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 (16.3%) to ACVSS 2024.
26/03: We received 160 applications which we will review asap.
Speakers
Sara Beery
(MIT)
Dina Machuve
(NM-AIST)
Negar Rostamzadeh
(Google)
Timnit Gebru
(DAIR)
Hazel Doughty
(Leiden University)
Karteek Alahari
(Inria)
Ke Li
(SFU)
Anurag Arnab
(Google)
Abeba Birhane
(Mozilla Fondation)
Yuki M. Asano
(Uni. of Amsterdam)
... and more speakers to be announced,
stay tuned !
Organizers
Raesetje Sefala
(DAIR)
General & Sponsor Chair
Raoul de Charette
(Inria)
General & Program Chair
Salamata Konate
(CSIRO)
Publicity Chair
Helge Rhodin
(UBC)
Admission and Publicity Chair
Elizabeth Mutua
(Dedan Kimathi University)
Local Chair
Mennatullah Siam
(Ontario Tech)
Supporting Organizer
Chris Currin
(ISTA)
Mentors Chair
Yannis Kalantadis
(Naver Labs)
Program Chair
Gilles Q. Hacheme
(Microsoft)
Supporting Local Organizer
Advisors
Kathleen Siminyu
(Mozilla Found.)
Daniela Massiceti
(Microsoft)
Samy Bengio
(Apple)
Timnit Gebru
(DAIR)
Girmaw Abebe Tadesse
(Microsoft)
Sponsors
