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AIMS launches African Master’s in Machine Intelligence

Every course on African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) will be lectured by leading experts from prestigious African and international institutions, providing the AMMI students the best possible foundation.

Today, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) (www.NextEinstein.org) announces the launch of a one-year intensive African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) in partnership with Facebook (www.FaceBook.com) and Google (www.Google.com). The master’s will begin this September at the AIMS-Rwanda campus in Kigali. “Machine Intelligence (MI) is revolutionizing critical aspects of…

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Canada commits $22.6 Million to support training of African Mathematical Scientists on Climate Change Solutions

The funding will be delivered via Global Affairs Canada (CA$19.6 million) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (CA$3 million)

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, has announced that Canada will contribute CA$22.6 million over five years to the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) (www.NextEinstein.org) to train African mathematical scientists to develop climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions. With the funding,…

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World-renowned cosmologist donates Tate International Physics Leadership Prize to scholarship for young Africans mathematicians and scientists

The 2016 winner of the American Institute of Physics’ John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics, Prof. Neil Turok, announced that he is donating the monetary portion of the award, a USD 10,000 cash prize, to the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) (www.NextEinstein.org). The donation will be…