Ndivhuwo Makondo
Staff Research Scientist And Manager AI For Data Integration, IBM Software
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolNdivhuwo Makondo is a Staff Research Scientist and manager at IBM with 11 years of experience building AI for autonomous systems, data integration and neuro-symbolic reasoning. He holds a PhD in Computational Intelligence and Systems Science and has led multi-disciplinary teams at IBM Research - Africa on learnable reasoning, NLP and reinforcement learning for healthcare and robotics. His work spans foundational research and applied deployments—from robot programming by demonstration and transfer learning to decision-support RL platforms—bridging learning and symbolic reasoning toward more robust autonomous agents. Active in national AI strategy and professional societies in South Africa, he also mentors students and collaborates with university labs, reflecting a commitment to capacity building as well as research impact. An uncommon strength is his track record of moving sequential decision-making research into domain-specific applications (biomedical, policy and field robotics), combining deep theory with measurable real-world outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Electrical Engineering, Control and Instrumentation, Master of Science (MSc), Electrical Engineering, Control and Instrumentation at University of Cape TownDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Intelligence and Systems Science at Tokyo Institute of TechnologyNational Senior Certificate, Mathematics and Science, National Senior Certificate, Mathematics and Science at Thohoyandou Technical High School
Japanese, English, venda
Github Skills (29)
kubernetes9
python9
weighted9
logic8
reasoning8
neural-symbolic8
audio6
neuro-symbolic-ai6
machine-learning6
autonomous-robots5
disambiguation5
robotics5
artificial-intelligence4
wsd4
webservice4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nDiv/Palindrome
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 days
pythonplayingpython-script
nDiv/cellular_automata
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 27 pushes, 7 branches in 5 days
cellularautomatacellular-automata
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