🪘DLI 2024 Workshops Announcement🪘 We are proud to present the list of our full-day workshops ! This year's line-up of workshops is a reflecion of our amazing AI African community and it is closely aligned with the mission of the Deep Learning Indaba, offering an active idea exchange environment and an engaging experience for all attendees. Explore the different workshops details on our website 👉https://lnkd.in/dW4uftUe The Call for Papers is still open for few workshops, make sure to catch them before the deadline: -🌱 Uniting for a Climate-Resilient Africa: Fostering Climate Data and Knowledge Exchange, deadline to apply: July 31, 2024 👉https://lnkd.in/ea66pfC4 -🌟 Second IJCAI AI for Good Symposium in Africa, deadline to apply: August 9, 2024 👉https://lnkd.in/dtVWfj3x -📸 Weakly Supervised Computer Vision, deadline to apply: August 11, 2024 👉https://lnkd.in/d9hm2AiK Stay tuned for more announcements coming up soon ! 🔥 Congratulations to all contributors ! 👏 #DLI2024 #Indaba2024 #XamXamlé
Deep Learning Indaba
Information Technology & Services
Strengthening African Machine Learning.
About us
Support Africa’s community in AI to be owners and shapers of the advanced in technology and artificial intelligence. We do this by building communities, creating leadership, and recognising excellence in the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence across Africa.
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https://deeplearningindaba.com/
External link for Deep Learning Indaba
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- Information Technology & Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
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- Nonprofit
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- 2017
Employees at Deep Learning Indaba
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Avishkar Bhoopchand
Staff Research Engineer at DeepMind; Executive Board and co-General Chair of the 2023 Indaba, Deep Learning Indaba
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Benjamin Rosman
Professor at University of the Witwatersrand, Director of the RAIL Lab, Co-founder and CSO of Lelapa AI, Co-Founder of the Deep Learning Indaba
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Shakir Mohamed
AI Research and Engineering; Research Director; Trustee
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Bruno Ssekiwere
Team Lead: Deep Learning IndabaX Uganda
Updates
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Meet Daouda Tandiang DJIBA, General Chair of Deep Learning Indaba 2024, from Senegal. Daouda has his Master's in Statistics and Econometrics and he is the co-founder of GalsenAI AI and AI Hub Senegal. Daouda first joined Deep Learning Indaba in 2019 as an IndabaX organiser and has since been promoted to Growth Support Lead for West African countries. He values the diverse culture of DLI and the quality of work done by African researchers. "The Indaba is a call of duty for all African AI enthusiasts, experts, professionals and researchers; so I've joined." #DLI2024 #Indaba2024
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Deep Learning Indaba reposted this
📣 📣 📣 EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JULY 15 🏁 🏁 🏁 There is still time for you to submit your abstract to our Deep Learning Indaba workshop on 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝘼𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 🌍 (https://lnkd.in/exp4BAd4). Submit your abstract (2 pages maximum) by July 15 here: https://lnkd.in/e4SK6msS Gilles Q. HACHEME, Sabrina AMROUCHE, Simone Fobi, Julian Kuehnert, Akram Zaytar, William Ogallo, Sekou L. Remy, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Arnu Pretorius, Serah Peter-Adeoye (née Akojenu), Ibrahim Salihu Yusuf
📣 📣 📣 CALL FOR POSTERS 📣 📣 📣 Come join us for an exciting workshop (see 🔗 below) at Deep Learning Indaba 2024 in Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳 We welcome submissions on geospatial AI to address critical challenges across Africa including food security 🌽 , disaster response 🚨 , urban development 🏘 , climate action 🌳 , public health 🏥, and more. Please submit your extended abstract (2 pages maximum) by July 1st here: https://lnkd.in/dHiV2aSG Gilles Q. HACHEME, Sabrina AMROUCHE, Simone Fobi, Julian Kuehnert, Akram Zaytar, William Ogallo, Sekou L. Remy, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Arnu Pretorius, Serah Peter-Adeoye (née Akojenu), Ibrahim Salihu Yusuf
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The Deep Learning Indaba 2024 is only 2 months away 🔥🪘 We are looking forward to meeting a community of 600 passionate researchers and practitioners in Dakar to foster collaboration and AI innovation across the African continent. 🚀 All notifications have been sent out, make sure to check your emails ! Stay tuned for more updates on the programme and see you in Dakar ! #DLI2024 #Indaba2024 #XamXamlé AI Hub Senegal Apple Askya Investment Partners AstraZeneca Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Code for Science and Society DSNai - Data Science Nigeria Embassy of France in Senegal Eramet GalsenAI Google Google DeepMind Hopper-Dean Foundation InstaDeep International Development Research Centre (IDRC) JPMorganChase LAfricaMobile Lelapa AI Microsoft Research Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute Mozilla NVIDIA OpenAI The Rockefeller Foundation Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW Zindi
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Deep Learning Indaba reposted this
🔎 New Senior Postdoc Research Associate Position! We’re excited to announce we have a new vacancy at the Department of Statistics, thanks to funding from @Google DeepMind 🎉 The post holder will engage in internationally leading research in AI or ML, manage their individual research portfolio, establish research collaborations across the University, and supervise research students. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to organise and participate in outreach activities and be a role model, ambassador, and point of contact for other emerging talent. 🏢 Vacancy Reference: 172722 📍 Location: Department of Statistics 📃 Contract: Full time (36 months) 💷 Salary Range: £45, 585 - £54, 395 per annum ⏲️ Deadline: 5th July 2024, 12pm For further information and to apply, check out the job advertisement on the jobs.ox.ac.uk website, also linked below. 🔗https://lnkd.in/gEcE7PTE #ai #machinelearning #ml #googledeepmind #research #postdocresearch
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Deep Learning Indaba reposted this
The Deep Learning Indaba mentorship programme was launched in 2020 and we have successfully completed more than 450 matches to date. 💫 We are looking to scale the programme, and as such we are looking for more mentors to join. As a mentor, you will be matched with mentees in mentorship areas of your choice for short term transactional mentorship. This entails a 1-hour video call (with possible follow-up by email or a call). You will be able to specify your availability and how many mentees you are able to take on each month. 📢 Sign up here as a mentor 👉https://lnkd.in/d3tc572C 📢 Apply to join the programme as a mentee 👉https://lnkd.in/dRhSrxuZ To read more about a mentor’s role in each mentorship area, please see our mentor onboarding information 👉https://lnkd.in/d9ScpMdB
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We are excited to invite you to the inaugural session of the IndabaX Webinar Series 2024. 🔥 As part of our commitment to spreading knowledge and fostering a robust AI community in Africa, this introductory webinar will set the stage for a series of enlightening and empowering sessions focused on Artificial Intelligence and its applications. Join us on Friday May 31st, at 3pm Central African Time ! ⭐ Registration is open via this link👉 https://lnkd.in/d6vs4QK7 #DLI2024 #Indaba2024
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The IndabaX Steering Committee is thrilled to announce the launch of the IndabaX Webinar Series 2024. This series is part of a transformative initiative designed to educate, inspire, and empower an African audience with the knowledge and tools needed to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) effectively. 💻⭐ Stay tuned for the announcement of the first session ! 🔥 For more details read our full blog 👉https://lnkd.in/gu3kCddY #DLI2024 #Indaba2024
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Deep Learning Indaba reposted this
We are pleased to announce a call for applications for three PhD positions in #DataScience, funded by the University of Tuebingen. The fellowship, based at our centre in Kigali, Rwanda, is up to 36 months and comes with additional funding for attending conferences and international #scientificevents. If you have a keen interest in data science and related disciplines, then consider applying for one of the scholarships by visiting https://lnkd.in/ddc6gevU. The call is open until June 5, 2024, 23:59 CAT. #scholarships #fundedopportunities #PhDapplications #MachineLearning #DataMining #BigDataAnalytics #DataVisualization #ArtificialIntelligence
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The Deep Learning Indaba mentorship programme was launched in 2020 and we have successfully completed more than 450 matches to date. 💫 We are looking to scale the programme, and as such we are looking for more mentors to join. As a mentor, you will be matched with mentees in mentorship areas of your choice for short term transactional mentorship. This entails a 1-hour video call (with possible follow-up by email or a call). You will be able to specify your availability and how many mentees you are able to take on each month. 📢 Sign up here as a mentor 👉https://lnkd.in/d3tc572C 📢 Apply to join the programme as a mentee 👉https://lnkd.in/dRhSrxuZ To read more about a mentor’s role in each mentorship area, please see our mentor onboarding information 👉https://lnkd.in/d9ScpMdB
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