2024

May 21

Democratizing air quality data at nearly no cost Opens in new window

Using existing filter tapes collected by U.S. embassies in Africa, mechanical engineering researchers have found a way to measure black carbon concentrations in fine particulate matter with only a reference card and their cell phones.

May 15

CyLab researchers to present at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Opens in new window

CyLab faculty members and students will present their research on topics ranging from mobile money practices in Africa to uncovering and identifying side-channel and evasion attacks at the 45th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Symposium on Security and Privacy.

May 10

Reeta Roy to deliver keynote speech at CMU commencement

Carnegie Mellon University’s 2024 commencement keynote speaker will be Reeta Roy, who has served as the president and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation since 2008.

May 07

Bridging worlds

In the remote village of Nkambe, nestled in the Northwest region of Cameroon, Gabrial Zencha embarked on an academic journey that would eventually find him at CMU-Africa.

May 02

The t-shaped learner

Ndze'dzenyuy Lemfon Karl is a MSIT student completing his last semester in Pittsburgh as part of CMU-Africa’s global exchange program.

Apr 25

Carnegie Mellon celebrates CMU-Africa Week 2024

In its second year running, CMU-Africa Week welcomed students from the land of a thousand hills to the city of bridges.

Apr 23

Smart Mobility Lab launched

The Smart Mobility Lab has been launched in Kigali to foster innovation, promote sustainability, and advance digital transformation in the mobility sector.

Apr 19

Design science in the age of AI

Recently, CMU-Africa and the NAE held a design science workshop that aimed to transcend the boundaries of traditional design thinking.

Apr 15

Releasing private population analytics: How should we do it?

Population analytics is a concept that has important downstream applications, like determining funding allocations, but these analytics can leak sensitive data about individuals.

Apr 04

One student, two continents Opens in new window

CMU-Africa student Farida Eleshin (MSIT ’24) is concluding her master’s program with a final semester in Pittsburgh, where she’s working on several research projects in the CHIMPS Lab that focus on privacy and security.

Apr 01

Taking microbial research from nano to global Opens in new window

Tagbo Niepa presented at symposia in Colombia and Morocco to facilitate international collaboration and apply innovations from his lab to global health challenges in different contexts.

Mar 28

CMU-Africa Innovation Summit 2024

CMU-Africa’s Center for Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa held their 2024 Innovation Summit earlier this year from January 24 to 26, hosting students from 17 different countries across Africa as well as from CMU’s own Tepper School of Business.

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CNBC Africa

Niyizamwiyitira quoted on AI in the classroom

CMU-Africa’s Christine Niyizamwiyitira was quoted by CNBC Africa on the benefits of AI in classroom settings. Along with lessening the workload for teachers, AI could become a valuable resource for students with special needs in Africa.

Business Day Nigeria

Gueye comments on the rise in electronic payment fraud in Business Day Nigeria

CMU-Africa’s Assane Gueye comments on the rise in electronic payment fraud in Business Day Nigeria. “We should be more intentional that these technologies will bring more good and not harm,” he says.

Communications of the ACM

Tucker speaks on Africa’s adoption of AI regulations with Communications of the ACM

CMU-Africa Director Conrad Tucker speaks on Africa’s adoption of AI regulations with Communications of the ACM. He describes the current state of AI there as “quite fragmented,” varying in “different perspectives and policies across African countries.”

CMU-Africa hosts LaTeX workshop

CMU-Africa's Edwin Mugume recently ran a workshop for students about the typesetting software LaTeX. The system is used for creating scientific documents and is the standard in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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