Data Science Nigeria
2021 Plans
Are you ready to take on 2021 with us?
OVERVIEW
Data Science Nigeria( DSN), registered as Data Scientists Network Foundation is a leading local capacity building non-profit with a vision to raise one million Artificial Intelligence (AI) talents in 10 years by building a world-class AI knowledge, research and innovation ecosystem that delivers high impact research, business use applications, AI-first start-ups, employability and social good use cases.
We present our 2021 activity calendar!
2021 CALENDAR
| Date | Events/Activities |
|---|---|
| January 11, 2021 | Full virtual & skeletal resumption at the AI Hub Yaba office, Lagos |
| January 16 – February 13, 2021 | Business and Data Analytics (Paid training) |
| January 23, 2021 | People Analytics Masterclass in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of Management (Paid training) |
| January 25, 2021 | AI for Researchers Project kick-off |
| January 26 – April 2021 | Doctoral Consortium Masterclass with Prof Hau Chan |
| January 27, 2021 | Public release of the 2020 AI Bootcamp videos |
| February 2-9, 2021 | Participation in the 2021 AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) Conference |
| February 6, 2021 | Data Visualization for Beginners workshop (Paid training) |
| To Be Decided (TBD) | Open House at the new AI Hub: Meet the Media and Product Showcase |
| February 13, 2021 | Auto–Stratification Data Visualization Hackathon for Health Data |
| February 13, 2021 | Social Media Sentiment Analysis for Marketing (Paid training) |
| February 15-19, 2021 | Mid-term Train the teachers’ workshop and free distribution of the free AI book |
| February 20, 2021 | Data Mining with R (Paid training) |
| February 20 – March 13, 2021 | Leadership in the AI age (Paid training) |
| February 22, 2021 | Kick-off of AI+ Clubs in primary/secondary schools as an after-school club across Nigeria |
| February 23, 2021 | 2021 AI Mentorship program kick-off |
| February 22 to March 5, 2021 | 6 weeks Pre-University Training on Introduction to Python and Machine Learning |
| March 26, 2021 | Q1 Ladies in AI Meet-up |
| April 2, 2021 | Final selection and onboarding of the first set of 5 AI-first start-ups for 100% free incubation, use of facility and technical support at the new AI Hub Yaba |
| April 10 – April 24, 2021 | Data Visualization with Microsoft Power BI (Paid training) |
| April 12 – 16, 2021 | AI Invasion in 50 cities (1-week intensive introduction to Python/Machine Learning in 50 cities in Nigeria) |
| April 23, 2021 | AI+ Professional Meet-up with focus on Industry Applications on Reinforcement Learning Masterclass |
| May 1, 2021 | AI for EveryOne Workers’ Day Seminar |
| May 1, 2021 | 1-day Masterclass in Data Mining with R (Paid training) |
| May 4 – 8, 2021 | International Conference on Learning Representations Participation – papers and posters |
| May 7, 2021 | AI for Financial Inclusion workshop |
| May 8, 2021 | Social Media Sentiment Analysis for Marketing (Paid training) |
| May 8 – June 5 2021 | Business and Data Analytics (Paid training) |
| May 10 – August 20, 2021 | 100-day pre-qualification study for the 2021 AI Bootcamp |
| May 15 – May 29, 2021 | Data Science for Banking/Fintech/Insurance (Paid training) |
| May 15 – May 29, 2021 | Data Engineering (Paid training) |
| May 20 – 21, 2021 | 2-day Masterclass in Data Science and Geospatial Analytics for Non-profit |
| May 27, 2021 | Children’s Day AI for Kids and Teens meet-up |
| May 27 & 28, 2021 | PhD Research Paper writing workshop with Dr Elaine Nsoesie [Virtual Training] |
| May 27 – July 2, 2021 | Beginners AI Wednesdays 6-week intensive introduction to Python and Machine Learning |
| May 29, 2021 | Data Visualization for Beginners workshop (Paid training) |
| May 29, 2021 | Robotic Process Automation (Paid training) |
| May 30, 2021 | AI+ City and Campus Ambassadors Conference in Lagos |
| June 5 – June 19, 2021 | Data Science for HR/People Analytics (Paid training) |
| June 5 – June 19, 2021 | Deep Learning Masterclass (Paid training) |
| June 10, 2021 | Release of a whitepaper on AI-powered Citizen Science powered Geospatial Analytics |
| June 25, 2021 | Q2 Ladies in AI Meet-up |
| June 26, 2021 | Mastering Structured Query Languages (SQL) Database (Paid training) |
| June 26, 2021 | 1-day Masterclass in Data Mining with R (Paid training) |
| July 3 – July 17, 2021 | Data Visualization with Microsoft Power BI (Paid training) |
| July 3 – July 31, 2021 | Microsoft Certified Azure Data Scientist Associate (Paid training) |
| July 10, 2021 | Release of 2020/2021 Annual Report of Data Science Nigeria |
| July 16, 2021 | AI+ Professional meet-up with focus on Geospatial Data Analysis |
| July 19-23, 2021 | Participation in the 22nd ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC’21) Hungary |
| July 24 – July 31, 2021 | Masterclass on AI for Project Management & Evaluation for non-profits (Paid training) |
| August 7 – August 21, 2021 | Data Science for Marketing (Paid training) |
| August 7 – August 21, 2021 | Digital Transformation and 4IR Masterclass (Paid training) |
| August 9 – 27, 2021 | AI Summer School for Grades 5-9 |
| August 28 – September 25, 2021 | Business and Data Analytics Training (Paid training) |
| August 28 – September 11, 2021 | Robotic Process Automation (Paid training) |
| August 30-September 30, 2021 | AI Bootcamp 2021 Selection Kaggle/Zindi Competition |
| September 18, 2021 | Data Visualization for Beginners workshop (Paid training) |
| September 25, 2021 | Social Media Sentiment Analysis for Marketing (Paid training) |
| October 1-15 | AI Bootcamp 2021: Validation quiz and announcement of bootcamp attendees |
| October 2, 2021 | AI Blueprint for Nation Building – inclusive Growth KPI discussion |
| October 25, 2021 | AI Summit 2021: AI for 21 st century Governance and Business Success |
| October 26, 2021 | AI Masterclass for Executives and Business Leaders |
| October 26 – 31, 2021 | AI Bootcamp – 4 streams sessions (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced Researchers and Professional streams) – an intensive fully residential and all-expense-paid for best 250 best students, researchers and young professionals. |
| November 6 – December 4, 2021 | Columbia University Data Science for Executive Professionals (Paid training) |
| November 6 – November 20, 2021 | Data Visualization with Microsoft PowerBI (Paid training) |
| November 11 &12, 2021 | 2-day Masterclass in Social Media and Sentiment Analysis for Non-profit |
| November 27 – December 11, 2021 | Data Science for Banking/Fintech/Insurance (Paid training) |
| November 27 – December 5, 2021 | Local NeurIPS meet-up at AI Hub, Yaba Participation at the Canada conference |
| December 17-19, 2021 | Data Science Nigeria team annual strategy retreat/team building |
| December 22, 2021 | AI Hub Team End-of-year party/Business closes for the year |
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