Visiting ALA
One of those cross off the bucket list things. Finally visited the African Leadership Academy to talk to students during their Executive Leadership series. It was a new year for ALA students and it was very refreshing to interact with …
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Data Science Chronicles: Visiting the Institute of Security Studies (ISS)
Took a short trip to visit the ISS in Brooklyn. This was to broaden the understanding of security issues for the interns, not simply just being a technical problem, but societal challenges as well. We had a good chat and …
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Data Science Chronicles: Visiting CSIR MIAS
Robots!! #NuffSaid The Data Science group visited CSIR MIAS for an hour to see some robots and talk to the researchers. It was also a great opportunity to see what Benji was up to. The students got to see some …
Visiting Geekulcha and mLabSA
Took some MDS-IS data-mining students and Data Science for Social Good students to visit Innovation Hub. Specifically they visited the Geekulcha collective who were busy hosting their GKVacWork for learners from the Tshwane area (specifically the northern townships). Geekulcha was …
3rd Place #GKHack15 Hackathon, not too shabby
This past weekend, finally participated in a Hackathon where hacking a solution was my(our) primary goal. After previously trying (trying being the word) out a Hackathon at the Random Hacks of Kindness Pretoria (RHOKPta), we decided to regroup and come …