation Committee of City Power Johannesburg Chair of the Finance Committee of the Limpopo Business Support Agency Member of the strategic committee of Statistics South Africa Chaired sessions in more than 10 international conferences held in countries such as the USA, Botswana, Japan and China. Elected Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge as well as Visiting Scholar at University of California (Berkeley) Secretary of the Cambridge United Nations Society Treasurer of the Cambridge Southern African Society Identified and assessed deserving candidate and the approved funding for PhD studies at St.

10 John s College, University of Cambridge for the Bradlow Foundation. Identified and approved funding for many community based organizations for the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundations Developed the Faculty s long-term vision, strategy as well as implementation and monitoring plans Developed the Faculty Research and Innovation, Teaching and Learning as well as Community Engagement Strategies at the University of Johannesburg. Restructured the Faculty into 4 Schools (School of Electrical Engineering, School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, as well as the School of Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering) at the University of Johannesburg.