Tamale, 16 February 2023 – today Francis Saa-Dittoh launched officially the Tiballi project at the Nim Avenue Hotel in Tamale, Ghana, in the presence of fifty stakeholders, including farmers and AI/ICT4D experts. About the Tiballi project Can advanced AI methods (ML, NLP) be reconstructed so as to make the Internet […]
Digital Inclusion
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Connecting Worlds Conference – an event in the framework of the VU profiling theme, the “Connected World” took place on 30 June and 1 July. This international event has brought together academics from south and north, from various disciplines and different continents, to discuss relevant research topics & challenge-based education […]
WebSci’20 Workshop: Digital (In)Equality, Digital Inclusion, Digital Humanism Read the ACM WebSci’20 DigDivDigHum Workshop Final Proceedings: [PDF]. Or download the full companion proceedings from the WebSci’20 website. The full recorded video presentations of the DigDivDigHum workshop are now available. The WebSci’20 main conference proceedings can be accessed at the official […]
In the framework of the W4RA research program to tackle Global Challenges and bridge the Digital Divide, five students Information Science set out to map the contours of digital exclusion within our own urban, wealthy, and highly connected context. Carlbandro Edoga and Marc Hegeman examined the obstacles homeless people face […]
In our modern society the increasing digitization of so many aspects of life holds a risk of social exclusion of various groups. People who find difficulties in accessing online information and navigating the Web are heavily disadvantaged, when information from the government, taxes, health services, legal information etc. is increasingly […]