University of Dschang (UDS) & National Advanced School of Engineering, (ENSPY) Yaoundé
General Theme
Machine learning and its applications
Theme 1 (Part 1 : UDS)
Machine Learning and Cybersecurity – Applications and Impact in the Real World
Theme 2 (Part 2 : ENPY)
Machine Learning and Agriculture – Financial Impact
Hackathon
For the first part, the hackathon offered by Zindi will focus on this competition.
The first hackathon will END on Sunday, November 21 at 11:00 P.M (local time) and the results will be ANNOUNCED on Monday, November 22 at 9:00 A.M (local time)
For the second part of the IndabaX, the hackathon will focus on this competition.
The second hackathon will END on Friday, November 19 and the results will be ANNOUNCED on Saturday, November 20
NB : Further communication may be added after the registration of additional participants.
Sponsors
Schedule
16 Nov 2021
UDS
08:00-12:00: Communication from young researchers
13:30-16:30: Posters presentation (by students)
Full day: Forum and exhibitions in stands (business partners, etc.)
17 Nov 2021
UDS
08:00-09:00 : Registration
09:00-09:15: Welcome speech from the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science: Prof Marcellin NKENLIFACK (University of Dschang)
09:15-09:30: Opening remarks from the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences: Prof Emmanuel NGAMENI (University of Dschang)
09:30 - 10:30: Keynote 1 (Title: Foundations of Machine Learning): Dr. Marcellin ATEMKENG (Rhodes University, South Africa)
10:30-11:15: Presentation of a Project in Machine Learning: Dr Elie FUTE (University of Buea) & Prof NKENLIFACK (University of Dschang)
11:15-12:00: Coffee break
12:00-12:45: Tutorial (Title: Best Practices for Machine Learning in Developing Countries): Prof Christopher THRON (Texas A&M University, USA)
12:45-13:30: Hands-on Tutorial (Title: Data Visualisation) : Prof Wahabou ABDOU (Université de Bourgogne, France)
13:30-15:00: Hands-on Tutorial (Title: Supervised Machine Learning: Classification): Prof Christopher THRON (Texas A&M University, USA)
15:30-17:00: Posters presentation
18 Nov 2021
UDS
08:00-09:00: Registration
09:00-09:30: Recap of the first day
09:30-10:30: Hands-on Tutorial (Title: Hyperparameter Tuning For Classification Model and Best practices To Win A Competition): Mrs Irene Raissa KAMENI KAMENI (Vector Institute, Canada)
10:30-11:15: Tutorial (Title: Presentation of Zindi and How to do a competition on Zindi): Mrs Delilah GESICHO (Zindi, Africa)
11:15-11:20: Hackathon
11:20-12:00: Coffee break
12:00-13:00: Keynote 2 (Title: The Growing Role of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity ): Dr Charles A. KAMHOUA (US Army Research Laboratory)
13:00-14:00: keynote 3 (Title: Impacts of AI in Engineering) : Dr Uriel Pascal ELINGUI ( Groupe CERCO, Côte d’Ivoire)
