African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) at ETH Zurich, 20 October 2014
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) will present its philosophy and organisation and showcase selected projects at ETH Zurich on 20 October 2014, 14:00 -17:00. The half-day conference is entitled Next Einstein Initiative and Rural Prenatal Care in Ghana.
ETH Global hosts a half-day conference on 20 October 2014, 14:00-17:00 to present the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) at ETH Zurich. Representatives of AIMS Ghana and AIMS-Central Europe will showcase the AIMS philosophy and initiatives. Dr. Alessandro Crimi, postdoc at the Computer Vision Laboratory of ETH Zurich will present the project Rural Prenatal Care in Ghana with his colleagues from AIMS Ghana.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS):
Next Einstein Initiative and Rural Prenatal Care in Ghana
14.00 Opening
Barbara Becker, ETH Global
14.10 Introduction to AIMS and the DocmeUP project
Alessandro Crimi, ETH Zurich
14.30 Opportunities and Challenges for Mathematics in Africa
David Stern, Reading University, UK
15.00 The Next Einstein Initiative
Christian Gruenler, AIMS-Central Europe
15.20 AIMS-Ghana and research on curvature
Prince Osei, University of Ghana
16.00 Prenatal care for communities and remote ultrasound imaging
Benjamin Amoah and Evelyn Anto, AIMS-Ghana
16.30 From Madagascar to Switzerland
Tovohery Randrianarisoa, University of Zurich
17.00 Closing remarks
Alessandro Crimi, ETH Zurich Apéro
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