Past projects
Learning and Inference in Structured, Higher Dimensional Stochastic Differential Systems
Learning and Inference in Structured, Higher Dimensional Stochastic Differential Systems
Modelling Learning and Co-Learning Curves for Application to Cognitive-Interfaces
Studying learning dynamics in multi-component systems, focusing on optimizing human-machine interactions through adaptive interfaces
Sparse Reinforcement Learning in High Dimensions 1
Creating efficient reinforcement learning algorithms for high-dimensional data to improve decision-making
Semi-supervised learning of semantic spatial concepts for a mobile robot
Designing algorithms for robots to learn and adapt to environments with minimal human intervention
Context Models for Textual Entailment and their Application to Statistical Machine Translation
Enhancing machine translation with probabilistic context models and semantic inference.
Data-Dependent Geometries and Structures : Analyses and Algorithms for Machine Learning
Exploring how data-driven geometries can enhance machine learning analysis and algorithms
Online Learning for Robot Control
Applying online learning methods to improve robot controllers for smooth and precise operations
Bridging machine classification and human cognition: discriminative vs. generative learning
Connecting machine learning methods with human cognitive approaches to classification
Sparse Reinforcement Learning in High Dimensions 2
Advancing reinforcement learning for high-dimensional domains using compressive sensing techniques
Normalised Compression Distance Measures and Their Application in Unsupervised and Supervised Analysis of Polymorphic Data
Using compression-based methods for analyzing and classifying complex datasets
Learning with Labeled and Unlabeled Data
Leveraging unlabeled data to improve semi-supervised learning for scalable and efficient applications
Dynamics and Uncertainty in Interaction
Innovating interaction methods for brain-computer interfaces and exploratory navigation of musical spaces
Large Margin Algorithms and Kernel Methods for Speech Recognition
Developing robust kernel-based algorithms for improving speech phoneme classification
Multi-Task Learning: Optimisation Methods and Applications
Creating multi-task learning algorithms with applications in marketing, bioinformatics, and robotics
CARTER
Investigating scene categorization using document analysis algorithms for improved image retrieval and annotation
Next Generation Information Retrieval
Integrating semantic information to improve cross-lingual information retrieval using Wikipedia as a resource
GISK
Exploring grammatical inference algorithms for efficiently learning context-sensitive languages
PASCAL Large Scale Learning Challenge
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Experimental Design Challenge
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Learning Propagation Models from Social Networks
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Large Scale Hierarchical Text Classification 2009, 2012
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Unsupervised Grammar Induction
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MEG mind reading challenge
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Visual Object Classes Challenges 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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Pautomac competition: Learning Probabilistic Automata and Hidden Markov Models
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Recognising Textual Entailment
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GRavitational lEnsing Accuracy Testing (GREAT08, GREAT10 & GREAT3)
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Zulu: an interactive learning competition
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KDD cup 2009: Fast Scoring on Large Databases
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Type I and Type II Errors for Multiple Simultaneous Hyppothesis Testing Challenge
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Semisupervised and unsupervised Morpheme Analysis — Morpho Challenge
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WCCI 2010 Active Learning Challenge
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Separating and recognising speech in natural environments
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Exploration and Exploitation in content optimisation
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UAI 2010 Approximate Inference Evaluation
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Unsupervised and Transfer Learning Challenge
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Classifying Heart Audio Challenge
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GREAT08 Challenge
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Causality Challenge #1: Causation and Prediction Challenge
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Human-machine comparisons of consonant recognition in noise challenge
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Graph Labelling Challenge: Application to Web Spam Detection Challenge
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Visual Object Classes Challenge 2007
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Unsupervised Morpheme Analysis — Morpho Challenge 2007
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Agnostic Learning vs. Prior Knowledge Challenge
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Third Recognising Textual Entailment Challenge
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Learning when Test and Training Inputs have Different Distributions Challenge
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Computer-Assisted Stemmatology Challenge
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Letter-to-Phoneme Conversion Challenge
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Visual Object Classes Challenge
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Exploration vs. Exploitation Challenge
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Unsupervised Segmentation of Words into Morphemes Challenge
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Second Recognising Textual Entailment Challenge
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Recognising Textual Entailment Challenge
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XML Challenge
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Performance Prediction Challenge
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Inferring Relevance from Eye Movements Challenge
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BCI Competition III Challenge
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PASCAL Ontology Learning Challenge
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101 Visual Object Classes Challenge
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Assessing ML methodologies to Extract Implicit relations from documents Challenge
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Large Hybrid Networks Challenge
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Evaluating Predictive Uncertainty Challenge
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Methods for fusing eye movements and text content for information retrieval
ombining eye-tracking data and text to predict document relevance in information retrieval
Online Performance of Reinforcement Learning with Internal Reward Functions
Focusing on reinforcement learning with online paradigms to improve intelligent interfaces
Report on Artificial Intelligence Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Compendium Report
Report on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Landscape and General State of Play
Masakhane Natural Language Understanding
Conversational AI & Benchmark datasets for African languages
Masakhane Domain Adaptation in Machine Translation
Domain adaptation datasets for African languages
NAiXUS
Network for Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge and SUStainable development
Linking text to SDGs with Artificial Intelligence: Building a multi-use recommender system
University College London Grand Challenges Special Initiatives 2022-23
Open Education for a Better World
OE4BW mentoring program focuses on building next-generation OE project developers and communities
Digital Archive: Preservation of Namibian Histories and Culture
Crowdsourcing Historical and cultural data in Namibian languages (Oshiwambo and Khoekhoegowab) for Automatic Speech Recognition, Machine Translation and edutainment
Masakhane MT: Decolonizing Scientific Writing for Africa
Lacuna Fund call for Language datasets
Named Entity Recognition and parts of Speech Datasets for African Languages
Lacuna Fund call for Language datasets
Building Wolof Text To Speech System
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
End-to-End Learning for Autonomous Driving on Unpaved Roads – A Study Towards Automated Wildlife Patrol
Funded by the AI4D Programme
Using Artificial Intelligence to Digitize Parliamentary Bills in Sub-Saharan Africa
Funded by the AI4D Programme
AI4D Malawi News Classification Challenge
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
AI4D Takwimu Lab – Machine Translation Challenge
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
AI4D iCompass Social Media Sentiment Analysis for Tunisian Arabizi
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
AI4D Yorùbá Machine Translation Challenge
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Twi language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Luganda language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Keyword Spotting with African Languages
Senegal - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Building a database for Ewe language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Fongbe language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Yoruba language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Chichewa language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Wolof language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Kiswahili language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Building a database for Tunisian Arabizi language in Africa
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
An African Short Story Language Corpus
Kenya - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Locally run Web-based App for Interpretable Breast Cancer Diagnosis from Histology Images
Ghana - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Visual Question Answering in the Medical Domain
Cameroon - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Improving Online Learning Experience using Accent Transfer
Nigeria - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Development of Machine Learning Dataset for Poultry Diseases Diagnostics
Tanzania - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Computationally Accelerating Protein-Ligand Matching for neglected tropical disease
Ivory Coast/United States - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
ChexNet Model Compression for Pneumonia Detection Using Low Powered Edge Devices
Rwanda - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Characterizing Health Misinformation on Social Media
Nigeria - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
AI system for MNC: Artificial intelligent system for predictors of early detection of maternal, neonatal and child health risks and their timely management
Tanzania - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
AI for Coral Reef Conservation: Data Collection for Computer Vision in the Vamizi Island
Mozambique - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported IndabaX community project
Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Africa
Fellowship to develop datasets and strengthen capacities and innovation potential for Low Resource African Languages
ENCORE+ European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education
Erasmus+, EAC/A02/2019, KA2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices - Knowledge Alliances
HumanE-AI-Net
HumanE AI Network - European Network of Artificial Intelligence Excellence Centres
ELISE European Learning and Intelligent Systems Excellence
AI Network - European Learning and Intelligent Systems Excellence - European Network of Artificial Intelligence Excellence Centres
Report on the workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Women Empowerment
Workshop held in Paris, France, on the 2nd of November 2019
Report on Education, Training Teachers and Learning Artificial Intelligence
Report by UNESCO Chair in teacher training technologies with OER
International Research Centre On Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI)
Under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2)
AI for the Common Good: F’AI’R Education Hackathon
Open Education with Artificial Intelligence hackathon
Recommendation for Future International Collaboration in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER)
UNESCO Standard-Setting Instrument
Effective Creation of Ground Truth Data-set for Malaria Diagnosis Using Deep Learning
Funded by the AI4D Programme
Preservation of Indigenous Languages
Burkina Faso - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
Building a Medicinal Plant Database for Preserving Ethnopharmacological Knowledge in the Sahel
Burkina Faso - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
Arabic Speech-to-MSL Translator: Learning for Deaf
Morocco - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
A Public Dataset on Poaching Trends in Kenya and a Study on the Predictive Modeling of Poaching Attacks
Kenya - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
Early detection of preeclampsia using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring using wearable devices and Long Short Term Memory Networks (LSTM-NN) on the edge
Kenya - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
A Semi-Automatic Tool for Meta-data extraction from Malawi Court Judgments
Malawi - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
A Computer vision Tomato Pest Assessment and Prediction tool
Tanzania - Artificial Intelligence 4 Development Programme supported project
Credentify
The first European issuer of blockchain-secured stackable ECTS credentials that are university and student owned, and verifiable anywhere, anytime.
Humane AI
Toward AI Systems that Augment and Empower Humans by Understanding Us, our Society and the World Around Us
Network of Research Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Africa
AI4D initiative - Artificial Intelligence for Development in sub-Saharan Africa
UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for OER and Open Learning
Offer AI technologies, evidence and guidance for OER research methods
UNESCO Chair in teacher training technologies with OER
Train educators to teach basic programming and computer science to young people from 8 to 14
Global South map of emerging areas in Artificial Intelligence
A developing countries map of talents, players, knowledge and co-creation hot spots in AI
UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to accelerate progress towards a dignified life, in peace and prosperity, for all people
Neural Machine Translation 4 Education
Cracking the language barrier for education in UNESCO Member States, with special focus on developing countries that have "fragmentary" or "weak/no" machine translation support for educational texts
MicroHE – Support Future Learning Excellence through Micro-Credentialing in Higher Education
Erasmus+, EACEA/41/2016 - Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects
X5gon: Cross Modal, Cross Cultural, Cross Lingual, Cross Domain, and Cross Site Global OER Network
ICT-19-2017 - Media and content convergence
traMOOC – Translation for Massive Open Online Courses
ICT-17-2014 Cracking the language barrier - Natural language processing, Machine translation
Video Journal of Machine Learning Abstracts » Volume 4
K4A publishes peer-reviewed scientific video journals
Video Journal of Semantic Data Management Abstracts » Volume 2
K4A publishes peer-reviewed scientific video journals
PASCAL 2 – Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling and Computational Learning 2
Creating new technologies in the area of Machine Learning through networking and technology transfer
Video Journal of Machine Learning Abstracts » Volume 3
K4A publishes peer-reviewed scientific video journals
Video Journal of Semantic Data Management Abstracts » Volume 1
K4A publishes peer-reviewed scientific video journals
La Vie – Learning Adapted Video Information Enhancer
Recommendation engine for OER and videos
Probabilistic Automata Learning Competition
Challenge: 1 February - 8 September 2012
Video Journal of Machine Learning Abstracts » Volume 2
K4A publishes peer-reviewed scientific video journals
RTE-7: Recognizing Textual Entailment (7th round)
Challenge: 29 April - 25 October 2011
TransLectures – Transcription and Translation of Video Lectures
Transcription and Translation of Video Lectures
Second Large Scale Hierarchical Text classification challenge
Challenge: 15 January - 5 September 2011
Unsupervised and Transfer Learning Challenge
Challenge: 25 December 2010 - 15 April 2011
Video Journal of Machine Learning Abstracts » Volume 1
K4A publishes peer-reviewed scientific video journals
CHiME – Speech Separation and Recognition Challenge
Challenge: 1 September 2010 - 1 September 2011
Morpho Challenge 2010 – Semi-supervised and Unsupervised Analysis
Challenge: 5 March - 16 July 2010
4th Recognizing Textual Entailment Challenge
Challenge: 1 September 2007 - 1 January 2009
Large Scale Hierarchical Text Classification
Challenge: 1 July - 31 December 2009
KDD cup 2009: Fast Scoring on a Large Database
Challenge: 10 March - 11 May 2009
Causality challenge Pot-luck (NIPS 2008): bring your own problem
Challenge: 1 September - 12 November 2008
VideoLectures.Net
20.000 academic talks enhanced by Machine Translations and Transcriptions
Causality Challenge #1: Causation and Prediction Challenge
Challenge: 15 December 2007 - 30 April 2008
Human-machine comparisons of consonant recognition in noise challenge
Challenge: 1 December 2007 - 31 March 2008
Human-machine comparisons of consonant recognition in noise
Challenge: 1 December 2007 - 31 March 2008
Computer-Assisted Stemmatology Challenge
Challenge: 6 October 2006 - 14 April 2007
Unsupervised Morpheme Analysis — Morpho Challenge 2007
Challenge: 1 October 2006 - 21 September 2007
Learning when Test and Training Inputs have Different Distributions Challenge
Challenge: 1 June 2005 - 30 April 2007
Letter-to-Phoneme Conversion Challenge
Challenge: 1 February 2006 - 31 January 2007
Graph Labelling Challenge: Application to Web Spam Detection Challenge
Challenge: 1 January 2007 - 1 January 2008
Third Recognising Textual Entailment Challenge
Challenge: 1 December 2006 - 1 June 2007
Agnostic Learning vs. Prior Knowledge Challenge
Challenge: 1 October 2006 - 1 August 2007
Type I and Type II Errors for Multiple Simultaneous Hyppothesis Testing Challenge
Challenge: 1 January 2006 - 1 February 2007
Second Recognising Textual Entailment Challenge
Challenge: 1 October 2005 - 10 April 2006
Unsupervised Segmentation of Words into Morphemes Challenge
Challenge: 1 September 2005 - 12 April 2006
Inferring Relevance from Eye Movements Challenge
Challenge: 1 March - 1 September 2005
Evaluating Predictive Uncertainty Challenge
Challenge: 1 September - 12 December 2004
Assessing ML methodologies to Extract Implicit relations from documents Challenge
Challenge: 1 June 2004 - 28 February 2005
PASCAL – Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling and Computational Learning
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