5TH
DSA 2018
The Nelson mandela African institution of Science and Technology, ArushaTanzania
Since 2015, Data Science Africa (DSA) has held an annual summer school and workshop to train participants on machine learning and data science methods and provide an avenue for researchers to present work demonstrating the application of these techniques to problems relevant in the African context.
DATE
12 Nov - 16 Nov 2018
DSA Nov 2018
For 2018, DSA is expanding to West Africa with DSA 2018 Abuja in Nigeria 12th to 16th November. To consolidating DSA efforts in East Africa, DSA also had a DSA 2018 Nyeri in Kenya, and May 31st to June 8th. DSA 2018 Abuja will take DSA’s traditional structure of a three days Summer School and a two Day workshop, while DSA 2018 Nyeri had a six (6) days “training of Trainers” and a two day workshop.
DSA 2018 Abuja's tentative speakers and instructors include:
- Dina Machuve, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
- Ernest Mwebaze, Google AI, Ghana and Makerere University
- John Quinn, UN Global Pulse
- Neil Lawrence, Amazon and University of Sheffield
- Billy Okal, Voyage
- Moses Thiga, Kabarak University
- Chika YINKA-BANJO , University of Lagos
- Lehel Csató , Universitatea BABES-BOLYAI
- Olubayo Adekanmbi, MTN Nigeria
- Moustapha Cisse, Google AI
- Mourine Amutorine, Pulse Lab Kampala
- Ayorkor Korsah, Ashesi University Ghana
- Eric Sodomka, Facebook Research
Highlights
Virtual summer school on machine learning and data science targeting graduate students, researchers, and professionals working with huge amounts of data or unique datasets, and challenges relevant to the African continent.
Full-day of virtual workshop with participant presentations and interactive panel discussions.
