Mbongeni Mthimkulu is an ICT Technician in the Department of Computer Science under the Faculty of Applied Science at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST). He is passionate about building reliable network systems and using data to make better decisions. He enjoys both the infrastructure side designing, troubleshooting, and securing networks and the data side cleaning data, visualizing patterns, and building predictive models.

Research Interests

·       Computer Networks: Network performance optimization, routing protocols, network security, and software-defined networking

·       Data Science & Analytics: Data pre-processing, exploratory data analysis, predictive modelling, and data visualization

·       Python for Automation: Network automation, web scraping, API development, and building tools for data processing

·       Applied Machine Learning: Using ML techniques for network anomaly detection and forecasting in data science applications

Education

·        Bachelor of Science Honors in Computer Science, National University of Science and Technology (NUST)

·        Master of Science in Big Data, National University of Science and Technology (Admitted, starts August 2026)

Contacts

Email: mbongeni.mthimkulu@nust.ac.zw

Phone: +263778809612

Location: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe