#ICRA40Africa is also happening over the next three days!
Check the schedule and program here.
https://t.co/DwNkZ8axlH
They are also live streaming! https://t.co/cJOWOsJM9x
@BenjaminRosman@SekouLRemy We are running some practical sessions, including the "Cloud Robotics Tutorial with Scaleup Robotics" session during which participants will be able to program live robot arms located in Sweden and learn more about cloud robotics and robotic manipulation 🦾
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We have a super exciting schedule planned, with keynote talks💡from @BenjaminRosman and @SekouLRemy.
For this year we are also partnering with Scaleup Robotics AB🤖 (https://t.co/T7krb5P6g4), a Swedish cloud robotics startup pioneering remotely accessible robotics solutions
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We're very happy to be hosting the 2nd Robot Learning for Africa workshop this Friday 6th @DeepIndaba in Dakar Senegal 🇸🇳
💻 Website: https://t.co/iPqrFqaLiG
👷 Organisers: @iamsicelukwanda, @TamlinLove, @Jenalea_Rajab, @CollinsOpTiX, Iretiayo Akinola, Zukisa Mbuli
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We are excited to share that Dr. Branden Ingram has been announced as the runner up for the Thamsanqa Kambule Doctoral Award at this year's Deep Learning Indaba! In 1978 Prof. Kambule became the first black professor at Wits and his impact still echos through the university.(1/3)
Our episode with Jenalea Rajab is now available. Jenalea, an AI professional from Lelapa AI talks about her work in reshaping the landscape of natural language processing and championing the cause of underrepresented languages.
Be sure to listen now: https://t.co/H0UKQsAwrD
On our upcoming podcast episode on African Women in AI, we are honoured to have Jenalea Rajab, an AI professional from South Africa. She will talk about her illustrious career, groundbreaking initiatives in AI, achievements, and so much more.
Be sure to stay tuned!
Don't miss the visionary @TEDTalks from our CEO Pelonomi Moiloa (@tamati_biskit), on locally-attuned AI preserving marginalized languages. 🌍 🔥
A story of hope and moving forward ♥️
📽️How AI can keep disappearing languages alive https://t.co/oyUDH9xkac
Dr. Paul Amayo , a Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator at the University of Cape Town, presenting his keynote talk on Building Intelligence for Robotics in Africa, at the Robot Learning for Africa Workshop in the @DeepIndaba
It's 2 days until the @DeepIndaba 🤩
We would not exist if it weren't for this event. 💕
Our founders met at the first Indaba in 2017
We're proud we can give back by being a sponsor to (and helping organise) #Indaba2023#Yɛbɛtumi
A 🧵 on where to connect:
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The future of African AI is being built today! We @LelapaAI are passionate about young people learning and skills development. On Friday afternoons, members of the team are committed to teaching programming to learners at Jeppe High School for Girls with Code Kamoso.
Lelapa AICo-founder of Lelapa AI, Pelonomi Moiloa, unpacks how Lelapa AI helps to break the biases that AI has towards Africans and the solutions needed to create Afrocentric AI.
Lelapa AI helps break biases - On the move https://t.co/BuFHsaAGZZ
@LelapaAI
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There's a lot going on with the Deep Learning Indaba - with many deadlines fast approaching. We've set up a quick checklist to help you be sure you aren't missing out! See the 🧵below for all links.
Let us know in the comments, how many have you checked off?
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It's happening! I'm super excited to introduce y'all to @LelapaAI ~ AI for Africans, by Africans, solving African problems 🤩
Lelapa has raised $2.5M from @AtlanticaVC, @Mozilla Ventures, and angels like @kbeguir and @JeffDean
Read more here 👇 or at https://t.co/gtTLUKv2VA