Programme
SACAIR2023 Programme
Day 1 | Monday, 4 December 2023 | Unconference & Shared Task | Venue | Thorn Tree
Day 2 | Tuesday, 5 December 2023 | Tutorials | NITheCS Workshop | IJCAI Symposium
| Tutorial I | Venue | Lapa Side | Tutorial II & III | Venue | Warthog | |||||||||||
| 07:30 | – | 08:30 | Registration | Tea & Coffee | 07:30 | – | 08:00 | Registration | Tea & Coffee | |||||
| 08:30 | – | 10:00 | NVIDIA Fundamentals of Deep Learning Dustin van der Haar | Associate Professor | University of Johannesburg | 08:00 | – | 10:00 | AI Safety Benjamin Sturgeon| University of Cape Town & Leo Hyams | Fruitpunch AI | |||||
| 10:00 | – | 10:30 | Tea & Coffee | Refreshments | 10:00 | – | 10:30 | Tea & Coffee | Refreshments | |||||
| 10:30 | – | 12:30 | NVIDIA Fundamentals of Deep Learning Dustin van der Haar | Associate Professor | University of Johannesburg | 10:30 | – | 12:30 | CNN and Remote Sensing Turgay Celik | Associate Professor | University of the Witwatersrand | |||||
| 12:30 | – | 13:30 | Lunch | Chow Baby Restaurant | 12:30 | – | 13:30 | Lunch | Chow Baby Restaurant | |||||
| 13:30 | – | 15:30 | NVIDIA Fundamentals of Deep Learning Dustin van der Haar | Associate Professor | University of Johannesburg | 13:30 | – | 14:30 | CNN and Remote Sensing Turgay Celik | Associate Professor | University of the Witwatersrand | |||||
| 14:30 | – | 15:30 | Discusion | No Session | |||||||||
| 15:30 | – | 15:45 | Tea & Coffee | Refreshments | 15:30 | – | 15:45 | Tea & Coffee | Refreshments | |||||
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| IJCAI Symposium | Venue | Thorn Tree | |||||
| 07:30 | – | 08:30 | Registration | Tea & Coffee | ||
| 08:30 | – | 10:00 | No Session | ||
| 10:00 | – | 10:30 | Registration | Tea & Coffee | Refreshments | ||
| 10:30 | – | 11:30 | Symposium Co-chairs: Dr Georgina Curto, ND-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, University of Notre Dame Prof Frank Dignum, Umea University Panel 1: What are the fundamental human interests in the context of South Africa? How can interdisciplinary scientific research contribute to these goals? Presentations of project proposals from the IJCAI “AI for Good” track that explicitly address some of the UN SDG’s | ||
| 11:30 | – | 12:30 | Panel 1 | Breakup Session | ||
| 12:30 | – | 13:30 | Lunch | Chow Baby Restaurant | ||
| 13:30 | – | 14:30 | Symposium Co-chairs: Prof Frank Dignum, Umea University Dr Georgina Curto, ND-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, University of Notre Dame Panel 2: In specific sectors: what would AI be useful for. Differences and similarities between sectors Breakout sessions: What are the directions in which we need to work together in the next 5 years (AI researchers + other disciplines)? In addition to data colonialism, can we talk about techno-diversity that is useful for South Africa? Conclusions and plans for the next years | ||
| 14:30 | – | 15:15 | Panel 2 | Breakup Session | ||
| 15:15 | – | 15:30 | Tea & Coffee | Refreshments | ||
Day 3 | Wednesday, 6 December 2023 | Conference Day 1 | Thorn Tree | Dinner @ Lobola
Day 4 | Thursday, 7 December 2023 | Conference Day 2 | Thorn Tree
Day 5 | Friday, 8 December 2023 | Conference Day 3 |Thorn Tree
Note on duration of conference presentation slots:
All presentation slots are 20-minute slots. Your presentation needs to be 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for a Q&A. PowerPoint Slide format 16:9.
Venue | Thorn Tree
Day 3 | Wednesday, 6 December 2023 | Conference Day 1
Day 4 | Thursday, 7 December 2023 | Conference Day 2
Day 5 | Friday, 8 December 2023 | Conference Day 3
