African Computer Vision
Summer School

13-23 July 2025, AIMS, Kigali, Rwanda

The African Computer Vision Summer School (ACVSS) unites
outstanding African students and researchers with leading computer vision and AI experts.

 
After a successful 2024 inaugural edition in Kenya, ACVSS continues in 2025 in Rwanda

    📆  July 13-23, 2025

    🌍 in Kigali, Rwanda at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) 

    🎓  Applications open until March 15th March 25th (deadline extended).
Check page Apply & Attend
                Funded for African students. Open to international students.
Notification of acceptance: April 5th
    🏫 The 10-day program includes (details to be confirmed soon):
10 lectures and 8 practical sessions, 8 keynotes, hackathon, poster session, etc.

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.

Unsure of what ACVSS is about? Check ACVSS 2024 to get an idea.

News 14/03: We extended the application deadline to March 25th! Apply now!

Want to support ACVSS ? Consider becoming a sponsor.

Speakers

Our final agenda will have around 20 speakers.
Stay tuned as we will be announcing new speakers very soon 🥳

Anurag Arnab
(Google DeepMind)

Sara Beery
(MIT)

Daniel Cremers  
(TU Munich)

Hazel Doughty
(Leiden University)

Fahad Shabaz Khan
(MBZUAI & Linköping Uni.)

Vicky Kalogeiton
(Polytechnique)

Ciira wa Maina
(Dedan Kimathi
Uni. of Technology)

Vincent Sitzmann
(MIT)

Kosta Derpanis
(York University)

Organizers

Raesetje Sefala
(DAIR)
General Chair

Raoul de Charette
(Inria)
General Chair

Bastian Wandt
(Linköping University)
Program Chair

Ashery Mbilinyi
(UVic)
Practical Chair

Yannis Kalantidis

(Naver Labs)

Supporting Organizer

Helge Rhodin 
(Bielefeld University)

Supporting Organizer

Sponsors

Advisors

Kathleen Siminyu
(Mozilla Found.)

Daniela Massiceti
(Microsoft)

Samy Bengio
(Apple)

Girmaw Abebe Tadesse
(Microsoft)

Community

Ro’ya

Deep Learning Indaba

African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences

Masakhane