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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Climate change represents one of humanity’s greatest challenges of the 21st century. The continued ascent of our species depends to a significant extent on our ability to limit further catastrophic changes to the climate and to adapt to both past and future changes. In many parts of the world, changes in climatic variables – including incessant
The Fall School is jointly organized by AIMS Senegal and the Goethe-University Frankfurt, and it is funded by the DAADGermany within the project “Joint Steps in Geometric Variational Problems and Related Functional Inequalities”. In addition to participants from AIMS Senegal, up to 20 junior scientists are invited participate. The scientific program and meals will take place