The Democratization of Machine Learning: Here’s how Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD) Africa impacted (almost) the whole continent
AMLD Africa (https://bit.ly/3AvIECg), a free Machine Learning conference, makes it possible for anyone in Africa to learn about AI with world-class speakers and entities.
15.7 trillion US$ This is the expected contribution of Artificial Intelligence to the global economy by 2030 according to PwC’s report “Sizing the Price” (https://pwc.to/3R8JFY4). Here’s how Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD) Africa is offering free access to high-quality education around AI to democratize AI in Africa, and ultimately, contribute to making sure Africa has a fair share of “the Price”.
The more Africans can grasp, understand, and be inspired through AI, the more existing projects or new ones will leverage data to create social, economic, cultural and environmental value in local environments. It is with the same ambitious vision that AMLD Africa’s second edition will present AI through an African Lens from the 3rd to the 5th of November at the prestigious Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Ben Guerir, Morocco.
AMLD Africa is a 3-day conference which includes both inspirational talks and instructive workshops. African Data Science Community such as Zindi will be strengthened by speakers who will be able to inspire and teach, as well as those who wish to improve their technical skills. Consequently, AMLD Africa’s conference will embody its motto: Democratizing Machine Learning in Africa.
AMLD Africa presented a comprehensive platform for their first edition. It included academics from Stanford and the University of the Western Cape, EPFL, and corporates from Google and IBM. Entrepreneurs were also included. 3000 participants, 50 African countries, were able view a true picture AI. Every entity was able and able to add their own colour to the picture. If you too are a motivated and passionate AI enthusiast, you can embellish this year’s painting by clicking here (https://bit.ly/3R60MKlTo apply for a talk, or workshop, please click here.
When asked on how to retain talent in the african continent: “It is a matter of identifying important problems, and having the opportunity and tools to solve them. The rise in start-ups provides a dynamic environment for machine learning researchers and engineers. If we manage to create such an ecosystem, we will be able to bring change, through solving long lasting problems.” A future of Shared AI Knowledge, Opening Keynote, Moustapha Cisse – Head of the Google AI Center in Accra, Ghana.
AMLD Africa encompasses both individuals and entities, as well as a cross-industry approach. Since AI is impacting every sector – finance, national security, healthcare, etc. – of private and public life, AMLD Africa presents the talks within tracks: Healthcare, agriculture and even entertainment for example. Whether it is “Detecting cervical cancer with a smartphone-based solution”, “Measuring and optimizing agricultural production using aerial imagery” or even music generated by AI (which you can listen to in this video below), the talks tackle actual challenges and conveyed the idea that technology is not a goal itself, but rather a tool for the minds and sometimes the ears.
AI faces many ethical, social, economic, and political challenges. However, these challenges also present an unavoidable opportunity to leapfrog existing technological infrastructures associated with the Third Industrial Revolution. Only when we make it easy for young, passionate and motivated talent to access technology, can more initiatives leverage data and AI could benefit everyday life. AMLD Africa is the conference you should attend if that’s what you want.
Distributed by APO Group for AMLD Africa
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