Dedan Kimathi University of Technlogy, Nyeri, Kenya,
15 - 19 June 2015
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organized by Andreas Damianou, Neil Lawrence, Ciira wa Maina, John Quinn, Michael T. Smith,
hosted by Ciira wa Maina,
Schedule
Monday 15 June
8:00 - 9:00 Arrival and Registration
9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks, Ciira wa Maina, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
9:30 - 10:30 Lecture 1: Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Science, Neil Lawrence, University of Sheffield
10:30 - 11:30 Break
11:00 - 13:00 Lecture 2: Regression, Neil Lawrence, University of Sheffield
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14.00 - 17.00 Lab 1 Regression, Mike Smith, Andreas Damianou, Neil Lawrence and Ciira wa Maina [code]
Tuesday 16 June
Classification
9:00 - 10:30 Lecture 3: Classification, John Quinn, Makerere University and UN Global Pulse
10:30 - 11:30 Break
11:00 - 13:00 Lecture 4: Worked Example: Malaria Parasite Classification, John Quinn, Makerere University and UN Global Pulse
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14.00 - 17.00 Lab 2, Mike Smith, John Quinn,Andreas Damianou,Neil Lawrence and Ciira wa Maina
Wednesday 17 June
Unsupervised Learning
9:00 - 10:30 Lecture 5: Clustering, Ciira wa Maina, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
10:30 - 11:30 Break
11:00 - 13:00 Lecture 6: Dimensionality Reduction, Andreas Damianou, University of Sheffield
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14.00 - 17.00 Lab 3, John Quinn, Andreas Damianou and Ciira wa Maina
17:00 Concluding Remarks, Neil Lawrence, John Quinn, Andreas Damianou and Ciira wa Maina
Thursday 18 June
Data Science in Africa Workshop