Top Tweets for #SidaScienceDays2019
One of many obstacles in the transition to #OpenAccess to research results, since many OA journals only exist online, not in print. Seemingly a crux that can easily be eliminated but there's probably powerplay behind such rules, not just digital backwardness. #SidaScienceDays2019
Some institutions still don't accept publications in online journals towards promotion! One example - articles only counted if they have page numbers... #SidaScienceDays2019
@iGrrrl @SciTS_Conf We just finished a 3-day #SidaScienceDays2019 conference with research leaders from around the world ... and we also saw that the #SDGs are playing a prominent role in many institutions’ research agendas. Great collections of minds think alike?
Results of a interesting group activity on the SDGs (which SDGs do @Sida-funded projects focus on most?) , @INASPinfo covering some key cross-cutting themes! #sidasciencedays2019
Africans should shape, create and infuse African values in machine learning, particularly if questions around accuracy and how machines make decisions on the data they are fed matter to Africans #sidasciencedays2019 @Spidercenter
Next generation need both critical thinking + computational thinking skills.
It's not about everyone being a coder, but the ability to understand how computers work, so when you've got a solution you can communicate it for a programmer to code it
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At #SidaScienceDays2019, our team: @posy76 (B. Osama), @drwendo (Dr. C. Wendo) and @ben_deighton (Ben Deighton), explained how you can benefit from our @ScriptTraining that enhances #communication for institutions and researchers. https://t.co/BXoms3cnLV
"When a computer throws out numbers, those numbers anchor you" and the decisions you make as a result.
"AI just encodes the biases we already have in society".
Have to ask the question "what is the impact for the most vulnerable in society?" #SidaScienceDays2019
...but need to be alert to dangers.
It's not machines coming to kill you, it's the biases we encode
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Africa can't just be consumers of machine learning. @vukosi shares the important vision of @deepindaba #SidaScienceDays2019
The future isn't as far away as we think, says @vukosi. But don't panic, machines aren't coming to kill us! #sidasciencedays2019
"Where we're going we don't need roads". Back to the Future makes an unexpected appearance at #sidasciencedays2019
Interesting to hear how @SciDevNet are supporting researchers to improve their media communication skills, and journalists to report science. #SidaScienceDays2019
@ben_deighton of @SciDevNet on the importance of telling untold stories, the impact of technological developments, and amplifying the work of role models in science in the developing world #sidasciencedays2019
Some explicit strategies to enable access, progression & success @CARTAfrica
1. Later age cut off for applications from women
2. Pay for child & carer to travel with fellows to training
3. Curriculum explicitly address gender & pedagogy encourages critique #SidaScienceDays2019
Impressive how @CARTAfrica have transitioned its PhD fellows from a majority men to majority women, achieving balance over 9 years #SidaScienceDays2019
61% of visitors to @AJOLinfo are in Africa, demonstrating the relevance of AJOL journals on the continent. Visitors also include the public and end-users, as well as researchers #sidasciencedays2019
Susan Murray on the benefits for journals joining @AJOLinfo, including JPPS assessment to improve credibility (https://t.co/JiD22Dj5b3) #sidasciencedays2019
Interesting notion - transdisciplinarity vs undisciplined research where you are not restricted to the confines of scientific research to confront conflicts of power relations #SidaScienceDays2019
Some institutions still don't accept publications in online journals towards promotion! One example - articles only counted if they have page numbers... #SidaScienceDays2019
Are you at #SidaScienceDays2019 today? If so, please come and find out how https://t.co/HGL8Wb9wj0 can help enhance your communication. 10:30am-11:45am presented by https://t.co/HGL8Wb9wj0 's @ben_deighton (Ben Deighton), @drwendo (Dr. C. Wendo) and @posy76 (B. Osama).
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