DBM
DSA Board Chair
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
DBM
DSA Board Treasurer
Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
DBM
DSA Board Member
Google AI Ghana
DBM
DSA Board Member
Boston University
DBM
DSA Board Member
PC
Program Chair
Voyage Auto
Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
DBA
DSA Board Advisor
University of Cambridge
DBA
DSA Board Advisor
Google AI
Sheffield University
GC
General Chair
Makerere University
DBA
DSA Board Member
UN Pulse Lab Kampala
FWC
Field Work Chair
Makerere University
UTAMU
MILA & Makerere University
Amazon
University of Tübingen
University of Cambridge
African University of Science & Technology, Abuja
Addis Ababa University
DBA
DSA Board Secretary
UN Pulse Lab, Kampala
Uganda Bureau of Statistics(UBOS)
University of Cambridge
Lacuna Fund
UN Pulse Lab
Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Vector Institute
Makerere University
Makerere University
Havard University
University College Dublin & Lero
Stanford University
Columbia University
University of Oxford
University of Witwatersrand
Havard University
Stanford University
Oberlin College
Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Independent Consultant
Affiliation
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Special announcement
Ciira Maina Senior Lecturer and Director, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
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View presentationDina Machuve Lecturer, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
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View presentationElaine Nsoesie Assistant Professor, Boston University
a Computational Epidemiologist with a passion for applying novel data and methods to global health problems. She leads a team of computational social scientists, public health experts and computer scientists at Boston University's Department of Global Health. She is also a Data Science Fellow, as part of the BU Data Science Initiative at the Hariri Institute for Computing. She was born and raised in Cameroon.
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Introduction to the summer school
General introduction to programming in Python and data science using Jupyter and Collab
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View presentationMike Smith Post Doc, Sheffield University
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View presentationIntroduction to the summer school
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Engineer Bainomugisha Associate Professor & Department Chair (CS), Makerere University
General introduction to programming in Python and data science using Jupyter and Collab
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View presentationPractical consideration introductory deep learning
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View presentationVisualizing high dimensional data with PCA and tSNE
View presentationLab: Visualizing high dimensional data with PCA and tSNE
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View presentationAlex Pompe Research Manager, Facebook
Eric Sodomka Research Scientist, Facebook
Nasia Ntalla , Facebook
Kuldip Bhathal , Facebook
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View presentationEric Meissner PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Jennifer Miles Senior Mediator and Program Manager, Lacuna Fund
Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis Innovation Advisor, UN Pulse Lab
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View presentationOverview of data science use in the project
View presentationTom Dietterich Professor (Emeritus), Oregon State University
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View presentationIrene Tematelewo PhD Student, Oregon State University
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View presentationOverview of data science use in the project
View presentationTadesse Zemicheal PhD Student, Oregon State University
Shalmali Joshi PostDoc, Vector Institute
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View presentationHewitt Tusiime Student, Makerere University
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View presentationDorothy Kabarozi Software Engineer, Makerere University
Mike Bailey Research Science Manager, Facebook
Megan Allen ,
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Rediet Abebe Junior Fellow (Havard Society of Fellows), Havard University
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Abeba Birhane PhD Candidate, University College Dublin & Lero
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Irene Lo Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Ana-Andreea Stoica PhD Candidate, Columbia University
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Francisco Marmolejo PhD Candidate, University of Oxford
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
George Obaido Research Associate, University of Witwatersrand
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Lily Xu PhD Candidate, Havard University
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Wanyi Li PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. MD4SG was founded by Rediet Abebe and Kira Goldner in the fall of 2016 as a small reading group. Since its inception, the group — co-organized by Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Francisco Marmolejo — has also grown into a network of over 1000 participants from 100 institutions and 30 countries who are united by their interest to use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems of societal importance. The online working groups have served as a backbone of MD4SG over the years. In this mini-tutorial, we showcase work focused on and relevant to the African continent, as presented by the leaders of the different working groups. Topics: Climate change (Lily Xu & Wanyi Li), Inequality (Samuel Taggart), Developing Nations (Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio), Data Economies (Abeba Birhane & George Obaido)
Samuel Taggart Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
Jared Makario Research Intern, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Jason Kabi Research Intern, Center for Data Science and AI, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Exploring R for Spatial Analytics
Shelmith Kariuki Senior Data Analyst, Independent Consultant
Beatrice Kariuki Consultant, Public health specialist and health data analyst,
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