DARA Big Data

This video features young Africans who have taken part in the DARA Big Data programme, as postgraduate students, workshop participants, policy fellows & tutors 💻👩🏿‍💻 We are grateful to them for their participation & to all those who have supported @darabigdata. #BigData #Africa

Kicking off at the Nairobi Regional Data Science Hackathon #DSRH2025 @DARABigData @Hack4Dev

C4DLab hosted the DARA Big Data-Hack4Dev Regional Hackathon last week! Brilliant minds tackled ML for CubeSats, focusing on optimizing image classifiers. Kudos, all the participants. More: c4dlab.uonbi.ac.ke/c4dlab-hosts-i…🚀🔭📊🤖🎊 @DARABigData @Hack4Dev @uonbi #BigData #NairobiHackathon

After three days of intense training and learning, the Trainers Hackathon has come to a close! 🎉 We’re incredibly proud of the participants and look forward to seeing them apply their skills and lead impactful regional hackathons. 🌍🚀 #DSTH2024 #DSTH2025 #Hackathons

We’re thrilled to introduce the Data Science Trainers Hackathon (DSTH) 2024, hosted at WITS University in Johannesburg, South Africa. 🌍📊 A special thank you to our main sponsor, @DARABigData , for making this event possible! #Hack4dev #Hackathons

As we embark on our new journey with the Data Science Hackathons, we proudly honour Prof. Carolina Odman-Govender, the visionary founder of Hack4Dev🌎✨: youtu.be/RsXPZ3TainY #Hack4dev #DataScience #DSTH2024 #DSRH2025

The #BigData Africa School will allow students to work on real-life data sets in the area of Earth observation by applying #MachineLearning techniques in trying to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the African continent. Details: bit.ly/BigDataAfricaS…

Our founder Ann Njeri spoke at the @UNESCOUK Chairs Conference in London yesterday. She was invited to speak about girls' education in #Kenya & the difference that @ElimishaMschana is making to the lives of so many young women. #Education needs to be accessible to all ♀️🇰🇪 #STEM

Hack4Dev is inviting alumni, postgraduates, and professionals to host data science hackathons at their institutions! For more information and registration please follow: hack4dev.org/ds-trainer-hac… #datascience #hackathon

New DARA funded postdoctoral #fellowships across the #Africa VLBI countries! Details on link below, application deadline 21st July. Please share with anyone who would be a good fit. dara-project.org/postdoc-fellow…

We are currently interviewing for the 2025 intake of MSc and PhD students. If you are interested in studying the Universe at the highest angular resolution (or know someone else who might), then please get in touch to join our team! @UPTuks @SKA_Africa @KapteynAstro @SKAO #VLBI

@Jimjam91 @hullrasnam2024 Thanks for the quick response James, much appreciated! However I meant the stands in the event space at NAM itself, not at the public outreach event, sorry if I didn't make that clear.

@DARABigData @hullrasnam2024 Hi, I'm organising the event and it may be that some of the data entries were not processed correctly - we have 7 blank responses to the form. Would you please be able to re-fill and send the form at the link above and I'll get straight back to you

Don't forget to sign up to be an exhibitor for the #NAM2024 Astronomy Festival public event!!✨ If you're interested you should fill in the form below before Friday the 14th of June!! #astronomy #outreach #hull #uk🚀🔭💫 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

SARAO Masters Scholarships The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has announced its Master’s Scholarships for the 2025 academic year. Important Dates: Call Opens: 27 May 2024 Closing Date: 20 August 2024 sarao.ac.za/students/maste… #Scholarships #Research

There are planned hackathons at the #IAUGA2024, which you can sign up for but sadly there is no extra funding available for participants and they will precede the meeting by 2 days. Sign up forms.gle/ecEMseCCnuv5wc… #AfASOpportunities #Hackathons

AI revolutionises astronomy – and understanding of the universe universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… @dsigovza @NRF_News @SKA_Africa @DARABigData and South Africa playing leading part

Read all about the major new funding award for both @dara_project and @DARABigData! 'African training project DARA gets major funding boost' on page 34 of the new issue of Contact. 📡✨💻

What an incredible journey it has been at the 4th AfAS Annual Conference! From sharing inspiring discoveries to forming lasting collaborations, this experience has been amazing. We are grateful to have connected with brilliant minds! 💫 #AfASConference #AfricanAstronomy

Wrapping up the 4th AfAS Conference on a high note with an exciting Data Science Hackathon at the Oukaimeden Observatory. This hackathon provides participants with a unique opportunity to delve into the complete machine learning pipeline, from inception to real-world application!

Day 2 of the 4th AfAS Annual Conference was a great success! Featuring a mix of science plenary sessions and outreach programs, the event made African astronomy a trending topic. Excited to see what tomorrow has in store! #AFASConference #AfricanAstronomy