Neema Mduma
About me
Dr. Neema Mduma is a computer scientist and senior lecturer at NM-AIST, specializing in AI and ML. She is the founder of an initiative which promote STEM education to girls, a leader of AI/ML projects as well as a member of technical team for drafting the Tanzania Development Vision 2050.
Dr. Neema Mduma is a computer scientist and senior lecturer at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST). Passionate about education and technology, she founded the BakiShule initiative which promotes STEM education to girls in secondary schools in Tanzania. Dr. Mduma is also a Principal Investigator on several projects that apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to solve challenges within agriculture, health, and education sectors.
She currently serves as a reviewer for scientific journals, workshops and conferences including the International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Black in Artificial Intelligence (BAI) and Women in Machine Learning (WiML). Additionally, Dr. Mduma has contributed as a technical team member in drafting key national and international frameworks, including the Tanzania Development Vision 2050, the Long-Term Perspective Plan (LTPP), the Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP), the National Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence in Education, UNESCO’s Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM), and the National Data Strategy.