School of Literature Language and Media: Ai In The Humanities Seminar
| When: | Monday, 16 September 2024 |
| Where: | Humanities Graduate Seminar Room, West Engineering Building, Wits University Campus East |
| Start time: | 13:15 |
| Enquiries: | fikile.ngwenyamakhado@wits.ac.za
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Join the public lecture on AI for the Humanities, AI and African Languages.
The School of Literature Language and Media will host Professor Vukosi Marivate (University of Pretoria) who will deliver a lecture on AI for the Humanities, AI and African Languages. He will talk about how he developed methods, and tools and generated data for local or low-resource languages and how using data science could be utilised to solve social challenges. The event aims to highlight some of his work in the field of AI and African Languages, e.g. the Masakhane NLP project, which aims to develop NLP technologies for African languages and the Lelapa AI, an African start-up focused on AI for Africans by Africans. Marivate aims to empower and support African researchers and practitioners by opening up conversations for ideation and possible collaborations between institutions of higher learning. This public lecture takes place on 16 September 2024, from 13:15 to 14:00, at the Humanities Graduate Seminar Room, West Engineering Building, Wits Campus East.
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