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May 29, 2020

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National consultation on digital credentails

We are currently working on a technical infrastructure that organisations can use to issue digital credentials across the EU and beyond. This technical infrastructure could be used by various stakeholders when issuing any type of Digital Credential to learners. The work was presented at the National workshop on micro-credentials and blockchain certification on May 28 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Anthony Camillieri, presenting the MicroHE project and the digital credentials landscape in Europe during the “National workshop on micro-credentials and blockchain certification”

National workshop on micro-credentials and blockchain certification for the MicroHE project on May 28, 2020 Ljubljana, Slovenia

March 23, 2020

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K4A awarded by European Commission with two major AI projects

The European Commission is funding 4 networks of AI research excellence centres with EUR 50 million through Horizon 2020, for supporting collaborative research addressing industrial and scientific challenges identified by such networks in joint research agendas. Knowledge 4 All Foundation is part of two of these networks in order to call expects to mobilise the best research teams and the most prominent experts in the field. The two projects are ELISE and HumaneAI.

March 16, 2020

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Coronavirus Watch dashboard released

Just released! 5D animated visualization of coronavirus spread by K4A trustee Marko Grobelnik. You can track the development from late January till today globally/per country/per capita. Available on the Coronavirus Watch page.

Global prediction – 5D visualization of the developments of coronavirus at Coronavirus Media Watch dashboard

France prediction – 5D visualization of the developments of coronavirus for France at Coronavirus Media Watch dashboard

US prediction – 5D visualization of the developments of coronavirus for the US at Coronavirus Media Watch dashboard

Coronavirus Media Watch across the world and per country

October 25, 2019

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Public consultation on new United Nations center in Artificial Intelligence

The Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport held a meeting on 25 October, to discuss the setting up and role of the International Research Center for Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO. The purpose of the Center will be to provide an open and transparent environment that, in addition to research, technology and discussions in the field of artificial intelligence, will provide stakeholders worldwide with public-policy support in the preparation of artificial intelligence orientations and action plans. K4A has played a key role in the founding of the center.

Public consultation on IRCAI, October 25, 2019

September 9, 2019

AI4D, General

Knowledge 4 All Foundation sponsors #AI4D Africa Innovation Awards @Indaba

In July 2019 we issued a call for proposals to invite individuals, grassroots organizations, initiatives, academic, and civil society institutions to submit their proposals for mini-projects within the 2019 Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) initiative funded by IDRC. We selected 10 winners and invited the Awardees to present their solutions at the AI4D workshop during the Deep Learning Indaba 2019 conference.

Presentations by the #AI4D Africa Innovation 2019 Winners

August 5, 2019

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HumaneAI interview series: Holger Hoos, Leiden University

My blue sky project for AI in Europe is to automate to a large extent the development, customisation and deployment and running of AI.

Organized by HumaneAI, Berlin, Germany, May 2019 @vision_claire ‏ @HolgerHoos ‏‏#humancomputer #artificialintelligence #humaneAI #responsibleAI @EU_Commission #videolectures #humanrobotinteraction

May 11, 2019

AI4D, General

AI4D interview series: Isaac Rutenberg, Strathmore University

Isaac Rutenberg, Strathmore University (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/isaac-blog/) — Isaac Rutenberg, Strathmore University *(attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/isaac-blog/)*

If I could solve any problem with AI, it would be [African] products reaching international markets.

Organized by K4A, IDRC, SIDA at workshop “Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in sub-Saharan Africa”, Nairobi, Kenya, April 2019, #UnitedNations #artificialintelligence #SDG #UNESCO #videolectures #AI4DNetwork #AI4Dev #AI4D

May 10, 2019

AI4D, General

AI4D interview series: Vukosi Marivate from University of Pretoria

Vukosi Marivate, University of Pretoria, CSIR, Deep Learning Indaba, (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/vukosi-blog/)

My bluesky project is how do we get AI to be interpretable and transparent

Organized by K4A, IDRC, SIDA at workshop “Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in sub-Saharan Africa”, Nairobi, Kenya, April 2019, @vukosi @DeepIndaba #UnitedNations #artificialintelligence #SDG #UNESCO #videolectures #AI4DNetwork #AI4Dev #AI4D

May 7, 2019

AI4D, General

AI4D interview series: John Shawe-Taylor, University College London

John Shawe-Taylor, University College London (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/john-blog)

My bluesky projects is education, where I believe AI can enhance the educational provision and experience of countless people across the globe, because it can provide high quality educational materials for the masses.

Organized by K4A, IDRC, SIDA at workshop “Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in sub-Saharan Africa”, Nairobi, Kenya, April 2019, #UnitedNations #artificialintelligence #SDG #UNESCO #videolectures #AI4DNetwork #AI4Dev #AI4D

May 6, 2019

AI4D, General

AI4D interview series: Olubayo Adekanmbi from MTN and Data Science Nigeria

My bluesky project for AI in Africa is the area of health and automation of delivery systems on the African content.

Organized by K4A, IDRC, SIDA at workshop “Toward a Network of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in sub-Saharan Africa”, Nairobi, Kenya, April 2019, @DataScienceNIG ‏ @MTNNG ‏ #UnitedNations #artificialintelligence #SDG #UNESCO #videolectures #AI4DNetwork #AI4Dev #AI4D

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