AI for Science: Master’s Degree at AIMS South Africa in Partnership with Google DeepMind

AI for Science is an revolutionary stream inside AIMS South Africa’s Master’s diploma in Mathematical Science, made attainable via a partnership with Google DeepMind. This thrilling program, which started with its first consumption of scholars in September 2023, sits at the dynamic intersection of AI and the Sciences.

This totally residential one-year taught grasp’s program, with a major analysis element, is open to college students from throughout Africa who’re enthusiastic about arithmetic, synthetic intelligence, and machine studying. They are wanting for college students who gaze at the celebrities and the world round them in surprise, and who need to use their skills to speed up scientific discovery.

Google DeepMind Scholars

A beneficiant donation from Google DeepMind funds 40 students per yr for 4 years, ranging from September 2023. The funding covers full scholarships, tools, and computation prices for the scholars. Their students, often called Google DeepMind students, have the distinctive alternative to attach with Google DeepMind’s researchers and engineers for mentoring and assist.

Beyond scholarships, this system leverages Google DeepMind’s world-leading experience in AI for Science to counterpoint the educational expertise of the scholars.

World-class Local Partners

It is an thrilling time for science in Africa. On their doorstep, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) would be the largest radio telescope ever constructed and can produce science that may change our understanding of the universe. The first detection of the Beta and Omicron Covid-19 variants occurred near their institute in Muizenberg.

With such stellar scientific neighbours, this system advantages from the experience of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) and its South African accomplice, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), and the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA).

Focus Areas

The preliminary focus areas of this system are AI and machine studying in the fields of:

• Cosmology
• Epidemiology
• Ecology

Join Them

They hope that many extra college students in Africa will be concerned in pioneering analysis and contribute to the scientific discoveries which are but to come back.

Ready to take the subsequent step? They invite college students from throughout Africa to apply to be part of the September 2025 cohort and change into one among their 40 Google DeepMind Scholars for the 2025-26 educational yr!

Applications open on Monday, January 13, 2025. The deadline for the primary spherical of the application course of is 11:59 PM SAST on March 21, 2025.

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