The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) and DARA Big Data (Development in Africa through Radio Astronomy) in partnership with the Inter-University Institute For DataIntensive Astronomy (IDiA) are organizing a Big Data Hackathon at the University of Zambia (UNZA) on Sep 30 – Oct 01. The theme of this hackathon is Natural Language Processing (NLP) […]
Author Archives: Ram Venugopal
The European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (E-ROAD) organised an online Dialogue in the context of the United Nation’s 75th anniversary. Astronomy is an effective tool for international development because it combines fundamental science and cutting-edge technology with culture and inspiration. This is the pioneering mission of the International Astronomical Union’s Office of Astronomy […]
Videos of the talks and the zoom sessions on the course. More details on the project website. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLGf1ijrdazzELSYHF7RzQzTNbgihyW8hw[/embedyt]
Target location: Pakistan Target audience: School going children who do not have access to the internet. They are particularly hit hard by the school closures due to the pandemic. Students who belong to distant/underprivileged areas of Pakistan where English medium schools do not exist and their education is primarily in Urdu. Apart from this, this […]
Target location: Iran and Afghanistan Target audience: The project can include different groups of people, but the content of our training and teaching is prepared and designed for early, middle and late adolescence, especially those living in deprived and underdeveloped cities with limited access to the Internet or not even technological and digital devices. Teachers […]