Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Beyond Dataset Creation:The Datafication Blind Spot in African AI Policy-Jean Louis Fendji

Beyond Dataset Creation:The Datafication Blind Spot in African AI Policy-Jean Louis Fendji Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Community Dialogue & Q&A: Shifting the Paradigm in African NLP

Community Dialogue & Q&A: Shifting the Paradigm in African NLP Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Panel: Overcoming Challenges in African Language Digitisation (Audio)

Panel: Overcoming Challenges in African Language Digitisation (Audio) Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Community-Led AI: Lightning Talks & Best Practices in Language Digitisation

Community-Led AI: Lightning Talks & Best Practices in Language Digitisation Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Creative Expression: Oral Traditions, Sereto, and Poetry in African Language Digitisation

Creative Expression: Oral Traditions, Sereto, and Poetry in African Language Digitisation Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Decolonising AI: Community-Centred Practices for African Language Digitisation | Prof. Shaimaa Lazem

Decolonising AI: Community-Centred Practices for African Language Digitisation | Prof. Shaimaa Lazem Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Professor of Computer Science Vukosi Marivate receiving the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver

Professor of Computer Science Vukosi Marivate receiving the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR21:Will Air Quality Have an Exceedance Today?24-Hour Ozone Forecasting on the Highveld

MIT808 2026 GR21:Will Air Quality Have an Exceedance Today?24-Hour Ozone Forecasting on the Highveld Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR20: Open Access AI Tools to Improve a Sepedi Rabies Awareness Chatbot

MIT808 2026 GR20: Open Access AI Tools to Improve a Sepedi Rabies Awareness Chatbot Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR19: UAV Imagery and Machine Learning for Small-Area Population Estimation in Melusi

MIT808 2026 GR19: UAV Imagery and Machine Learning for Small-Area Population Estimation in Melusi Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR18: Data-Driven Governance Analysis of Copyright and Licensing in African NLP Datasets

MIT808 2026 GR18: Data-Driven Governance Analysis of Copyright and Licensing in African NLP Datasets Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR17: Copyright Compliance and Licensing Topologies in African NLP Datasets

MIT808 2026 GR17: Copyright Compliance and Licensing Topologies in African NLP Datasets Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR16: Clinical Decision Support Dashboard for SA Prostate Cancer Patients

MIT808 2026 GR16: Clinical Decision Support Dashboard for SA Prostate Cancer Patients Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR15: Africa-Centric LLMs for Identifying Colonial Bias in SADC Climate Change Policy

MIT808 2026 GR15: Africa-Centric LLMs for Identifying Colonial Bias in SADC Climate Change Policy Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR14: ML and Drone Imagery for Small and Informal-Area Population Estimation in Melusi

MIT808 2026 GR14: ML and Drone Imagery for Small and Informal-Area Population Estimation in Melusi Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR13: PIA — Real-Time Parliamentary Intelligence Dashboard for Investigative Journalism

MIT808 2026 GR13: PIA — Real-Time Parliamentary Intelligence Dashboard for Investigative Journalism Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR12: Parliamentary Intelligence Agent — NLP Pipeline for Newsroom Insights

MIT808 2026 GR12: Parliamentary Intelligence Agent — NLP Pipeline for Newsroom Insights Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR11: Copyright Compliance and Licensing Patterns in African NLP Datasets

MIT808 2026 GR11: Copyright Compliance and Licensing Patterns in African NLP Datasets Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR10: Deployment of a Three-Hour Lead Time for Ozone Levels Prediction in Secunda

MIT808 2026 GR10: Deployment of a Three-Hour Lead Time for Ozone Levels Prediction in Secunda Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR09:Patient-Level Molecular Driver Visualization and Aggressiveness Profiling

MIT808 2026 GR09:Patient-Level Molecular Driver Visualization and Aggressiveness Profiling Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR08: Forecasting Ground-Level Ozone Exceedances Using SameDay & Previous-Day AirQuality

MIT808 2026 GR08: Forecasting Ground-Level Ozone Exceedances Using SameDay & Previous-Day AirQuality Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR07: LLM Analysis of Climate Change Discourse in South African Parliament

MIT808 2026 GR07: LLM Analysis of Climate Change Discourse in South African Parliament Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR06:Identifying Historical Asymmetries in South African Climate Discourse

MIT808 2026 GR06:Identifying Historical Asymmetries in South African Climate Discourse Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR05: Evaluating Contextual Bias in LLM-Generated Climate Change Policy Recommendations

MIT808 2026 GR05: Evaluating Contextual Bias in LLM-Generated Climate Change Policy Recommendations Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR04: ALL Protocol Observed — AI-Powered Parliamentary Monitoring and Analysis System

MIT808 2026 GR04: ALL Protocol Observed — AI-Powered Parliamentary Monitoring and Analysis System Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR03:Prostate Cancer Risk Prediction—Clinical Decision Support Dashboard for SA Patients

MIT808 2026 GR03:Prostate Cancer Risk Prediction—Clinical Decision Support Dashboard for SA Patients Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR02:ML and Aerial Imagery for Small-Area Population Estimation in Melusi Atteridgeville

MIT808 2026 GR02:ML and Aerial Imagery for Small-Area Population Estimation in Melusi Atteridgeville Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2026 GR01: Corpus Based NLP Framework for Thematic Analysis of African Climate Documents

MIT808 2026 GR01: Corpus Based NLP Framework for Thematic Analysis of African Climate Documents Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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SEA-LION: Building a Multilingual & Multicultural LLM for Southeast Asia

SEA-LION: Building a Multilingual & Multicultural LLM for Southeast Asia Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Harnessing AI for Inclusive & Sustainable Socioeconomic Development | Prof. Vukosi Marivate

Harnessing AI for Inclusive & Sustainable Socioeconomic Development | Prof. Vukosi Marivate Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Reflections on 18 Months on the AI4D African Languages lab by Dr Abiodun Modupe

Reflections on 18 Months on the AI4D African Languages lab by Dr Abiodun Modupe Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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🌊 AI for Public Health: Forecasting Malaria Hotspots in Ghana's Upper West Region

🌊 AI for Public Health: Forecasting Malaria Hotspots in Ghana's Upper West Region Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Beyond the Data: Cultivating Community & Human-Centric AI | AI4D African Languages Workshop 2026:

Beyond the Data: Cultivating Community & Human-Centric AI | AI4D African Languages Workshop 2026: Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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The Hidden Danger of AI: Understanding "Model Collapse" | AI4D African Languages Workshop Mar 2026

The Hidden Danger of AI: Understanding "Model Collapse" | AI4D African Languages Workshop Mar 2026 Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Beyond Scaling: Building Resilient and Secure African Language AI | AI4D African Languages Workshop

Beyond Scaling: Building Resilient and Secure African Language AI | AI4D African Languages Workshop Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Ethics, Law, & Deployment: The Social Contract of African AI | AI4D African Languages Workshop 2026

Ethics, Law, & Deployment: The Social Contract of African AI | AI4D African Languages Workshop 2026 Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Beyond Hallucinations: How to Validate AI-Driven Research | AI4D African Languages Workshop 2026

Beyond Hallucinations: How to Validate AI-Driven Research | AI4D African Languages Workshop 2026 Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Rapid Talks (Part 2) – Applied AI & Systems | AI4D African Languages Workshop 25 Mar 2026:

Rapid Talks (Part 2) – Applied AI & Systems | AI4D African Languages Workshop 25 Mar 2026: Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Rapid Talks (Part 1) – Core NLP Research | AI4D African Languages Workshop 25 Mar 2026:

Rapid Talks (Part 1) – Core NLP Research | AI4D African Languages Workshop 25 Mar 2026: Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Panel 1 - Bridging Research and Reality | AI4D African Languages Workshop 25 Mar 2026:

Panel 1 - Bridging Research and Reality | AI4D African Languages Workshop 25 Mar 2026: Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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AI4D African Languages Lab Workshop 25 Mar 2026: Opening Remarks & Framing

AI4D African Languages Lab Workshop 25 Mar 2026: Opening Remarks & Framing Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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SA s Language Promise - A synthesis of the South African Language SUmmit

SA s Language Promise - A synthesis of the South African Language SUmmit Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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DS4Society: Bridging the AI in Medical Imaging Divide in Africa

DS4Society: Bridging the AI in Medical Imaging Divide in Africa Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Can African Data Scientists Use Copyrighted News for AI Training? 🌍🤖

Can African Data Scientists Use Copyrighted News for AI Training? 🌍🤖 Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MOOVE: Community-Designed, Medical Chatbots Adapted to Your Setting Data Science for Society Webinar

MOOVE: Community-Designed, Medical Chatbots Adapted to Your Setting Data Science for Society Webinar Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Beyond the Symbols: Natural Language Processing as an Adaptive Problem - Prof. Vukosi Marivate

Beyond the Symbols: Natural Language Processing as an Adaptive Problem - Prof. Vukosi Marivate Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala – Remarks at “Abstracts into Indigenous Voices”

Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala – Remarks at “Abstracts into Indigenous Voices” Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Can AI Revitalise Indigenous Languages? - Abstracts into Indigenous Voices

Can AI Revitalise Indigenous Languages? - Abstracts into Indigenous Voices Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Shortcut Learning for Medical AI: Opportunity or Threat - Judy Gichoya @ DSFSI & AfriDSAI, UP

Shortcut Learning for Medical AI: Opportunity or Threat - Judy Gichoya @ DSFSI & AfriDSAI, UP Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

239 views - 11 months ago

AI for African Healthcare: Beyond Chatbots Toward Contextually Informed Innovation - Judy Gichoya

AI for African Healthcare: Beyond Chatbots Toward Contextually Informed Innovation - Judy Gichoya Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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🎶 MIT808 2025: Decoding Music Law with NLP

🎶 MIT808 2025: Decoding Music Law with NLP Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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🐜 MIT808 2025 GR 7: Optimising Termite Control Using Matabele Ant Raid Data & Machine Learning

🐜 MIT808 2025 GR 7: Optimising Termite Control Using Matabele Ant Raid Data & Machine Learning Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2025 GR 4 : Standardizing Zoonotic Disease & Beef Production Data for Smarter Decisions

MIT808 2025 GR 4 : Standardizing Zoonotic Disease & Beef Production Data for Smarter Decisions Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2025 GR 10 - ElephantMatcher: Wildlife Population Monitoring

MIT808 2025 GR 10 - ElephantMatcher: Wildlife Population Monitoring Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2025 Exploring Zoonotic Disease Knowledge Through AI for Enhanced Risk, Prevention & Response

MIT808 2025 Exploring Zoonotic Disease Knowledge Through AI for Enhanced Risk, Prevention & Response Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2025 GR 2 Estimating an Elephant Population Structure Using Machine Learning

MIT808 2025 GR 2 Estimating an Elephant Population Structure Using Machine Learning Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2025 The Beef Value Chain Transformation - Data Platform for Zoonotic Diseases and Production

MIT808 2025 The Beef Value Chain Transformation - Data Platform for Zoonotic Diseases and Production Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT808 2025 GR 15 - Political Polarisation and Network Analysis in South African Election Discourse

MIT808 2025 GR 15 - Political Polarisation and Network Analysis in South African Election Discourse Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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MIT 808 2025 GR12 - Application of Deep Learning Techniques in Medium-Range Rainfall Forecasting

MIT 808 2025 GR12 - Application of Deep Learning Techniques in Medium-Range Rainfall Forecasting Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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DSFSI Postdoc Seminar 2025: Hope Mogale - Designing Automatic Speech Recognition Systems African LRL

DSFSI Postdoc Seminar 2025: Hope Mogale - Designing Automatic Speech Recognition Systems African LRL Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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