Category: Featured
AIMS Senegal graduate gleans PhD Scholarship in Astrophysics
Last June 15, 17 students from eight African countries graduated from AIMS Senegal. The graduates (35 per cent women) from Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal and Sudan obtained Master’s degrees in Mathematical Sciences after completing 10 months of course work and research at the centre located in Mbour. Eunice Monyenye
AIMS and IVADO join forces to propel the next generation of African scientists in data science
AIMS is proud to collaborate with the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO) in the framework of training in mathematical sciences, to enable young Africans to develop as data scientists. Through this partnership, IVADO offers scholarships to AIMS Masters students, allowing them to carry out supervised research stays in the following Quebec university centers: the University of
AIMS Senegal: on a mission to contribute to the digital economy
From July 1 to 5, AIMS Senegal organized a training called “Big Data Analytics with Python”. This training is part of the “Big Data for Development (BD4D)” research network, a partnership between actors from Southern countries, funded by a grant from the International Development Research Center (CRDI), Canada. The general objective of this network is to develop
AIMS Senegal hosts a summer school in statistics and data science
Organized from July 1 to 5, the summer school “Statistics and data science for young researchers from French-speaking Africa” is a project initiated by members of the Young Statisticians group of the French Society of Statistics (SFdS) in association with the Research Chair in Mathematics and its Applications of AIMS Senegal. These areas of research
Promotion of women in science – 10 new partnerships!
This year, AIMS Senegal continued its efforts to develop new partnerships through our pillar of gender equality, inclusion and diversity, with the aim of promoting women in science. With the objective of encouraging young girls to take an interest in science, through public engagement activities, as well as the projection of scientific models, 10 partnerships have
First edition of “Business Day” a success!
AIMS Senegal organized the first edition of “Business Day”, an initiative aimed at soliciting private sector engagement. Organized on February 20 at the Terrou-Bi Hotel, Dakar, the meeting took place around the theme “Cooperative education for a better workforce”, and focused on the role of the private sector in the development of local economies. The event was
AIMS Senegal celebrates International Women’s Day with Lycée Kennedy
On International Women’s Day (March 8), AIMS Senegal Executive Director Amadou Cissé encouraged students at Lycée John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a high school for girls, to pursue their dreams and become future leaders who will play a key role in promoting gender equality. The celebration included a women’s panel with representatives of JEADER, FADEV, JGEN and Blackspoon,
AIMS Senegal and UNESCO Dakar celebrate women in science
AIMS Senegal and UNESCO Dakar celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 15 at the campus of the AIMS center in Mbour. Dr Dimitri Sanga, Director of the Multisectoral Regional Office of UNESCO, Rokhaya Solange Ndir, Head of the Department of Corporate Social Responsibility and Partnerships at Sonatel, and the students
The Chair hosts two research schools
Last February, Professor Moustapha Fall, through the Research Center, organized two workshops: a winter school under the theme “Applied non-linear Dynamics and Scientific Writing” from February 4 to 8, followed by a school of spring on “Local & Nonlocal Elliptic & Geometric problems” from February 18th to 22nd. Organized in partnership with the Leibniz Center for