Our programme consists of 6 days with 12 advanced tutorial sessions, 6 practical sessions, and events each day.
- All tutorials take place in Wits Science Stadium Auditorium 2 (WSS2)
- All practicals take place in Wits Science Stadium Labs (Labs 4, 5, 6).
- The poster sessions take place in the Science Stadium foyer.
Sunday, 10th: Welcome Day and Background
9:00-6:00pm |
Arrivals in Johannesburg and check-in |
3:30-4:30 |
Registration |
4:30-6:30 |
Mathematics for Deep Learning with Marc Deisenroth |
6:30- |
Opening Event: Katy's Palace, 6 Desmond Street, Kramerville, Sandton. Busses there and back. |
Monday, 11th: Fundamentals of Machine Learning
7:30-8:30 |
Registration and morning coffee |
8:30-9:00 |
Indaba Opening with Adam Habib, Vice Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand |
9:00-10:30 |
Fundamentals of Machine Learning with Nyalleng Moorosi and Willie Brink |
10:30-11:00 |
Group Photo and 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 |
4:30-6:30 |
Applications of Machine Learning in Healthcare with Danielle Belgrave |
6:30-7:00 |
Walk to evening venue |
7:00- |
Closing Event: RetroRabbit, Braamfontein. Busses/Walk there and back. |
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 (AIMS), Michelle Gervais (Standard Bank), Fulufhelo Nelwamondo (CSIR), Imraan Patel (DST) |
1pm |
Final Words |
