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Dr RiteshAjoodhaInterestsI am an academic whose interests span the following range of topics Probabilistic Graphical Mod-els Bayesian Analysis and Statistics Education Causation Knowledge Representation and Reas-oning Logic Data Mining Image Processing Machine Learning Spectral Analysis AlgorithmicComposition and Pattern Recognition

education2018ndash2019 Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education The University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

Specialisation in Higher Education - with distinction Honours equivalent (NQF8) Anaccredited qualification designed to foster a scholarly and professional approach touniversity teaching assessment and curriculum design The curriculum includes thefollowing subjects Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Curriculum Designand Development in Higher Education Assessment in Higher Education and NewDirections in Higher Education

2015ndash2017 Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science The University of the Witwatersrand JohannesburgTHESIS TITLE rdquoInfluence Modelling and Learning between Dynamic Bayesian Net-works using Score-based Structure LearningrdquoThis thesis explores novel techniques to track influence between partially observablestochastic processes by using structure learning for Bayesian networks (NQF10)

2015-2015 Licentiate Degree of Music Trinity College LondonThe standard of piano performance is equivalent to the performance componenton completion of a full-time undergraduate course at a conservatoire or univer-sity(NQF8)

2014-2014 Master of Science Computer Science The University of the Witwatersrand JohannesburgDISSERTATION TITLE rdquoAutomatic Music Genre Classificationrdquo - with distinctionThis dissertation explores novel techniques formusic genre classification to improvemusic information retrieval and recommendation services(NQF9)

2010ndash2013 Bachelor of Science with Honours The University of the Witwatersrand JohannesburgSpecialization in Computer Science - with distinctionRESEARCH REPORT rdquoContext-free Grammars Gaussian Distributions and GeneticAlgorithms in Algorithmic Music CompositionrdquoThis research report explored a novel methodology to composemusic using CharlesDarwinrsquos theory of evolution and natural selectionHonours Coursework Introduction to Research Methods Compilers Analysis of Al-gorithms Image Processing Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Computa-tional Molecular Biology Multi-agent Systems Research ReportComputer Science Coursework Architecture and Networks III Formal Languages andAutomata III Software Engineering III Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence III Applic-ation and Analysis of Algorithms II Database Fundamentals II Operating Systems IIProgramming Languages II Computer Science IPure Mathematics Coursework Real Analysis III Mathematical Economics III GroupTheory III Complex Analysis III Coding and Cryptography III Number Theory III Dis-crete Mathematics II Linear Algebra II Group Theory II Advanced Analysis II Multi-variable Calculus II Basic Analysis II Calculus I Algebra I (NQF8)

2012-2012 Associate Degree of Music Trinity College LondonPIANO RECITAL - with distinctionThe standard of performance is equivalent to the performance component of thefirst year in a full-time undergraduate course at a conservatoire or university(NQF7)

2010-2010 Grade 8 Pianoforte Examination Royal School of Music LondonSpecialization in Piano - with distinction

Updated1st April 2020

contactSchool of CSAM

TWK MSB UG 17

+27 74 418 3978+27 11 717 6188

riteshajoodhawitsaczahttpriteshajoodhacoza

languagesEnglish amp Afrikaans

programminghearts Java TensorFlowPython C++ C C

PHP MatLabJavaScript

RubySQL amp HTML

TypesettingLATEX Microsoft Office

experience2019ndashNow Tenure Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of the Witwatersrand

Tenure lecturer for various CSAM subjects supervisor for Honours Masters andPhD Students the CSAM representative on the Faculty of Science Teaching andLearning Committee Machine Learning Consultant and Computer Science Re-searcher

2018ndash2019 Probational Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of theWitwatersrandProbational lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms (COMS2004) and BasicComputer Organisation (COMS1015) for electrical engineering and computer sci-ence students Supervisor for Honours and Masters students The CSAM repres-entative on the Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Committee

2017ndash2018 Associate Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of the WitwatersrandAssociate lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms (COMS2004) and Basic Com-puter Organisation (COMS1015) for electrical engineering and computer science stu-dents Supervisor for Honours and Masters Students

2015ndash2016 Sessional Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of the WitwatersrandSessional lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms (COMS2004) and Basic Com-puter Organisation (COMS1015) for electrical engineering and computer science stu-dents

2013ndash2015 Senior Tutor Computer Science The University of the WitwatersrandDeveloped Laboratory and otherwritten assessments for first year computer sciencestudents Examined and assessed studentsrsquo submissions this includedmarking testand assignments

awards and Funding2022 Post-PhD Thuthuka Scholarship National Research Foundation

Valued at R194 096 The award of a Post-PhD Thuthuka Scholarship to a researcheris based on past current and potential academic performance Selection criteria in-cludes academicmerit research potential leadership qualities and previous awardsvarious prizes and honours My application is used by the Head of the UniversityResearch Office (Prof Robin Drennan RobinDrennanwitsacza) as an exampleof an ldquoexcellent applicationrdquo

2021 Post-PhD Thuthuka Scholarship National Research FoundationValued at R194 096 The award of a Post-PhD Thuthuka Scholarship to a researcheris based on past current and potential academic performance Selection criteria in-cludes academicmerit research potential leadership qualities and previous awardsvarious prizes and honours


2019 Wits Staff Bursary The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 Toward the second year Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Educa-tion

2018 Wits Staff Bursary The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 Toward the first year Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education

2017 Teaching Development Grant (TDG) University of PretoriaValued at R50 000 This funding is for emerging staff at selected SAHEIswho are alsosimultaneously registered for a MPhD The purpose of the project is to support thedevelopment of better qualified in-service mathematics and statistics academics atall higher education institutions in South Africa and in so doing better ensure amoresustainable academic pipeline

2017 Deep Learning Indaba Research Prize The University of the WitwatersrandPrize Book Machine Learning A probabilistic Perspective Kevin Murphy

2017 Wits Staff Bursary The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 The bursary is based on full-time employment by the university

2016 Scarce Skills Doctoral Scholarship National Research FoundationValued at R110 000 The award of an NRF scholarship to a student is based on pastcurrent and potential academic performance Selection criteria includes academicmerit research potential leadership qualities and previous awards various prizesand honours

2015 Scarce Skills Doctoral Travel Scholarship for PRASA National Research FoundationValued at R7 993 To attend the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa con-ference Selection criteria includes academic merit research potential leadershipqualities and previous awards various prizes and honours


2015 Winner of the International Scholar Laureate Case Study Competition Sydney AustraliaTopic rdquoSuccessfully Positioning and Marketing a Product Down-Underrdquo Creatingand pitching an advertising campaign to Australian executives The product advert-ised was a music recommendation system using content-based features to marketAustralian musical artists

2015 International Scholar Laureate Nomination and Scholarship Pennsylvania WashingtonValued at $1 000 Nomination to join the 2015 International Scholar Laureate Pro-gram (ISLP) delegation on Business amp Entrepreneurship in Melbourne and SydneyAustralia The top 5 of students from distinguished Honour societies were nomin-ated

2015 Doctoral Postgraduate Merit Award Scholarship The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 Awarded to students who pass with distinction in their Mastersof Science degree

2014 Masters NRF Innovation Scholarship National Research FoundationValued at R40 000 The award of an NRF scholarship to a student is based on pastcurrent and potential academic performance Selection criteria includes academicmerit research potential leadership qualities and previous awards various prizesand honours

2014 New Member Golden Key Chapter Award The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R2 500 This scholarship award is presented to Ritesh Ajoodha in recogni-tion of superior scholastic attainments and outstanding academic merit In witnesswhereof the seal of the society and the signatures of the council officers thereof arehereunto affixed

2014 Masters Postgraduate Merit Award Scholarship The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 Awarded to students who pass with distinction in their Honoursyear of a Bachelor of Science degree

2014 Golden Key International Honours Society The University of the WitwatersrandAwarded to top 15 of academic achievers

2010 University Entrance Scholarship The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R4 000 per distinction

publications2020Love Tamlin and Ritesh Ajoodha Building Undirected Influence Ontologies Using PairwiseSimilarity Functions 2020 International SAUPECRobMechPRASA Conference IEEE 2020

Abed Tasneem Ritesh Ajoodha and Ashwini Jadhav A Prediction Model to Improve StudentPlacement at a South African Higher Education Institution 2020 International SAUPEC Rob-MechPRASA Conference IEEE 2020

2019R Ajoodha (2019) Challenging the APS Developing Key Performance Indicators for LearnerScience Under-graduate Degree Placement at Higher-Education Institutions Submitted tothe International Journal of STEM Education Online ISSN 1045-1064 Print ISSN 2196-7822(SCOPUS) ISSN Impact Factor 1457 Cite Score 240

R Ajoodha S Dukhan A Jadhav (2019) Predicting suitability for a Science Streamline basedon Learning Skill-set Submitted to the International Journal of Educational Technology inHigher Education (ISI SCOPUS) ISSN 2365-9440 Impact Factor 1922 SJR 065

R Ajoodha A Jadhav S Dukhan (2019) Predicting At-risk Student Profiles using Back-ground Individual andSchoolingObservations at aSouthAfricanHigher-EducationResearch-Intensive Institution Submitted to the The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology(ISI SCOPUS) ISSN1449-5554Impact Factor 1171 SJR 0721

R Ajoodha and A Jadhav (2019) Identifying at-risk Undergraduate Students using Biograph-ical and Enrolment Observations for Mathematical Science Degrees at a South African Uni-versity Personal Communication

2018R Ajoodha and B Rosman (2018) Advancing Intelligent Systems by Learning the InfluenceStructure between Partially Observed Stochastic Processes using IoT Sensor Data Acceptedin AAAI SmartIoT AI Enhanced IoT Data Processing for Intelligent Applications New OrleansRiverside New Orleans Lousiana USA May 2018

R Ajoodha (2018) Influence Modelling and Learning between Dynamic Bayesian Networksusing Score-based Structure Learning PhD Thesis Supervised by Dr B Rosman TheUniversity of the Witwatersrand South Africa

2017R Ajoodha and B Rosman (2017) Tracking Influence between Naiumlve Bayes Models usingScore-BasedStructure Learning ThePatternRecognitionAssociation of SouthAfrica (PRASA)IEEE accredited

R Ajoodha B Rosman (2017) Computationally Tracking Direct Influence between DynamicTopic Models Presented at the Deep Learning Indaba Symposium session

2015R Ajoodha R Klein B Rosman (2015) Single-labelled Music Genre Classification usingContent-based Features Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa IEEE Port Eliza-beth South Africa

R Ajoodha (2015) Automatic Music Genre Classification Masters Dissertation Supervisedby Dr B Rosman and Dr R Klein The University of the Witwatersrand South Africa

2014

R Ajoodha (2014) Automatic Music Genre Classification Research Poster SAICSIT MampDSymposium Computer Science Stream Leriba Lodge Centurion South Africa

R Ajoodha R Klein M Jakovljevic (2014) Using Statistical Models and Evolutionary Al-gorithms in Algorithmic Music Composition In Khosrow-Pour Mehdi editor The Encyclope-dia of Information Science and Technology 3rd edition IGI Global International Publisher ofProgressive Academic Research Books and Journals Volume 10 Number doi104018978-1-4666-5888-2 pages e37893 Hershey Pennsylvania United States

2013R Ajoodha (2013) Context-freeGrammars GaussianDistributions andEvolutionaryAlgorithmsin Algorithmic Music Composition Research Report Supervised by Dr R Klein The Univer-sity of the Witwatersrand South Africa

Unpublished ManuscriptsR Ajoodha B Rosman Structure Discovery of Direct Influence between Processes Repres-ented by Hidden Markov Models (Oct 5 2017)

R Ajoodha B Rosman Computationally Tracking Direct Influence between Hierarchical Dy-namic Bayesian Networks using Score-based Structure Learning (July 1 2017)

R Ajoodha B Rosman Structure Discovery of Direct Influence between Processes Repres-ented by Hidden Markov Models Manuscript to be submitted November 2017

Honours Masters and PhD Supervision2020 (in progress)

1 Thembinkosi Semwayo (2020) (Student number 2014730) Doctoral Research Dissertation Titleis Work in Progress Computer Science and Applied Mathematics University of theWitwater-srand

2 Tamlin Love (2020) (Student number 1438243) Masters Research Dissertation A Combinationof Bayesian and Reinforcement Learning to incorporate Expert Advice in Decision MakingComputer Science and Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

3 Yolanda Kanyama (2020) (Student number ) Masters Research Dissertation A ProbabilisticsGraphical Models Approach to Predicting Ground Water Levels in Botswana Computer Sci-ence and Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

4 Eluwumi Buraimoh (2020) (Student number ) Masters Research Dissertation Using e-learningplatforms to Predict Student Performance Computer Science and AppliedMathematics Uni-versity of the Witwatersrand

5 Yaseen Essa (2020) (Student number ) Masters Research Dissertation Using Deep Learning toPredict Lightning Strikes in the South African Region Computer Science and Applied Math-ematics University of the Witwatersrand

6 RudzaniMulaudzi (2020) (Student number 2014730)Masters ResearchDissertation UsingProb-abilistic Graphical Models to Forecast Unemployment Computer Science and Applied Math-ematics University of the Witwatersrand

7 Abdullah Francisco (2020) (Student number 1758200) Honours Research Report Predicting Stu-dent Performance using various Biographical and Enrolment Observations Computer Sci-ence and Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

8 Cameron Hannie (2020) (Student number 2375895) Honours Research Report Mining Interven-tion Data through the use of various Machine Learning Techniques like Sentiment analysistext mining and topic models Computer Science and AppliedMathematics University of theWitwatersrand

9 Darren Blackwell (2020) (Student number 1708102) Honours Research Report Assisting Nav-igation Detecting Influence of Traffic between Braamfontein Roads Computer Science andApplied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

10 Dhevan Lau (2020) (Student number 1433596) Honours Research Report Classification byArtistMoodGenre using Content-based Features Computer Science and Applied Mathem-atics University of the Witwatersrand

11 Marc Marsden (2020) (Student number 1437889) Honours Research Report Algorithmic Mu-sic Composition using Deep Learning Big Data Analytics Computer Science and AppliedMathematics University of the Witwatersrand

12 Nastassja Philippou (2020) (Student number 1092992) Honours Research Report PredictingStudent Performance using various Biographical and Enrolment Observations Computer Sci-ence and Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

13 Ndiatenda Ndou (2020) (Student number 828612) Honours Research Report Predicting StudentPerformance using variousBiographical and EnrolmentObservations Computer Science andApplied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

14 SkhumbuzoDube (2020) (Student number 1608194)Honours ResearchReport Modelling Booksby Topic in theWitsMathematical Science Library Big Data Analytics Computer Science andApplied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

15 Thabo Victor Ramaano (2020) (Student number 1134539) Honours Research Report Predict-ing Student Performance using various Biographical and Enrolment ObservationsBig DataAnalytics Computer Science and Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand

16 Tristan K Nagan (2020) (Student number 1484020) Honours Research Report BenchmarkingQuantum Convolutional Neural Network Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Uni-versity of the Witwatersrand

17 Tshepo Nkambule (2020) (Student number 1611821) Honours Research Report Classificationby ArtistMoodGenre using content based features Computer Science and Applied Math-ematics University of the Witwatersrand

201918 Noluthando Mngadi (2019) (Student number 2014730) Masters Research Dissertation Identi-

fying at risk students using Biographical and Enrollment Observations in the Biological Sci-ences Data Science University of the Witwatersrand

19 Evans Molahlegi Thulare (2019) (Student number 179936) Masters Research Dissertation Pre-diction with Incomplete Data Data Science University of the Witwatersrand

20 Macdeline Raesibe Mathye (2019) (Student number 1887635) Masters Research DissertationIdentifying at risk students using Biographical and Enrollment Observations in the PhysicalSciences at a South African University Data Science University of the Witwatersrand

21 Harmony Mncube (2019) (Student number 1272371) Honours Research Report Predicting stu-dent Performance using first year marks Data Science University of the Witwatersrand

22 Tasneem Abed (2019) (Student number 1408535) Honours Research Report A Programme re-commendation engine Predicting student performance in Degrees Data Science Universityof the Witwatersrand

23 Jared Naidoo (2019) (Student number 719238)Honours Research Report Identifying at risk stu-dents using Biographical and Enrollment observations in the Earth Sciences Data ScienceUniversity of the Witwatersrand

24 Prince Ngema (2019) (Student number 754774) Honours Research Report Predicting studentperformance using Enrollment Figures Data Science University of the Witwatersrand

25 Luyanda Makhoba (2019) (Student number 834869) Honours Research Report Using Psycho-metric Data andmatricmarks to recommend suitability for a degree Data Science Universityof the Witwatersrand

26 Tamlin Love (2019) (Student number 1438243) Honours Research Report Building BayesianInfluence Ontologies Data Science University of the Witwatersrand

201827 Uvir Bhagirathi (2018) (Student number 1141886) Honours Research Report Automatic Venue

Allocation Computer Science University of the Witwatersrand

201728 Vaughn Ho (2017) (Student number 382342) Honours Research Report Content-based Music

Recommendation Using Probabilistic Models Computer Science University of the Witwater-srand

29 Gcobisile (2017) (Student number 709637) Honours Research Report Predicting the Comple-tion of a Studentrsquos Science Degree based only on their First-year Marks Computer ScienceUniversity of the Witwatersrand

30 Jettiniel (2017) (Student number 734438) Honours Research Report Automatic Labelling ofStudent Results as PCD RET MBR and MRNM Computer Science University of the Wit-watersrand

Committees Service and Consulting2020 Mathematics Statistics and ICT standing panel National Research Foundation

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has identified me as a knowledge re-sourceexpert and approachedme to an appointment to serve on the standing panelfor the Mathematics statistics and ICT panel for a period of 3-4 years from 2020 ndash20222023 Applications for this discipline will be for established researchers forfunding instruments such as Research Chairs Competitive funding for Rated andUnrated Researchers Communities of Practice Centres of Excellence FlagshipsAfrican Origins Programs Blue Skies and other related funding instruments Con-tact the NRF professional officer Mr Walter Baloyi walterbaloyinrfacza Tel+27 12 481 4043 for more information

2019 Reviewer for PRASA PRASAAsked to review 5 papers for the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africahttpwwwprasaorg

2019 Reviewer for the SACHINA (YSEP) Fundning Instrument The National Research FoundationThe National Research Foundation (NRF) invited me to to be a reviewer to reviewapplications submitted for funding for the SACHINA (YSEP) Funding InstrumentThe review process included virtually foreseeing thewhole review process for severalapplications and submit a final report to the Moderator

2018-2019 Old Mutual Machine Learning Consultant Old MutualPredicting return on shares using Bayesian Analysis The specifics of the researchactivities can not be disclosed in this document

2018-2020 Teaching and Learning Committee Member School of CSAMCoordinates all teaching and learning activities for the School of Computer Science

2019-2020 Theoretical Computer Science External Moderator School of ComputingServed as a Theoretical Computer Science External Moderator for the UNISACOS3701 (Theoretical Computer Science III) The course is based on COHEN DanielIA Introduction to computer theory 2nd edition John Wiley amp sons(1997) Chapter12 -25 Contact Ms Daphney Rakoti Mokwana for more details Mokwadrunisaacza

Jan-2019 External Examiner for UNISA School of ComputingServed as an external examiner for the UNISA Honours in Computing The topics ofthe honours reports were mainly in the domain of model-based machine learningContact Prof Ian Sanders for more details sandeidunisaacza

2017-2020 Member of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) SAMSThe South African Mathematical Society was founded in 1957 and has the advance-ment of mathematics in South Africa as its main objective We currently havea membership of more than 300 The societyrsquos main activities include the pub-lication of the journal rdquoQuaestiones Mathematicaerdquo and the rdquoNotices of the SouthAfrican Mathematical Societyrdquo as well as the organization of an Annual Congresshttpwwwsamsacza

2017-2018 Member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) AAAIMembers throughout the world benefit from AAAI efforts to advance research in thearea of artificial intelligence and provide avenues for collaboration Composed ofthousands of AI scientists researchers students and professionals throughout theworld AAAI offers a host of programs and benefits designed to enhance and aid yourresearch and scientific inquiry httpsaaaimemberclicksnet

Noteworthy TalksOct-2018 The African Roundtable (ART) Gauteng

The Africa Education Leadership Roundtable 2018 serve to enhance collaborationin research and development in the areas of education leadership andmanagementParticipants are drawn from universities and training institutions on the African con-tinent as well as from global partners The Roundtable theme was Education Lead-ership and Management in Africa Implications of the Fourth Industrial RevolutionAt this meeting regional and global partners had a chance to discuss current the im-plications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its likely impact on Education Lead-ership amp Management in Africa from the perspective of research needs the latestresearch trends and future directionsI was asked to present to the topic ldquoThe Teacher as Designer of Learningrdquo on day twoof the programme I chose to speak to an outcome-based approach to teaching andlearning and presented some cutting-edge technologies that can be used to teach ef-fectively The outcomes of themeeting was to develop an agenda for research in thedomains of leadership andmanagement and the implications of the Fourth IndustrialRevolution for its impact on the African continent and in the region to enhanced per-sonal and professional relationships that can form the foundation for future researchand development collaboration and to strengthened linkages between researchersand practitioners especially focusing on education improvement issues in Africa

2018 Presented at EMASA East LondonThe Education Management Association of South Africa (EMASA) is an excellentplatform influence teaching and learning activities in South Africa I presented onusing Machine Learning to inform management and development of teaching andlearning practice My talk attempted to make sophisticated machine learning tech-nologies accessible to education researchers to perform prediction on their data

2018 Presented at the SCI-BONO Discovery Centre Newtown JohannesburgThe SCI-BONO Discovery Center is located at the historic Electric Workshop in thecultural precinct of Newtown Johannesburg The Centre attempts to provide sup-port to learners for mathematics science and technology education I was asked tospeak at this venue to highlight some of the challenges by address four questionsWhat do learners struggle with most in mathematics What approaches can we useto teach mathematics How can we motivate the study of mathematics and Whatcan we do to provide more support to mathematics learners

2018 - 2019 Class Representative Coordinator School of CSAMMediates the interactions between class representatives and COMS staff Co-organising workshops with the Teaching and learning commitee to better positionhonours students as tutors

2018 The Deep Learning Indaba X Cape TownThe Deep Learning Indaba is a machine learning and artificial intelligence confer-ence The goal of the conference was to give learners the opportunity to learn fromAfrican researchers and pioneers opportunities for one-to-one timewith experts andto learn the basic or advanced topics of machine learning I was asked to speakat the conference about the benefits of using Bayesian approaches over deep ap-proaches as well as present a tutorial on Bayesian learning (representation infer-ence and learning) The conference was held at the University of Cape Town (UCT)httpsindabaxgithubiots-schedule

20172018 Targeting Talent Programme (TTP) 2017-2018 WITSIt is always a privilege forme to participate in the Targetting Talent Programme (TTP)Launched in 2007 the TTP has expanded and reached 2188 learners fromacross thecountry

2017 Deep Learning Indaba Instructor Deep learning Indaba 2017Tutored Deep learning Indaba participants

2017 Science Spaza Gauteng Department of EducationDeveloped a worksheet to introduce machine learning concepts to grade 9-10learners in rural areas through a publication called the Science SPAZA worksheetMore information about the science SPAZA worksheet can be found at httpwwwsciencespazaorg

2016 Curriculum Planning Science Mathematical Science Faculty of ScienceThe lsquoWits University OFFICIALrsquo channel strives to deliver information to inform ourapplicants about the opportunities that our courses can provide them for the futureThis includes helping applicants understand more about the programme that theyhave chosen as well as how to go about selecting their courses I was asked to bean academic advisor who would explain and demonstrate how to selected coursesoffered by the mathematical sciences since knowing which courses to choose isrequired at registration

2017 Presented at Bayesian Summer School Bettyrsquos Bay Western CapePresented at the summer school on Bayesian Structure Learning and performinginference on graphical models The Bayesian summer school is part of the Chis En-gelbrecht Summer School in Theoretical Physics The summer school focused onmodelling problems and performing inference using Bayesian principals The sum-mer school welcomed esteemed academics like John Skilling the author of Bayesiannested sampling Udo von Toussaint a world renowned expert in Bayesian inferencemodel complexity reduction and chaos expansion and real-time analysis and KevinH Knuth who demonstrated a new way of modelling relationships between objectsusing influence from which you can derive the fundamental laws of physics

2014 Research Symposium South African Institute of Computer Science and Information TechnologistsPresented on automatic music genre classification

Attended Workshops and Short courses345 Sep2019

Professionalisation of Teaching Course (POT course) STLCThis workshop is aimed at developing the Professionalisation of Teaching I havebooked to attend this course in September

24 Apr 2019 CD 6 Course Approval CLTDThis is a half-day workshop designed for Wits staff and facilitated by QAPO The aimis to provide academic and administrativemanagement staff with an awareness andknowledge of the quality compliance and regulation within Wits and Higher Educa-tion Participants will have the opportunity to complete the required Wits online doc-uments for course approval

91016 Apr2019

CD 5 Curriculum Development CLTDThe Curriculum Development workshop will provide participants with time to(re)design develop and showcase curriculum outputs that can be used in practiceFacilitators will guide participants in applying constructive alignment to produce re-sources fit for use within participantsrsquo existing programmes andor courses A ses-sionwill be dedicated to introducing participants to learning and teaching technologytools suited to developing curriculum outputs Outputs may include a curriculumcourse map module outline student guide assessment instrument amp tool multime-dia etc A blended learning and teaching approachwill be applied consisting of threecontact days and two online days (plusmn 3hrs per day)

2 3 Apr 2019 CD 4 Assessment for learning in higher education CLTDParticipants in this workshop will consider assessment from the viewpoints of thedifferent stakeholders and will gain a deeper appreciation of assessment as an in-trinsic part of the student learning process Focusing on a particular course par-ticipants will explore how learning outcomes assessment tasks and learning andteaching activities build and enhance the growth of desirable attributes knowledgeskills and values using appropriate assessment methods and educational techno-logies that are diverse complementary and embedded strategically throughout thecourse Challenges associated with providing meaningful feedback for undergradu-ate and postgraduate students will also be considered

11 Mar 2019 CD 3 Open pedagogies CLTDIncreasingly higher education is seen as a pedagogic space requiring contextu-ally relevant approaches and practices Institutional and disciplinary contexts havecalled for curricula reform that take into account who students are (student identit-ies) and what they bring with them (experiences and practices) Higher education in-stitutions (HEI) are thus compelled to constantly rethink the student experiences theyprovide This workshop will explore the intersection of open educational resources(OER) open education practices (OEP) open access (OA) and open pedagogies Italso looks at how these can be used to (co)create curricula that are contextually rel-evant embraces diversity and shapes a sense of belonging

7 Mar 2019 CD 2 Principles Underpinning Curriculum Design CLTDIt is important for academics to evaluate design interpret and implement curriculaTheir curriculum design and development should be approached in a scholarly man-ner The workshop will introduce academics to key theories that underpin the prin-ciples of curriculum design The workshop provides an opportunity to engage withthe conceptual and contextual aspects of curriculum design like constructive align-ment and being able to construct contextually relevant intended learning outcomes

6 Mar 2019 CD 1 Curriculum Orientation and Contexts CLTDCurriculum means different things to different people and operates within differentlevels at an institution This makes the concept and context of curriculum highlycontested and complex especially within the curriculum decolonisation and trans-formation debates To enable coherent and meaningful curricula academics shouldcritically interrogate their curriculum orientations and the influence this has on theircurriculum decisions The workshop will address the above issues and enable aca-demics to further examine how curriculum policies are shaped by societal institu-tional personal and interpersonal contexts and processes

5 Mar 2019 CD 0 Learning and Teaching Philosophy CLTDThis fully online component of the curriculum development workshop series kicksoff with an exploration of learning theories and how these theories inform personallearning and teaching philosophies Having an understanding of how one viewsknowledge and how one comes to know is important as it shapes methodologiesapproaches and practices Deep reflection on onersquos philosophies (often tacit) goes along way in being more intentional about curriculum design This workshop will befacilitated on Wits-e (Dr Najma Agherdien and Mr Shane Pachagadu)

18 Apr 2017 Publishing for Impact CLTDA workshop which looks at the wide array of possibilities for sharing your knowledgewith others In this workshop I was exposed to ideas that may help me strategic-ally decide where my research output is to be shared andor published (Dr RobinDrennan)

5 Apr 2017 Peer Review CLTDA workshop by Dr Rejoice Nsibanda exploring the purpose of peer evaluationguidelines on the peer evaluation process and peer evaluations as a scholarly activ-ity

19 Jun 2017 Your Teaching Role CLTDThis workshop aimed to encourage lecturers to take up their teaching role with cre-ativity enthusiasm and self-reflection As such the experiential learning activitieswithin the workshop is designed so that the academic will engage with the aca-demic role within the higher education sector principles of facilitating for learning tooccur principles of learning an overview of curriculum knowledge and blended learn-ing design an overview of assessment embedding writing within the curriculum amicro teaching session (a scaled down teaching session) and feedback as well asreflective practice (Mrs Rieta Ganas)

15 May 2017 Postgraduate Supervision CLTDGood supervision is central to successful graduate research yet it is difficult to defineand develop This one-day workshop explores models and systems of supervisioninstitutional policy and procedures and supervisor-student relationships (Dr Re-joice Nsibanda)

2 Aug 2017 Faculty Induction (Faculty Level) STLCThe workshop is aimed at academics who are new to the university and would liketo gain some guidence and information to better navigate your way as an employeeandor manager The programme offers comprehensive relevant and memorableinformation

2 Aug 2017 Teaching Portfolio Workshop STLCThis interactive workshop is aimed at preparing academics to write a teaching port-folio

2 Aug 2017 General Induction (Organisational Level) CLTDThe workshop is aimed at academics who are new to the university and would liketo gain some guidence and information to better navigate your way as an employeeandor managerThe programme offers comprehensive relevant and memorable in-formation

Paper reviews and Panel participation14 Nov 2019 Conference Paper Title Shape tracing app for movement disorder detection Blind

The Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa 2019 PCmember Fred Nicolls(fredNicollsuctacza)

14 Nov 2019 Conference Paper Title Analysis of Air Quality Index Obtained via Remote Sensing for LagosState Urban Area Nigeria BlindThe Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa 2019 PCmember Fred Nicolls(fredNicollsuctacza)

14 Nov 2019 Conference Paper Title Sentiment Analysis as an Indicator to Evaluate Gender disparity onSexual Violence Tweets in South Africa BlindThe Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa 2019 PCmember Fred Nicolls(fredNicollsuctacza)

14 Nov 2019 Conference Paper Title A Computer Vision andMachine Learning Approach to Detecting Faultsin Municipalities BlindThe Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa 2019 PCmember Fred Nicolls(fredNicollsuctacza)

14 Nov 2019 Conference Paper Title An Image Processing Player Acquisition and Tracking System for E-Sport BlindThe Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa 2019 PCmember Fred Nicolls(fredNicollsuctacza)

14 Aug 2019 Proposal Panel Teaching a robot to feed a human Jackson Tapiwa DyoraSupervisor Pravesh Ranchod Panel Members Steven James and Ritesh Ajoodha

20 June 2019Marked mini-dissertation Application of Computer Vision and Machine Learning for classific-ation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB) cultures to assist disease diagnostics KarthikeyanVenkataraman (1817218)Supervisor Richard Klein and Pravesh Ranchod

7 June 2019 Proposal Panel Efficiently integrating new concepts into agents prior knowledge Bill SeotaSupervisor Benjamin Rosman Panel Members Pravesh Ranchod and RiteshAjoodha

7 June 2019 Proposal Panel Design of a Robot that Anticipates Human Behavior for the Purpose of Collab-oration on Multiple Tasks IordanTchaparovSupervisor Benjamin Rosman Panel Members Pravesh Ranchod and RiteshAjoodha

15 May 2019 Proposal Panel Student Performance Analysis for Intervention Bill SeotaSupervisors Terence van Zyl and Richard Klein Panel Members Pravesh Ranchodand Ritesh Ajoodha

15 May 2019 Proposal Panel Large Scale Gaze Estimation from Low Resolution Image Data Brian WilsonSupervisor Richard Klein Panel Members Pravesh Ranchod and Ritesh Ajoodha

11 Mar 2019 Proposal Panel Big Data Framework Based Predictive Analytics for Students Academic Per-formance Using Machine Learning Over Learning Management Systems (LMSs) Log DataDavidOtoo-ArthurSupervisor Terence van Zyl Panel Members Steven James and Ritesh Ajoodha

11 Mar 2019 Proposal Panel Progressive Skill Extraction with a Curriculum of Tasks Shahil MawjeeSupervisors Pravesh Ranchod and Benjamin Rosman Panel Members StevenJames and Ritesh Ajoodha

15 Sep 2017 Paper review GP-SUM Gaussian Processes Filtering of non-Gaussian BeliefsMaria Bauza andAlberto RodriguezMechanical Engineering Department mdashMassachusetts Institute of Technology Pre-print submitted to 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and AutomationReceived September 15 2017

15 Sep 2017 Paper review Efficient Bayesian Methods for Counting Processes in Partially Observable En-vironments Double-BlindPre-print submitted to AISTATS 2018 Received September 15 2017

YouTube Tutorials21 Aug 2019 Lesson 6 C++ Templates Exception Class and Queues YouTube

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14 Aug 2019 Lesson 4 Analysis of Algorithms YouTubehttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=16c2HCMenSAampt=371s

6 Aug 2019 Lesson 3 Linked-Lists YouTubehttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=9vF95f7zBpYampt=256s

4 Aug 2019 Lesson 1 isAnagram() YouTubehttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=WCCshqi6Fecampt=2s

Piano Recitals9 Jul 2019 Invention No 13 Bach

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=h93QvyH5vuk

27 Jun 2019 Prelude and Fugue XXI Bachhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=8mBeH3AlePg

28 Mar 2019 Melodie Op3 No3 Rachmaninovhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nCJGTPvm-DY

16 February2019

Sonata No 25 Mov II Beethovenhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=fpzw2Q6_WuI

14 Feb 2019 Sonata No 25 Mov I Beethvoenhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=lETtvuDSKIoampt=17s

4 Feb 2019 Impromptu No 3 Schuberthttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=_XZ-EtDG1QQ

19 Jan 2019 Invention No 1 Bachhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=v3e5b-S8FAk

experience2019ndashNow Tenure Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of the Witwatersrand

Tenure lecturer for various CSAM subjects supervisor for Honours Masters andPhD Students the CSAM representative on the Faculty of Science Teaching andLearning Committee Machine Learning Consultant and Computer Science Re-searcher

2018ndash2019 Probational Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of theWitwatersrandProbational lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms (COMS2004) and BasicComputer Organisation (COMS1015) for electrical engineering and computer sci-ence students Supervisor for Honours and Masters students The CSAM repres-entative on the Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Committee

2017ndash2018 Associate Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of the WitwatersrandAssociate lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms (COMS2004) and Basic Com-puter Organisation (COMS1015) for electrical engineering and computer science stu-dents Supervisor for Honours and Masters Students

2015ndash2016 Sessional Lecturer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics The University of the WitwatersrandSessional lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms (COMS2004) and Basic Com-puter Organisation (COMS1015) for electrical engineering and computer science stu-dents

2013ndash2015 Senior Tutor Computer Science The University of the WitwatersrandDeveloped Laboratory and otherwritten assessments for first year computer sciencestudents Examined and assessed studentsrsquo submissions this includedmarking testand assignments

awards and Funding2022 Post-PhD Thuthuka Scholarship National Research Foundation

Valued at R194 096 The award of a Post-PhD Thuthuka Scholarship to a researcheris based on past current and potential academic performance Selection criteria in-cludes academicmerit research potential leadership qualities and previous awardsvarious prizes and honours My application is used by the Head of the UniversityResearch Office (Prof Robin Drennan RobinDrennanwitsacza) as an exampleof an ldquoexcellent applicationrdquo



2019 Wits Staff Bursary The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 Toward the second year Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Educa-tion

2018 Wits Staff Bursary The University of the WitwatersrandValued at R40 000 Toward the first year Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education



























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Documents

CV/Resume | Alejandro Pérez Londoño - Ritesh Ajoodhariteshajoodha.co.za/attachments/CV__Dr__Ritesh_Ajoodha.pdf · 2017 28. VaughnHo(2017).(Studentnumber:382342)HonoursResearchReport:

CV/Resume | Alejandro Pérez Londoño - Ritesh Ajoodhariteshajoodha.co.za/attachments/CVDrRitesh_Ajoodha.pdf · 2017 28. VaughnHo(2017).(Studentnumber:382342)HonoursResearchReport: