The inaugural Okalai Southern Africa AI School

AI School 2022

Our first AI school, held virtually, with a focus on both math for AI and key machine-learning methods, taught through applications of Natural Language Processing.

March 13–18, 2022 Online · Namibian time (GMT+2) Data language: Oshikwanyama
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Six evenings, from math to transformers

Day 1 Sun, March 13
19:00–20:00
Introduction & Python refresher: Ndapa Nakashole
Day 2 Mon, March 14
18:00–19:00
Linear algebra refresher: Raphael Flauger
19:00–20:00
Linear models, application: text classification: Ndapa Nakashole
Day 3 Tue, March 15
18:00–19:00
Probability refresher: Raphael Flauger
19:00–20:00
Linear models, application: representation learning: Ndapa Nakashole
Day 4 Wed, March 16
18:00–19:00
Linear algebra, part 2: Raphael Flauger
19:00–20:00
Feed-forward neural networks: Ndapa Nakashole
Day 5 Thu, March 17
19:00–20:00
Transformers, application: machine translation: Ndapa Nakashole
Day 6 Fri, March 18
19:00–20:00
Transformers 2 & wrap-up: Ndapa Nakashole

A summer-school-style mini-course

Math for machine learning (probability and linear algebra) was taught by Raphael Flauger, while machine-learning methods and their applications were taught by Ndapa Nakashole.

Supervised learning depends on labeled data, so the course worked with students to collect high-quality data in Oshikwanyama for applications of interest, using a data annotation tool, letting students take ownership of the ML systems they built. The course was offered free of charge, with certificates on successful completion.

From the school