Dzinaishe Mpini
Dzinaishe Mpini
AI Researcher & Engineer

About


I currently work as lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Midlands State University. My research interests are machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing.

Before joining the academic field I worked as a software developer helping companies leverage IT solutions through digitised marketing and alignment of business operations with IT.

Publications


  • Rebanowako, T., Moyo, K., Tendenedzai, D., Tigere, A., Mpini, D., Mzikamwi, T., and Sarai, N. 2025. "Development of a vision-transformer based web platform for bean leaf disease detection" 2025 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), Windhoek, Namibia, 2025 doi: 10.1109/ETNCC66224.2025.11299744.
  • Mupfiga, P., Mpini, D., and Giyane, M., 2025. "Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Job and Task Displacement: Evidence from the Agriculture and Healthcare Sectors" 2025 DIGITAL 2025, Advances on Societal Digital Transformation, Venice, Italy, July 2025, pp. 63-71. ISBN: 978-1-68558-285-2
  • Giyane, M., and Mpini, D., 2025. "Automated Use Case Diagram Generator: Transforming Textual Descriptions into Visual Representations using a Large Language Model" 2025 The 2025 IARIA Annual Congress on Frontiers in Science, Technology, Services, and Applications, Venice, Italy, July 2025, pp. 47-51. ISBN: 978-1-68558-284-5
  • Mpini, D., and Giyane, M., 2024. "A Comprehensive Analysis of Types, Functional Goals and Usability Factors of WhatsApp Chatbots Implemented in Zimbabwe" 2024 3rd Zimbabwe Conference of Information and Communication Technologies (ZCICT), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ZCICT63770.2024.10958420
  • Giyane, M., and Mpini, D. 2024. "Assessment of Password Recovery Mechanisms on Electronic Learning Platforms" 2024 3rd Zimbabwe Conference of Information and Communication Technologies (ZCICT), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ZCICT63770.2024.10958417
  • Mpini, D., and Giyane, M., 2023. "Automatic Number Plate Recognition Techniques Performance on Zimbabwean Number Plates" 2023 2nd Zimbabwe Conference of Information and Communication Technologies (ZCICT)., doi: 10.1109/ZCICT59466.2023.10528439

Projects & Research Grants


1. Software Architect: LLM-Powered Software Architect Diagrams Generator

Experimental system that transforms natural-language system descriptions into various software engineering architect diagrams. Currently, the work has produced a Use Case diagram generator which explores automated extraction of actors, use-cases, and relationships from text, and converts structured model outputs into formal software engineering artefacts.