We’re serious about growing machine learning in South Africa, no joke!
A Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 is a locally-organised “Indaba” or conference that helps ensure that knowledge and capacity in machine learning are spread more widely across the African continent.
Jul 09, 2024 - Jul 12, 2024
The conference will be a multi-day event featuring…
Check in, collect conference materials, and prepare for an engaging day ahead! Once you’ve checked in, take a stroll around campus and grab some lunch from one of the vendors.
Kickoff time! 🎉 Join the organising committee and Wits University representatives for opening remarks, setting the stage for a sensational conference!
Group photo time! 📸 Gather around and freeze this moment in time together! ❤️
Discover up-and-coming research and inventive projects in our poster session and compete for prizes! Ensure your presence at your poster during the first hour to qualify. Learn more about Poster Guidelines and Requirements.
Wake up your day with coffee, tea, and last-minute sign-ups! ☕
Quick pause: Speaker introductions begin at 10:25. Be there!
It’s chow time! Grab a plate and enjoy your lunch break! 🥗
Just java: coffee only break (and tea👀)—speaker intros at 14:25! ☕
Fuel up: snacks ready, energy up! We’re back after a quick recharge! 🍪⚡
Meetups and Mentorship Sessions - Join us for an informal meetup where you can network, collaborate, and make valuable connections with your peers. We encourage you to find a mentor, mentee or research collaborator and book a 1-on-1 with them with SwapCard after the meetup.
Forecasting Practical
Rise and shine: your morning coffee & tea are ready! ☕️🌅
Pause & prep! Speaker intros begin at 10:25—don’t miss out! 🕥
Lunch break! Refuel and relax with an important lunch before we resume.
Just coffee & tea, please! 🕒 Meet back at your workshops at 14:25.
Snack time! Grab a coffee, some treats, and stretch those legs—see you in 30! 🏃☕
Meetups and Mentorship Sessions - Join us for an informal meetup where you can network, collaborate, and make valuable connections with your peers. We encourage you to find a mentor, mentee or research collaborator and book a 1-on-1 with them with SwapCard after the meetup.
Model Optimisation Practical
Model Optimisation Practical
Wake up and smell the coffee…or tea!👀 Your morning kick starts here! ☕🍵
Pause & prep: Speaker intros begin at 10:25—get ready to be inspired! ⏰
Lunch is served! Fuel up and energize for the afternoon! 🍽️
Just coffee & tea! Quick sip and back to action—intros begin at 14:25! ☕🍵
Break & snacks: Grab a bite, energize your mind!
AI is the most influential technology of our lifetime, and it has only just begun. In this conversation with some of the leading figures in AI development in Africa, we will discuss the implications of the imminent emergence of AGI and what this means for Africa and humanity. This sweeping discussion will dive into both what AGI might mean for improving the wellbeing of our species and the planet, and the risks associated with developing this technology. This conversation serves to communicate expert opinions on the future of AI and give the audience a sense of where the field is headed.
Curtain call! 🏁🏆 Join us at the prize giving and closing ceremony to celebrate success, innovation, and the grand conclusion of our incredible journey together!
En route to the encore! 🎒 Pack your enthusiasm and travel with us to the closing celebration—departing now!
Final act: Gather for our grand closure! 🚀 Reflect, rejoice, and roll out with your packs loaded with fresh ideas and new connections. Transportation Information: Buses will depart from Wits University immediately after the closing ceremony. Return buses will be available from Maboneng back to Wits at 10:00 PM. Considering the limited parking in Maboneng, those who drive are advised to park at Wits and use the provided buses.
CSIR, University of Stellenbosch (Dep of Industrial Engineering) & UNISA, (School of Engineering)
AI - The Ethics of IT
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
EPI-USE/University of Pretoria
An Introduction to Spiking Neural Networks and Biologically Plausible Machine Learning
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
AMBA
Education
Day 2 - 17h30 - 18h00
Code for Africa
The Power of AI to Fight Information Manipulation
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
CSIR
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
University of Cape Town
Exploring Meta-learned Curiosity Algorithms
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
University of the Witwatersrand
Panelist
University of Cape Town
An Introduction to AI Safety
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
University of the Western Cape
Transforming Networking Through Artificial Intelligence: From Best Effort to Knowledge Aware Networking
Day 3 - 13h00 - 14h00
AIMS
Panelist
Saigen
Speech Recognition for Africa
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
University of Pretoria
Intellectual Property, Data, and Technology, in terms of Governance
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
IRD South Africa NPC
AI in Digital Health Governance
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
NRF-iThemba LABS
Enhancing Dynamic Aperture Estimations in the C70 Cyclotron Using Deep Learning Techniques
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Deep Learning and Wildlife Monitoring
Day 1 - 13h00 - 14h00
Alphawave
Disciplined Entrepreneurship for AI Startups
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
MindJoy
Accelerating STEM Education with AI
Day 3 - 13h00 - 14h00
University of the Witwatersrand and Sol Plaatje University
Utilising Ensemble Cluster for Parkinson's Disease Detection.
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
University of Pretoria
Limits of ANNs in Continual Learning
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
Medscheme Holdings
Using Data to Inform and Inspire Action
Day 3 - 09h00 - 10h00
University of Pretoria
Data Literacy: The New Alphabet of the AI Era
Day 3 - 10h30 - 12h00
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
The Good and not so Good of Cybersecurity for AI & AI for Cybersecurity
Day 1 - 09h00 - 10h00
University of the Witwatersrand, and nCino, Inc (Formally DocFox Inc)
GradSUM a Method to Quantitatively Characterise and Explain Deep Learning Model Behaviour in Several Domains (Unpublished)
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
InstaDeep
Day 2 - 16h30 - 18h00
Discovery
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
University Of Kwazulu Nata
Comparative Analysis of Density Functions for Assessing Wind Energy Potential in Africa
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
Discovery
Introduction to Natural Language Processing
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
University of Pretoria
Application of A Discrete Event- Based Monte Carlo Simulation for Improving Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Of an SO2 Abatement Plant
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
University of Cape Town
Reinforcement Learning: Meta, Offline, Multi-agent and more
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
University of the Western Cape
Decoding the Brain: The Role of AI in Neurodevelopmental Health Optimization
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
MADIVA Research Hub
Leveraging AI and ML for Innovations in African Healthcare.
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
NICIS CHPC (CSIR)
Centre for High Performance Computing
Day 1 - 17h30 - 18h00
WeThinkCode_
Insights on Preparing for the Workplace
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
Opti-Num Solutions
Design and Deployment of AI for Innovation in Medical Imaging, Leveraging MATLAB and C++
Day 2 - 16h30 - 17h00
AI Safety Cape Town
An Introduction to AI Safety
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
Introduction and Demonstration of AI-Based Segmentation for Medical Images
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
Sybrin
Is Seeing Really Believing Anymore? 👀
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
UCT
DS-I Africa - Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
Red Bull Basement University - Empowering Young Minds to use Technology for Positive Impact
Day 1 - 16h30 - 17h00
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
Advancements in Vehicle Detection for Autonomous Drivin
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
WeThinkCode_
Insights on preparing for the workplace
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
Institute for Intelligent Systems, Primus Tech Hub
NLP for Africa: Trends and Perspectives
Day 2 - 09h00 - 10h00
Analytix Engine
The Antidote to ML Hype
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
Lelapa AI
Organizing African Talent to Move Humanity Forward: Language Technology for Africa
Day 0 - 13h30 - 14h30
University of Cambridge
Exploiting Phonological Similarities between African Languages to achieve Speech to Speech Translation
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
Minerva University
Teaching Computer Science in the age of LLMs
Day 2 - 10h30 - 12h00
CSIR
Leveraging RAG to Improve LLM Generation
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
Instadeep
Exploring SOTA methods in BioAi
Day 2 - 17h00 - 17h30
University of the Witwatersrand
Optimal Task Generalisation in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
IBM Research
Biomedical Text Insights Extraction
Day 3 - 14h30 - 15h30
University of the Witwatersrand
Concurrent and Temporal Composition for Zero-shot Transfer in Reinforcement Learning
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
CSIR and NWU
Breaking Down isiZulu texts: Supervised Segmentation for Better Language Modeling and Translation
Day 2 - 14h30 - 16h00
Rand Mutual Assurance / University of Pretoria
Reinforcement Learning in Financial Risk Management
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
Zindi
It Takes a Ecosystem for Data Science to Succeed.
Day 1 - 17h00 - 17h30
South African Radio Astronomical Observatory
ML Approaches to Radio Interferometric Imaging
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
Legal Interact
Bridging the Gap to AGI - The Thinking Graph
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
University of Johannesburg
Deep Learning : The Journey from Feature Engineering to Representation Learning
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
Enhancing Autonomous Driving: An In-depth Analysis of Deep Learning-based Object Detection Techniques
Day 1 - 14h30 - 16h00
Melio.ai
Exploring MLOps with Melio AI and Zindi
Day 1 - 10h30 - 12h00
CSIR/ TUT/ WITS Business School
Real-world Applications of Ontology Engineering in Deep Learning : A Cybersecurity Learning Factory Use Case
Day 3 - 13h00 - 14h00
Local organiser, Hackathon, AI Fest, National logistics