UJ Institute for the Future of Knowledge

Past

Student Workshop: Data Science in Industry (5-9 July, 2021)

  Data Science Across Disciplines Monday 5 July 2021 Register here The aim of this workshop was to provide an overview of some core computational, mathematical, and programming concepts, ideas and methods that are relevant for students wanting to become Data Scientists. Attendees were taken through relevant educational content, appropriate for 3rd-year and Honours students, …

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Webinar: Deep Learning and Computations of High-Dimensional Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

  Data Science Across Disciplines 10:30 – 12:00 Monday 21 June 2021 Register here Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) with very high-dimensional state and/or parameter spaces arise in a wide variety of contexts ranging from computational chemistry and finance to many-query problems in various areas of science and engineering. This lecture was on surveying recent results …

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Webinar: AI with MATLAB – From First Steps to a Bitcoin Volatility Forecast Problem

  Data Science Across Disciplines 12:30 – 14:00 Thursday 17 June 2021 Register here In this webinar, an Opti-Num Solutions/MathWorks team introduced machine learning with MATLAB – a computing platform widely used by engineers and scientists. They applied a variety of machine learning techniques, with a focus on applying an ensemble of regression trees, to …

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Public Lecture and Panel Discussion: African Agency and the Future of Public Health in Africa

The Future of Health 10:30 – 12:00 Thursday 3 June 2021 Register here Abstract: Healthcare systems in most African countries are failing, and this is evident from significantly poor health outcomes. Beyond conflict, poverty and inequality experienced in different African countries, at different levels, other challenges experienced in their respective healthcare sectors include a shortage …

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Webinar: Artificial Intelligence Applied Research at the Perception Robotics and Intelligent Machines (PRIME), Canada

  Data Science Across Disciplines 15:30 – 17:00 Monday 31 May 2021 Register here In recent years, there has been significant progress in the field of artificial intelligence and its applications in all spheres of humanity. This lecture focused on projects in machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing related to healthcare, security and …

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Webinar: Neural Differential Equations, Control and Machine Learning

  Data Science Across Disciplines 12:30 – 14:00 Monday 26 April 2021 Register here The webinar focused on neural ordinary differential equations (NODEs) from a control theoretical perspective to address some of the main challenges in machine learning and, in particular, data classification and universal approximation. More precisely, the speaker adopted the perspective of the …

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Webinar: Robot of Robots – Hyperautomation for the 4IR

  Data Science Across Disciplines 12:30 – 14:00 Monday 29 March 2021 Register here Using robots to build other robots that automate software production may seem like an unnecessary idea at first. However, this talk shed light on how “Robots of Robots” thinking can be a very powerful way to unlock hyper-automation in the Fourth …

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Panel Discussion: The Future of Knowledge on Social Media

    Decentralised Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems 14:00 – 15:00 Wednesday 17 March 2021 Register here Recently, Twitter, Facebook and Amazon all pulled the support of their platforms for related political activities stemming from the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters in January 2021. In the same month, a row broke out about …

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Webinar: A High-Level Overview of the Applications of Deep Learning-Based Forecasting in Finance

  Data Science Across Disciplines 12:30 – 14:00 Monday 22 February 2021 Register here The webinar centred on a high-level overview of the applications of deep learning-based forecasting in finance. A brief description of applications such as asset pricing in portfolio management, fraud and anomaly detection, risk prediction and data-driven financial process optimisation were covered. …

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Webinar: Inequality after Covid

The Future of Health Wednesday 3 June 2020 Register here The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified inequalities between and across different groups and countries across the world. Effective social protection has been critical to the reduction of vulnerability. However, as many countries struggle to provide universal healthcare, the outbreak of COVID-19 has put pressure on healthcare …

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