Host Institution
Dedani Kimathi University of Technology
Schedule
- 12 Jul 2023
- 08:30-9:00 Introduction: What is Indaba? Antony Ndolo & Elizabeth Mutua Introduction: What is Indaba? Antony Ndolo & Elizabeth Mutua
- 09:00-09:20 Opening Remarks by Dr. George Musumba, Dean School of Computer Science & IT, DeKUT
- 09:20 - 09:30: Introduction of IndabaX Hackathon Oyori Obegi Zindi Ambassador for Kenya
- 09:30-11:05 Keynote Speech: Application of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Areas Dr. Patrick Gikunda DeKUT Chair IT Department
- 11:30-13:00 KerasCV and KerasNLP Workshop - Marvin Ngesa Device Manager Safaricom PLC
- 14:30-16:00 Students' / Researchers’ Wellbeing and Mental Health Doris Mwangi Career and wellness Coach
- 13 Jul 2023
- 09:00-10:00 Inclusive Artificial Intelligence for accessible medical imaging in low-resource settings Professor Karim Lekadir
- 10:05-11:05 Artificial Intelligence, Youths, § 21st Century Job Market Prof. Eddy Owaga Associate Professor at the Institute of Food Bioresources Technology, Dedan Kimathi University
- 11:30-13:00 Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Dr. Stephen Fashoto Senior lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of Eswatini
- 14:30-15:30 Career Strategies in a Technically Dynamic World Callo Mocheche IT Operations, Barclays Absa
- 15:35-16:30 AI conferences, Job, internship Opportunities Kavengi Kitonga Agricultural and Economics department, University of Nairobi
- 14 Jul 2023
- 09:00-10:00 Leveraging Machine Learning in Agriculture: Case of Kenya Dr. Kennedy Senagi Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Data Manager International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
- 10:05-11:05 Artificial Learning: From Machine Learning to X-Learning Prof. Bigomokero Antoine Bagula Department of Computer Science, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
- 11:30-13:00 Holistic Approach to Career Choice Dr. Daniel Njoroge Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Food Bioresources Technology, Head of the Office of Career Services, Dedan Kimathi University
- 14:30-16:00 Africa AI Projects & Research Presentations (link - Registration) Judges: Dr. Juliet Moso,Dr. Benson Kituku, Dr. Gabriel Kamau
- Available Postgraduate Programmes, School of Computer Science & IT (10 mins) Dr. Jane Kuria Associate Dean School of Computer Science & IT, DeKUT
- Closing Remarks Prof. Peter Ng’ang’a Muchiri Ag. Vice-Chancellor - Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
- 12th - 15th July 2023 HACKATHON (Link will go live at midnight 11th)
List of Speakers