Benjamin Rosman

Professor, School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand
Director: Wits Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute
Director: Robotics, Autonomous Intelligence, and Learning (RAIL) Laboratory

Benjamin Rosman is a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he runs the Robotics, Autonomous Intelligence and Learning (RAIL) Laboratory. In 2024, he became the founding Director of the Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute, focused on the fundamental science of artificial and natural intelligence. He is also a founder of the pan-African Deep Learning Indaba machine learning summer school, and Lelapa AI, building AI for Africans by Africans. In 2025, he was made a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, in Learning in Machines and Brains. He was named one of the TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2025.