John Francis Mukulu

MUKULU, JOHN FRANCIS

Email: mukulu@aorjesuits.org | Mobile: +81 90-1476-2758 | Github: github.com/mukulu | Researchgate: researchgate.net/profile/John-Mukulu
Postal Address: 7-1 S.J. House, Kioicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102-8571 | Nationality: Tanzanian | Date of Birth: 13 Sept 1987

1. Personal Statement

AI-Ethics researcher specializing in Ethical Intelligence for Machine Learning, with a robust foundation in philosophy, software engineering, and as a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Currently pursuing an MSc in Green Science and Engineering at Sophia University, Tokyo, where I conduct research under the GonKen AI Lab led by Professor Tad Gonsalves. My work integrates ethical frameworks in machine learning workflow to address bias, explainability, and ethical impacts in computational models. Experienced in architecting large-scale data warehouses and health information systems, I contribute academically at the nexus of technology, ethics, and Jesuit-inspired service to foster responsible innovation.

2. Education

[SOPHIA UNIVERSITY]

[2024–present]

[Tokyo, Japan]

Masters of Science in Green Science and Engineering, specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics (2024-present).

[ARRUPE JESUIT UNIVERSITY]

[2022-2024]

[Harare, Zimbabwe]

Masters of Arts in Philosophy & Humanities (2022–2024).

[ARRUPE JESUIT UNIVERSITY]

[2021-2022]

[Harare, Zimbabwe]

Postgraduate Diploma in Philosophy & Humanities (2021-2022).

[UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM]

[2007–2010]

[DSM, Tanzania]

B.Sc. Computer Science (2007–2010).

[JESUIT NOVITIATE FORMATION]

[2019–2021]

[Arusha, Tanzania]

Formation in Jesuit and Ignatian spirituality and apostolic mission (2019–2021).

[LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL]

[2005–2007]

[DSM, Tanzania]

ACSEE studies in Physics, Chemistry and Adv. Mathematics (2005–2007).

[ST. ANTHONY SECONDARY SCHOOL]

[2001–2004]

[DSM, Tanzania]

CSEE studies in sciences and Additional Mathematics (2001–2004).

3. Research Publications & Contributions

[PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS]

[Japan, Zimbabwe] [2024-2025]

Mukulu, J. F. (2025). AI Ethics: Towards Ethics-Aware Machine Learning Workflow – Innovating AI Workflow with Ethics.

Proceedings of the AI & Society International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Society, Arrupe Jesuit University, Harare, Zimbabwe, pp. 14–20.

Mukulu, J. F. (2025). Ethical Oversight in Educational AI: From Ethics as Externality to Internal AI Design.

Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Education (WAIE 2025), Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 27–29. Published by IEEE, Conference Record #67422. Accepted for IEEE Xplore, pp. 55–61.

[SYMPOSIUM CONTRIBUTIONS]

[South Africa] [July 2025]

Mukulu, J. F. (2025). Ethical Explainability in AI Ethics: The Relevance of Thomas Aquinas’ Virtue and Deontological Ethics in the Age of Machine Learning. Dominican Study Week Symposium, Emaphethelweni Dominican Priory, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, July 8–10, 2025. Organized by the Dominican Vice Province of Southern Africa, under the theme “St. Thomas Aquinas in the Contemporary World.”

[AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS ESSAYS]

[Japan] [2025]

Mukulu, J. F. (2025). Research on AI Ethics Inspired by Teilhard de Chardin’s The Phenomenon of Man. Recipient of the Bronze Prize (¥100,000) in the Teilhard de Chardin Scholarship Essay Awards, hosted annually by Sophia University’s Faculty of Science and Technology. 上智大学 | 理工学部+1: https://fst.sophia.ac.jp/chardin.

[OPEN-SOURCE RESEARCH OUTPUTS]

[Japan] [2025]

Mukulu, J. F. (2025). Metrics Visualization: GDP per Capita Constant 2015 (1990–2022). Google Colaboratory Notebook. Available:Google Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1P4FvFQLhHO127rOl4UNP53g51McVf0j#scrollTo=JcRS5_x3ALDV.