My grandmother was my first engineering teacher: global AI expert

My grandmother was my first engineering teacher: global AI expert

A simple act ignited a lifelong passion to understand, test, innovate and solve problems: Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, on receiving honorary doctorate

Clay Pots and AI - How a Grandmother’s Wisdom Shaped a Global Tech Leader - Commonwealth Union

Diaspora (Commonwealth Union) _ In a deeply moving tribute at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology graduation ceremony, Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, a globally acclaimed engineer and AI scholar, took the stage not to list his many accolades but to honor the woman who shaped his life from the clay ground up: his grandmother, Vho Tshianeo Marwala. The occasion marked the conferring of an…