Host Institution

École Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar (ESP)

Schedule

  • 25 Oct 2023
    • 8h15 - 9h15 Welcoming participants and badge collection
    • 9h15 - 10h00 Opening ceremony speeches
    • 10h00 - 10h30 Coffee break + Posters
    • 10h30 - 12h00 Panel : Issues and challenges for the implementation of the National Data Strategy
    • 12h00 - 13h00 Session 1 : AI and Applications
    • 13h00 - 14h30 Lunch break
    • 14h30 - 16h00 Session 2 : IA et Applications
    • 16h00-16h30 Coffee break (30 mn)
    • 16h30 - 17h30 Session 3 : IA et Applications
    • 17h30 - 18h45 Closing the first day
  • 26 Oct 2023
    • 9h00 - 10h00 Keynote: Fairness and RePresentation Learning Moustapha Cissé, CEO de Kera, ex Head of Google Accra
    • 10h00 - 10h30 Coffee break (30 mn) + Posters
    • 10h30 - 12h00 Panel session : Issues and Challenges for the implementation of the National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence
    • 12h00 - 13h00 Session 4 : IA et Applications
    • 13h00 - 15h00 Lunch break
    • 15h00 - 16h30 Corporate Session
    • 16h30 - 16h45 Coffee break
    • 16h45 - 17h30 Overview of posters presented, Overview of the hackathon
    • 17h30-18h00 Remise des prix, Cérémonie de Clôture

List of Speakers

Moustapha Cissé,

Moustapha Cissé,

ex Head of Google Accra & Founder and CEO of Kera - Fairness and RePresentation Learning - Fairness and Representation Learning

Mouhamadou Lamine Kébé

Mouhamadou Lamine Kébé

CEO of TOLBI AI - Using AI and satellite imagery to improve food security in Africa

Elias Waly Ba

Elias Waly Ba

Software engineer at OpenFn - Scaling Social Good by using AI and Data Integration

Ismaila Seck

Ismaila Seck

CTO à Lengo - Competitive Machine Learning: why it matters Mamadou Samba Camara, Professor at ESP - 3D Slicer

Pr Lamine Thiaw

Pr Lamine Thiaw

Professor at ESP / Papa Silly TRAORE - Using Machine learning algorithm for wind power forecasting

Rose Yvette Bandolo Essomba

Rose Yvette Bandolo Essomba

Freelance DataScientist / Teacher at Dakar Institute of Technology - Tractable Large Scale Calibration with Reinforcement Learning

Mamadou Diop

Mamadou Diop

Data Scientist at Baamtu - Object detection with Detectron2

Khady Kama

Khady Kama

NLP Engineer at Baamtu - Introduction to speech recognition with pre-trained models

Yahya Baro

Yahya Baro

Senior Project Manager IT - Head of Data at Jasmin Conseil - Methodological support for Data Governance

Dr. Ousmane NDIAYE

Dr. Ousmane NDIAYE

Machine Learning based side channel attacks

Ousmane Youme

Ousmane Youme

PhD Student in Computer Science at Gaston Berger University - Deep Learning and remote sensing : Application to environmental monitoring

Adama Coulibaly

Adama Coulibaly

PhD Student in Computer Science at École Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar - Detecting asphalt road deterioration using Deep Learning applied to drone imagery

Dr Modou Gueye

Dr Modou Gueye

Use of AI in road traffic management in Dakar

Abdoul Sy

Abdoul Sy

CTO of Concree - AI co-pilot for entrepreneurship support: from ideation to business creation