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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Aug 12

Announcing our #interactive session #leads for our workshop co-located with The @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼🎉

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jul 9

Call for papers closes today, you may still have a few hours before the submission portal closes! Trust AI workshop co-located with the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social

Submission Portal: CMT: bit.ly/trustaicmt

#trustworthy #machinlearning #fairness #africans #research

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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · May 23

🪘Our Crowdfunding Campaign is LIVE! 🪘
🚀Support Indaba 2025 Participant Grants! 👉https://gofund.me/61b012e4

We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to directly fund essential travel and participation grants for students and researchers for the upcoming Indaba in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · May 26

Africa is leading the charge in building AI that works for everyone. 🌍
A new @Nature piece highlights how African-led orgs like @DeepIndaba are shifting AI's focus: from tech hype to real-world impact rooted in context, culture & community.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Africa leading the global effort for AI that works for all

Grassroots organizations such as Deep Learning Indaba are challenging the concentration of power in AI.

www.nature.com

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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · Jun 2

🌍 Become an Indaba Mentor!
We're inviting mentors with diverse skills, backgrounds, and perspectives to help grow the African machine learning community.
Ready to make a difference? Learn more and sign up here:
👉 deeplearningindaba.com/mentorship/m...

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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · Jul 2

We're incredibly proud to highlight the work presented by Jonathan Mukiibi of the Makerere AI Lab at #DLI2024 ! ✨
Learn more in @nature.com Africa article: "To fight Ebola misinformation, AI mines old-tech radio data"👉
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
By @sciwriabdul.bsky.social

To fight Ebola misinformation, AI mines old-tech radio data

Insights from machine learning models in Uganda can be used to tailor policies for handling present and future disease outbreaks.

www.nature.com

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 26

#Paper deadline #extension to 9th July 2025 AOE
We are pleased to announce that we have extended our #paper deadline to July 9, 2025, AOE.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 24

Call for papers closes tomorrow, 25.06.2025 AOE, but the good news? You still have a few hours before the submission portal closes! The abstract must follow the same LaTeX format as the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social.

Submission Portal: CMT: bit.ly/trustaicmt

TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

If you’re interested in presenting your work at the TrustAI Workshop, please submit your extended abstract here [http://bit.ly/trustaicmt] before June 25th, 2025, 23:59 AoE

TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

Zambia’s National AI Strategy by bringing critical perspectives on responsible AI, ethics, inclusion, diversity and equitable AI development, access and use

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dr Wakunuma has facilitated and conducted AI training workshops aimed at parliamentarians, policymakers and civil society organisations in the Global South and has contributed to

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

the UN Academic Impact Commission as well as the African Commission’s Human and People’s Rights on AI and other Emerging Technologies, where her insights inform and inspire cross-sector conversations on AI, ethics and society.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dr Wakunuma is a passionate advocate for an inclusive and globally representative AI discourse and is frequently invited to speak at high-level international forums, including the UNs Science Summit of the General Assembly;

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dr Wakunuma is also a member of UNESCO’s Women for Ethical AI as well as UNESCO’s AI Ethics Experts Without Borders. She is recognised among the Top 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics in the 2025.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

She has co-edited influential books including Responsible AI in Africa and Trustworthy AI: African Perspectives. Dr Wakunuma serves as a European Commission Ethics Advisor and Evaluator. She is a member of Centre for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) Global Academic Network.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

‬ and Co-Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility. She specialises in the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies, responsible innovation and AI governance in both the Global North and the Global South.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨 Announcing our #keynote speakers for the 3rd Trustworthy AI #Workshop The @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social !
We are excited to welcome thought leaders pushing the boundaries of #ResponsibleAI

Dr. Wakunuma is an Associate Professor @dmu.ac.uk

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 11

He is currently the general chair for the 2025 AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society.If you’re interested in presenting your work at the TrustAI Workshop, please submit your extended abstract here [http://bit.ly/trustaicmt] before June 25th, 2025, 23:59 AoE

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 11

He applies data science and predictive analytics to human capital management, healthcare, olfaction, computational creativity, public affairs, international development, and algorithmic fairness,which has led to independently-published a book entitled 'Trustworthy Machine Learning' in 2022.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 11

He was a visiting scientist at IBM Research - Africa, Nairobi, Kenya in 2019. He was the founding co-director of the IBM Science for Social Good initiative from 2015-2023.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 11

@krvarshney.bsky.social is an IBM Fellow based at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, where he directs Human-Centered Trustworthy AI research.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨 Announcing our #keynote speakers for the 3rd Trustworthy AI #Workshop @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social ! We are excited to welcome thought leaders pushing the boundaries of #ResponsibleAI

@krvarshney.bsky.social is a Fellow IBM Research

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 4

Koyejo serves on the Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation Board, the Association for Health Learning and Inference Board, and as president of the
@Black in AI Board.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 4

Koyejo has been the recipient of several awards, including a Skip Ellis Early Career Award, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and a Sloan Fellowship.

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TrustAI Workshop @Deep Learning Indaba @trustai.bsky.social · Jun 4

At Stanford, Koyejo leads the Stanford Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (STAIR) lab, which works to develop the principles and practice of trustworthy AI, focusing on applications to science and healthcare.

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