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Fulufhelo Nelwamondo

Fulufhelo Nelwamondo is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Fulufhelo Nelwamondo rather than just read about it. In short: Fulufhelo Vincent Nelwamondo (OMS) is an electrical engineer by training, and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Computational Intelligence) from the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa. He is the youngest recipient of the Harvard-South Africa Fellowship Programme amongst other honours.

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Reference excerpt

Fulufhelo Vincent Nelwamondo (OMS) is an electrical engineer by training, and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Computational Intelligence) from the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa. He is the youngest recipient of the Harvard-South Africa Fellowship Programme amongst other honours. His research and practical experience has covered a wide spectrum of areas, including software engineering and computational intelligence. His interests include biometrics-based systems, data mining and machine learning tools.

Early life and career Nelwamondo was born in 1982 in Lukau village, within the greater Lwamondo Village in Venda, Limpopo province, South Africa. He attended Belemu Primary School and matriculated at Mbilwi Secondary School. He was awarded a bursary by Eskom to study electrical engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, obtaining his BEng(Electrical) in 2005. He was accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa in 2006 and obtained his PhD in 2008 under supervision of Tshilidzi Marwala. Nelwamondo is the chief executive officer of the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Nelwamondo joined the Modelling and Digital Science unit (MDS) of the CSIR in 2008, and became acting director in 2014 and executive director in 2016; prior to 2008 he had been a principal researcher and a competence area manager for Information Security. He was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University for 2008–2009 as part of the Harvard Centre for African Studies' South African Fellowship Programme, becoming the youngest recipient of the Harvard-South Africa Fellowship Programme. In November 2011 he was listed as a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is a visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and was listed as a Promising Young Researcher in UJ's list of NRF-rated researchers. He is a founding board member of the South African Young Academy of Science. In 2011, the South African breakfast cereal manufacturer Pioneer Foods conducted an interview with Nelwamondo as part of a series of advertisements celebrating South African achievers and the breakfast cereal ProNutro.

Awards In addition to a number of CSIR awards, Newlamondo has been awarded the following, inter alia:

In 2017, President Jacob Zuma awarded the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver to Nelwamondo for "his excellent contribution to the field of science, particularly electrical engineering. He serves as an enormous inspiration to young people in South Africa." In 2016 the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) awarded Nelwamondo a Category III Recognition Award, granted to a non-member of the ORSSA for outstanding contributions over a long period of time. At the 2009/10 National Science and Technology Forum awards, he was awarded the National Research Foundation–sponsored TW Kambule award for a distinguished black male researcher over the last 2-5 years. Nelwamondo featured in the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans in 2008, 2010 and 2012.

Conferences and journals Nelwamondo was an editor and a reviewer for a number of international journals and in programme committees of several international conferences. He has published over 100 research papers in peer-reviewed journals (such as the SAIEE), conferences and book chapters. Some of the conferences in which he has participated include:

Fourth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (2008) International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing (2012) First Deep Learning Indaba In South Africa, (2017)

References

External links Fulufhelo Nelwamondo on Google Scholar. Fulufhelo Nelwamondo on ResearchGate.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Fulufhelo Nelwamondo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Fulufhelo Nelwamondo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Fulufhelo Nelwamondo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Fulufhelo Nelwamondo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Fulufhelo Nelwamondo

In research: Fulufhelo Nelwamondo appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Fulufhelo Nelwamondo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Fulufhelo Nelwamondo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1982 births, Academic staff of the University of Johannesburg, Harvard University alumni, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Fulufhelo Nelwamondo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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