Our programme consists of 6 days with 12 advanced tutorial sessions, 6 practical sessions, and events each day.
Sunday, 10th: Welcome Day and Background
9:00- 6:00pm |
Arrivals in Johannesburg and check-in |
4:30 - 6:00 |
Mathematics for Machine Learning with Marc Deisenroth |
6:00 - 6:30 |
Walk to evening venue |
6:30 - |
Evening event and networking |
Monday, 11th: Fundamentals of Machine Learning
8:00-9:00 |
Registration |
9:00-9:30 |
Indaba Opening with Adam Habib, Vice Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand |
9:30-10:30 |
Fundamentals of Machine Learning with Nyalleng Moorosi and Willie Brink |
10:30-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Practical Session 1 |
12:30-2:00 |
Lunch |
2:00-4:00 |
Fundamentals of Deep Learning with Yann Dauphin |
4:00-4:30 |
Break |
4:30-6:30 |
Practical Session 2 |
6:30-7:00 |
Free time |
7:00- |
Poster and Exhibition Session 1 |
Tuesday, 12th: Convolutional and Recurrent Networks
8:30-10:30 |
Convolutional Neural Networks with Nando de Freitas |
10:30-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Practical Session 3 |
12:30-2:00 |
Lunch |
2:00-4:00 |
Recurrent Neural Networks with Stephan Gouws and Richard Klein |
4:00-4:30 |
Break |
4:30-6:30 |
Practical Session 4 |
6:30-7:00 |
Free time |
7:00- |
Poster and Exhibition Session 2 |
Wednesday, 13th: Unsupervised Learning and Generative Models
8:30-10:30 |
Probabilistic Reasoning with Konstantina Palla |
10:30-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Unsupervised Learning with Alta de Waal |
12:30-2:00 |
Lunch |
2:00-4:00 |
Deep Generative Models with Ulrich Paquet |
4:00-4:30 |
Break |
4:30-6:30 |
Practical Session 5 |
6:30- |
Free evening - attendees on their own |
Thursday, 14th: Reinforcement Learning, Agents and Applications
8:30-10:30 |
Reinforcement Learning with Vukosi Marivate and Benjamin Rosman |
10:30-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Advanced Reinforcement Learning with George Konidaris |
12:30-2:00 |
Lunch |
2:00-4:00 |
Practical Session 6 |
4:00-4:30 |
Break |
4:30-5:00 |
Q&A Session |
5:00-6:30 |
Applications of Machine Learning in Healthcare with Danielle Belgrave |
6:30-7:00 |
Walk to evening venue |
7:00- |
Evening event and networking |
Friday, 15th: The Future
8:30-10:30 |
Closing Keynote with Anima Anandkumar |
10:30-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-1pm |
Panel on African Machine Learning with Bubacarr Bah, Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, Imraan Patel |
1pm |
Final Words |
