{"id":707,"date":"2025-03-28T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/?page_id=707"},"modified":"2025-04-15T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T08:43:51","slug":"alele-williams-masters-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2025\/alele-williams-masters-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Alele-Williams Masters Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alele-Williams Masters Award recognises and encourages excellence in research and writing by masters candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Alele-Williams Masters Award celebrates African research excellence: its recipients are those that uphold Grace Alele-Williams\u2019 legacy as a defender of learning, a seeker of knowledge, and activist for equality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The award will be presented at the annual Deep Learning Indaba in August 2025. We welcome applications from students themselves, or nominations from their supervisors and mentors.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Masters theses in the broad area of computational and statistical sciences will be eligible. This includes, but is not restricted to: machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, statistics, probability, data science, information theory, econometrics, optimisation, statistical physics, biostatistics and bioinformatics, natural language processing, computer vision, and computational neuroscience.<\/li>\n<li>The Awards Committee interprets the phrase \u201cMasters thesis\u201d to mean a dissertation in final form, i.e. approved by the student\u2019s examinations board, e.g., viva examinations completed, public defence completed, corrected version submitted, or degree awarded.<\/li>\n<li>The nominee must have been registered as a student and received their degree from an African university.<\/li>\n<li>A dissertation may be nominated by the author, an academic who is in a position to comment on the candidate and merits of the work (e.g., Masters supervisor, thesis examiner, academic mentor, collaborators), a department chair or head of department.<\/li>\n<li>Dissertations completed after 1 January 2021 are eligible for nomination.<\/li>\n<li>Nominations are welcomed from any African country.<\/li>\n<li>The dissertation can be in any language. For theses written in other languages, the Awards Committee may require English translations based on the availability of reviewers. Supporting letters and reports can be in any language, but we ask that English translations are applied for those written in other languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applications are now Open<\/h4>\n<p>Nominations are now open! To nominate a candidate or apply for the awards, follow the instructions: <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScxoH0YmPHBUQ00iHRe7FGEVWEEy3v7RFV5LhniXLbkY2s8NA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" style=\"background-color:#076a67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Application deadline: 11 April 2025 ( Extended to 20 April 2025 )<\/li>\n<li>Shortlist selection: 30 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>The award will be presented at the annual Deep Learning Indaba in September 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selection Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dissertations will be reviewed for technical depth and significance of the research contribution, potential impact on theory and practice, quality of presentation, the ability to support and uphold Grace Alele-Williams\u2019 legacy,<strong> <\/strong>and its role in strengthening African machine learning.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Questions and Contact<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you have any questions, or need clarification on any part of this call for nominations, don\u2019t hesitate to contact us at awards@deeplearningindaba.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alele-Williams Masters Award recognises and encourages excellence in research and writing by masters candidates at African universities, in any area of computational and statistical sciences. 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