I commonly host, organise, or facilitate events through Cape Town Intelligent Systems meetup group, Cape Town City.AI, Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa, University of Cape Town, and others.
AI and the Brain
- Deep Learning in the Brain
28 February 2019 - Organiser [ Cape Town Intelligent Systems Meetup ]
- Computational Neuroscience: The Brain-Computer Science Interface
27 August 2018 - Invited speaker [ Maties Machine Learning ]
- Computational neuroscience: Thinking about thinking
04 December 2017 - Invited speaker during AI and Data Science [ AIMS ]
Artificial Assistants
- The art of artificial assistants: Bots for business and conversations
10 September 2018 - Invited speaker during Innovation Track [ AI Expo Africa ]
- Artificial Assistants: How can I help you?
06 April 2018 - Organiser and speaker during NLP Track [ Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 South Africa ]
- A conversation about (modern) chatbots
22 September 2017 - Invited speaker, panellist, and trainer during Executive Machine Learning [conference]
- Conversational systems: Beyond the interface
17 September 2017 - Invited speaker during Deep Learning and its Applications [ MIIA ]
- AI-Based Approaches To Building Chatbots and Virtual Assistants
16 August 2017 - Invited speaker during Data Science Applications to help businesses thrive in the Smart Technology Era [ MIIA ]
Computer Vision
- Improving computer vision algorithms using neuroscience principles
06 September 2019 - Invited speaker (50 min) during Innovation Track [ AI Expo Africa ]
- Brain – Computer Vision Interface: I see what you did there
28 February 2019 - Invited speaker [Aerobotics Computer Vision Journal Club]
Ethics of Intelligence
- Africa in AI: opening panel discussion
15 April 2019 - Keynote panel moderator [ Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 South Africa ]
- Augmented Intelligence: challenges and opportunities for AI in the workplace
19 November 2018 - Organiser [ Cape Town Intelligent Systems Meetup ]
- Understanding a black box
30 August 2018 - Organiser and speaker during Data Quality [ Cape Town Intelligent Systems Meetup ]
- AI: Implications and impact
27 March 2018 - Organiser and panel moderator [Cape Town City.AI]
- Technological limits in AI and the brain
23 August 2017 - Organiser and speaker during The Limits of Intelligence [ Cape Town Intelligent Systems Meetup ]
More AI
- The ABCs of AI - defining artificial intelligence
05 March 2019 - Panellist [ Africa Tech Week ]
Neuroscience
- Investigating chloride dynamics in neurological processing and epilepsy using computational methods
05 August 2019 - Invited speaker [Neuroscience Education and Research Discussions]
- Executive Neuroscience: Leadership for the Brain
11 July 2018 - Invited speaker [Golden Key Leadership Summit]
- Chloride dynamics alter the input-output properties of neurons
02 March 2018 - Poster presentation [ COSYNE ]
- Computational neuroscience: The brain on AI
11 September 2017 - Poster presentation [ Deep Learning Indaba ]
- Computational Neuroscience in 6 minutes
01 July 2017 - Flash talk during Public science forum [Pecha Kucha]
- Why computational neuroscience?
28 May 2017 - Organiser & speaker during Computational Neuroscience: What is it and why should I care? [ Cortex Club ]
- Vinpocetine’s effects on memory in early ethanol exposed Sprague-Dawley rats
27 March 2015 - Poster presentation [Society of Neuroscientists of Africa]