Safiya Turundu
Software Developer
Turundu’s research interests include, but are not limited to, software development, machine learning, big data, education and training.
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Turundu holds a BSc Honours degree in computer science from the University of the Witwatersrand. She furthered her studies with an MSc in computer science, focusing specifically on computer vision methodologies in her research. She joined the CSIR in May 2022 as a software developer within the Future Production: Mining cluster to support the digitalisation drive in the mining space and increase in-house technical capability.
Expertise: Software development
Academic qualifications:
- MSc (Computer Science) (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand, 2021
- BSc (Hons) (Computer Science) (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand, 2016
- BSc undergrad (Computer Science and Mathematics), University of the Witwatersrand, 2015
