The main theme of the 2022 workshop will focus on the opportunities and challenges of applying AI to address key developmental problems faced in Africa. A lot of research has been impeded by the lack of data which in turn has slowed down the pace of development. Of significance is the 2030 SDG initiative (which defines the metrics for development in African nations) which relies on obtaining data from developing countries in Africa.
The topics of interest for the workshop will include, but are not limited to:
Applied AI methods for addressing social, economic, educational, and environmental challenges faced in Africa.
AI solutions focused on the banking sector covering areas such as fair lending, fraud detection, financial inclusion, and tools to establish creditworthiness with limited data.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) research for the African languages.
New benchmark datasets to help researchers apply AI methods to challenging problems faced in Africa.
AI methods to assist in poverty reduction and increasing foreign investments in Africa.
Synthetic Data techniques for enhancing data availability
Data extraction techniques for documents including low-resourced languages
Format: Extended abstracts (4 pages excluding references) or short papers (6 pages excluding references)
Template: (Optional) LaTeX sigconf template [overleaf.com], or ACM Microsoft Word template [download]
Submission Link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AIA2022/
Key Dates:
Deadline: 11:59 pm (Anywhere on Earth), September 9th, 2022 September 15th, 2022
Acceptance Notification: Sept. 15th, 2022 September 29th, 2022
The workshop is non-archival. The review process is single-blind. There are no conflicts with submitting work that was previously submitted or published in other proceedings or conferences.
Please feel free to reach out to Toyin Aguda (toyin.d.aguda@jpmchase.com) if you have any questions or technical issues with paper submissions.