The Machine Intelligence Research Group (MIRG) of the Department of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos (UNILAG) is set to host its fourth (4th) International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ICAIR) tagged, “MIRG-ICAIR 2024”, as scheduled below:
Date: Tuesday, November 26 – Thursday, November 28, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. daily
Venue: Glass House, Faculty of Education, UNILAG
With the theme, “Artificial Intelligence for Future Industrialisation of Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa”, this year’s edition of the Conference is both timely and crucial, as notable experts in the medical and tech fields will converge in UNILAG from around the world to discuss and explore the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics in advancing healthcare across Nigeria and beyond.
Students, staff, medical, tech and innovation professionals and enthusiasts are cordially invited to attend. Interested participants are to register via https://icair.unilag.edu.ng/register/
Participants will get the opportunity to listen to:
- Professor Akin Abayomi, Honourable Commissioner of Health, Lagos State, Nigeria;
- Dr Olatunji Omisore, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangdong, China;
- Dr Ololade Shyllon, Head of Privacy Policy, AMET at Meta;
- Professor Tastan Bishop, Rhodes University, South Africa;
- Dr Stephen Odaibo, Founder & CEO RETINA-AI Health, Houston, Texas;
- Dr Uyi (O.T) Stewart, Chief Data and Technology Officer, DataDotOrg, Washington DC, USA;
- Professor Ibraheem Adeyanju, MD/CEO, Galaxy Backbone Limited;
- Dr Olubayo Adekanmbi, Founder, Data Science Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria;
- Dr Thuweba Diwani, Commission Manager, Digital Transformation Centre (DTC), GIZ;
- Ms Ojoma Ochai, Managing Director, Co-Creation Hub (chub), Africa; and
- Dr Omolola Salako, Oncologist, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Nigeria.
These renowned individuals will extensively examine topics such as:
- Advancing Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence for Robotic Surgery: Innovations in Surgical Robotics, Imaging and Informatics
- Machine learning and structural bioinformatics in drug discovery for evolving proteins.
- Of Language and Health: Building Africa’s Healthcare Data Infrastructure in the LLM Era.
- Towards Generative Innovations for Africa Healthcare Sector
- AI-Driven Policy in Healthcare: Transforming Systems, Enhancing Outcomes
Don’t miss it! It promises to be an enlightening experience.
