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Herman Myburgh

Co-inventor & Founder•hearX Group
South Africa
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Expertise

Intelligent systems
Machine learning
mHealth
Communication systems
Wireless communications
Wireless sensor networks
Signal processing
Mobile health
Digital communications
Data security
Automated agriculture technologies
Primary Sector
Health
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Biography

Herman Myburgh is a Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria and Co-founder & Scientific Advisor of hearX Group, a medical technology company providing smartphone-based hearing test solutions used in over 25 countries. He heads the Advanced Sensor Networks research group and is Director of the Centre for Connected Intelligence at UP. With an NRF C2 rating, his research focuses on intelligent systems, machine learning, mHealth, wireless communications, signal processing, and agricultural technologies. He has co-invented numerous mobile healthcare patents that have been commercialized globally. He teaches digital communications and data security while supervising master's and PhD students. His work has been cited over 2,800 times with an h-index of 24.

Education

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B.Eng in Computer Engineering

University of Pretoria

2008

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M.Eng in Electronic Engineering

University of Pretoria

2009

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PhD in Computer Engineering (specialization in wireless communication systems)

University of Pretoria

2013

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Awards

  • 🏆NRF C2 Rating
  • 🏆Accenture Innovation Index Small Business Enterprise Prize (hearX Group)
  • 🏆First place at Philips Innovation Fellows Competition (hearX Group)
  • 🏆MTN Business IoT Awards (hearX Group)