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Ensuring African students are at the centre of SKA Observatory and radio astronomy advances in Africa, Prof. Melvin Hoare's DARA Big Data project is funded by Science and Technology Facilities Council following his #ISFLeeds award More on the impact of the Physics and Astronomy at Leeds global collaboration: leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

Had a great time at the #RIDaysEU yesterday talking about #AI4Science with Emanuela Girardi Adra | The AI, Data and Robotics Association & Pushmeet Kohli Google DeepMind - a clear message that collaboration is key to success! EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 European Research Council (ERC) The Alan Turing Institute The University of Manchester UKRI

Day 2 of the 4th AfAS Annual Conference was a great success! Featuring a mix of science plenary sessions and outreach programs, the event made African astronomy a trending topic. Excited to see what tomorrow has in store! #AFASConference #AfricanAstronomy

What an incredible journey it has been at the 4th AfAS Annual Conference! From sharing inspiring discoveries to forming lasting collaborations, this experience has been amazing. We are grateful to have connected with brilliant minds! 💫 #AfASConference #AfricanAstronomy

Wrapping up the 4th AfAS Conference on a high note with an exciting Data Science Hackathon at the Oukaimeden Observatory. This hackathon provides participants with a unique opportunity to delve into the complete machine learning pipeline, from inception to real-world application!

Read all about the major new funding award for both DARA Project and DARA Big Data! 'African training project DARA gets major funding boost' on page 34 of the new issue of Contact. 📡✨💻

AI revolutionises astronomy – and understanding of the universe universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… @dsigovza National Research Foundation of South Africa NRF/SARAO DARA Big Data and South Africa playing leading part

There are planned hackathons at the #IAUGA2024, which you can sign up for but sadly there is no extra funding available for participants and they will precede the meeting by 2 days. Sign up forms.gle/ecEMseCCnuv5wc… #AfASOpportunities #Hackathons

Great news for radio astronomy in Africa: the DARA Project & DARA Big Data have secured a major funding boost to train 225 more students in the field over the next three years, across eight SKAO African partner countries. Read more in our magazine ⤵️ loom.ly/hKQq0UA

SARAO Masters Scholarships The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has announced its Master’s Scholarships for the 2025 academic year. Important Dates: Call Opens: 27 May 2024 Closing Date: 20 August 2024 sarao.ac.za/students/maste… #Scholarships #Research

We are currently interviewing for the 2025 intake of MSc and PhD students. If you are interested in studying the Universe at the highest angular resolution (or know someone else who might), then please get in touch to join our team! University of Pretoria NRF/SARAO Kapteyn Astronomical Institute SKA Observatory #VLBI

New DARA funded postdoctoral #fellowships across the #Africa VLBI countries! Details on link below, application deadline 21st July. Please share with anyone who would be a good fit. dara-project.org/postdoc-fellow…

Hack4Dev is inviting alumni, postgraduates, and professionals to host data science hackathons at their institutions! For more information and registration please follow: hack4dev.org/ds-trainer-hac… #datascience #hackathon

Our founder Ann Njeri spoke at the UNESCO UK Chairs Conference in London yesterday. She was invited to speak about girls' education in #Kenya & the difference that ElimishaMsichana is making to the lives of so many young women. #Education needs to be accessible to all ♀️🇰🇪 #STEM

The #BigData Africa School will allow students to work on real-life data sets in the area of Earth observation by applying #MachineLearning techniques in trying to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the African continent. Details: bit.ly/BigDataAfricaS…

As we embark on our new journey with the Data Science Hackathons, we proudly honour Prof. Carolina Odman-Govender, the visionary founder of Hack4Dev🌎✨: youtu.be/RsXPZ3TainY #Hack4dev #DataScience #DSTH2024 #DSRH2025

We’re thrilled to introduce the Data Science Trainers Hackathon (DSTH) 2024, hosted at WITS University in Johannesburg, South Africa. 🌍📊 A special thank you to our main sponsor, DARA Big Data , for making this event possible! #Hack4dev #Hackathons

After three days of intense training and learning, the Trainers Hackathon has come to a close! 🎉 We’re incredibly proud of the participants and look forward to seeing them apply their skills and lead impactful regional hackathons. 🌍🚀 #DSTH2024 #DSTH2025 #Hackathons

Kicking off at the Nairobi Regional Data Science Hackathon #DSRH2025 DARA Big Data Hack4Dev

C4DLab hosted the DARA Big Data-Hack4Dev Regional Hackathon last week! Brilliant minds tackled ML for CubeSats, focusing on optimizing image classifiers. Kudos, all the participants. More: c4dlab.uonbi.ac.ke/c4dlab-hosts-i…🚀🔭📊🤖🎊 DARA Big Data Hack4Dev University of Nairobi #BigData #NairobiHackathon