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.
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