Tshilidzi Marwala

thumb|Tshilidzi Marwala 20230801Tshilidzi Marwala (born 28 July 1971) 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. In August 2023 Marwala was appointed to the United Nations scientific advisory council. Quotes If you look at issues of education, technology is key. In rural schools, where qualified teachers are not available, can't we use online platforms to teach and bring education where there is no capacity. Can't we connect people to rural schools? And technology is central in achieving gender equality. How does technology reinforce some of the biases that we observe? For example, I was reading about a big US company that had a résumé sorting algorithm that was discriminating against women. There are advantages and disadvantages of technology. But the advantage of technology is that it is much easier to fix the technology than to fix the human. The Path from Venda: An Interview with UNU Rector Tshilidzi Marwala External links Category:Engineers from South Africa Category:Computer scientists Category:Mechanical engineers Category:Academics from South Africa Category:1971 births Category: living people Category: People from South Africa