African Computer Vision Summer School
The African Computer Vision Summer School (ACVSS) unites outstanding African students and researchers with leading computer vision and AI experts. The location will vary annually within Africa, and the inaugural occurrence will be held in Kenya.
📆 July 14-24, 2024
🌍 in Nairobi, Kenya at the Microsoft Research Institute (MARI)
🎓 Applications open until March 25th (deadline was extended).
Check page Apply & Attend
Funded for African students. Open to international students.
🏫 The program includes lectures and practical sessions (see Program)
The curriculum emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations, geometry and math, deep learning and AI, and on seeding knowledge for multiple generations of students by coaching participants in educational leadership.
News 16/04: We accepted 26 outstanding students to ACVSS 2024.
26/03: We received 160 applications which we will review asap.
Speakers
Sara Beery
(MIT)
Dina Machuve
(DevData Analytics)
Negar Rostamzadeh
(Google)
Timnit Gebru
(DAIR)
Hazel Doughty
(Leiden University)
Karteek Alahari
(Inria)
Mahmoud Afifi
(Google)
Ke Li
(SFU)
Anurag Arnab
(Google)
Abeba Birhane
(Mozilla Fondation)
Alexei A. Efros
(UC Berkeley)
Yuki M. Asano
(Uni. of Amsterdam)
Claire Monteleoni
(Inria & Uni. of Colorado Boulder)
Celia Cintas
(IBM)
Girmaw Abebe Tadesse
(Microsoft)
Helge Rhodin
(UBC)
Raoul de Charette
(Inria)
Organizers
Raesetje Sefala
(DAIR)
General & Sponsor Chair
Raoul de Charette
(Inria)
General & Program Chair
Elizabeth Mutua
(Dedan Kimathi University)
Local Chair
Helge Rhodin
(UBC)
Admission and Publicity Chair
Mennatullah Siam
(Ontario Tech)
Supporting Organizer
Salamata Konate
(CSIRO)
Publicity Chair
Bastian Wandt
(Linköping University)
Practical Chair
Chris Currin
(ISTA)
Mentors Chair
Yannis Kalantadis
(Naver Labs)
Supporting Organizer
Gilles Q. Hacheme
(Microsoft)
Supporting Local Organizer
Advisors
Kathleen Siminyu
(Mozilla Found.)
Daniela Massiceti
(Microsoft)
Samy Bengio
(Apple)
Girmaw Abebe Tadesse
(Microsoft)
Sponsors
Community
Ro’ya
Deep Learning Indaba
African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences
Masakhane