Category: Event

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InstaDeep contributes to ICLR for the first time

The six-day conference, referred to as the premier gathering of professionals dedicated to the advancements of deep learning, is filled with invited talks and workshops, as well as oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. 2020 is our first year contributing to ICLR and we are excited to present on the topic of NLP. AfricaNLP… Read more »

InstaDeep sponsors Africa’s first online inter-campus ML Hackathon

Uncertain times call for new ways of thinking and innovative ways to interact. With this in mind, Zindi – the leading African online competition platform, came up with the idea of remotely connecting students across the African continent to crowd-solve challenges in health, education, environmental conservation, and business through the day-long UmojaHack Africa competition. InstaDeep… Read more »

NeurIPS 2019: AlphaNPI presented on the main stage in front of thousands 

AlphaNPI, the joint InstaDeep-Google DeepMind research published June 2019, was last Autumn awarded a spotlight talk at the conference, being one of the top 2.4% of submitted presentations. This meant it was selected to be presented on the main stage in front of an impressive crowd, a humbling achievement testament to InstaDeep’s capabilities, and it… Read more »

InstaDeep Hosts Africa & MENA’s Biggest AI Hackathon

We are still on a high following the incredible vibe that pulsated throughout AI Hack Tunisia 2019 – Africa and the Middle East’s largest AI hackathon to date – hosted from 20-22nd September. Throughout the three days, participants from more than 20 different countries competed in an individual and a team challenge hosted on our… Read more »

InstaDeeper Wins International Maths Competition in South Africa

London-based PhD student and AI R&D Engineer at InstaDeep, Valentin Courgeau, travelled to South Africa to compete in the annual ACQuFRR Financial Mathematics Team Challenge (FMTC) end of June. And boy was it worth the trip, as Valentin and his team climbed to the top! A new standard for interest-rates The team led by Valentin,… Read more »

Event Series Part 1: Scaling AI in the Enterprise

Wednesday 15 May saw InstaDeep successfully host our first of a four-part series of events looking at Scaling AI in the Enterprise and how we can help business leaders realise the potential of introducing and scaling AI in their company.

Chatbot Co-created by InstaDeeper Faten Ghriss Wins Prize at Global Facebook Hackathon

London/California, 2 May 2019: Software engineer at InstaDeep, Faten Ghriss, wins the bonus prize for the solution that best promotes industry, innovation and infrastructure at the Facebook F8 2019 Hackathon – an impressive accomplishment in a competition attracting some of the world’s leading AI talents. The announcement on Devpost.com follows a hugely successful execution of… Read more »

First Edition of IndabaX Tunis Launches to Great Success

On 13th April InstaDeep and partners welcomed more than 300 people to the first-ever IndabaX event in Tunis. From the minute the doors opened raw enthusiasm filled the space, and the interest in AI and the opportunities that lie ahead in Tunisia and across all of Africa was apparent.

InstaDeep at NeurIPS 2018

We have a strong team present at NeurIPS this week, with exciting things on the agenda. We are proud to announce that — for the first time — two of our research papers will be presented, a huge milestone for us. Additionally, three of our colleagues including our CEO, Karim, are presenting in the workshop Black in AI (BAI)…. Read more »