2 November 2023

AI for Women in Aquaculture (AI4WA)

2 November 2023 par Grainroot

Project summary Aquaculture plays an indispensable role in the livelihoods of the world's population as a whole, from its various levels of production to its significant contributions to the economy. However, there is a wide gender gap in the aquaculture value chain, and the involvement of women is more evident ... Lire la suite

Understanding gender bias in the construction of artificial intelligence models in the African context

2 November 2023 par Grainroot

Country: Uganda Project summary Machine learning technologies such as automatic speech recognition systems, language models and machine translation systems are being developed to operate in environments where gender and other forms of prejudice and discrimination are present. These prejudices are present in ... Lire la suite

An artificial intelligence-based model for analysing gender inequality in STEM programmes and career projection in Kenya

2 November 2023 par Grainroot

Project aim This study aims to examine female student participation in STEM courses by investigating how gender inequality affects student placement and students' perceptions of AI in STEM programmes and their potential career placement. Project summary Despite the ... Lire la suite

Digitisation for Mama Mboga: does the engagement and inclusion of women in IA Agri-tech matter? The experience of women in the informal agricultural sector in Kenya

2 November 2023 par Grainroot

Project objective The project will identify and highlight barriers to women's digital inclusion and examine ways to articulate women's perspectives in the development and application of agricultural AI systems, as well as in associated policy processes Project summary Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are being explored in Africa to increase ... Lire la suite

Natural Language Processing (NLP), Big Data Analytics, Human Data Mining

2 November 2023 par Grainroot

Project aim The overall aim of the project is to develop a multilingual machine translation prototype capable of detecting and mitigating gender bias in low-resource languages. Project summary AI systems copy and reinforce existing social biases, a problem now widely recognised and studied. However, current research on ... Lire la suite

AI for Women in Aquaculture (AI4WA)

Understanding gender bias in the construction of artificial intelligence models in the African context

An artificial intelligence-based model for analysing gender inequality in STEM programmes and career projection in Kenya

Digitisation for Mama Mboga: does the engagement and inclusion of women in IA Agri-tech matter? The experience of women in the informal agricultural sector in Kenya

Natural Language Processing (NLP), Big Data Analytics, Human Data Mining

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