Identifying external partners who we can bring on board for hackathon and skills related work

[malvikasharan]

We have identified several external partners with whom we would like to collaborate in DSWB.

This issue collects info about these partners. Please comment below the name of the institution/people (without personal data) who we should reach out to.

Some examples from my network are:

• Angela Okune: CSID Net: https://csidnet.org/
• Deep Learning Indaba: https://deeplearningindaba.com/2025/
  • Siobhan Mackenzie Hall: Computational Neuroscience | AI Fairness | DPhil | University of Oxford
• The Carpentries - Africa network: https://carpentries.org/
  • Angelique Trusler
  • Jannetta Steyn
• Catalyst community: https://catalystproject.cloud/index.html
• CHAOSS Africa: https://chaoss.community/

Advice to invite from institutes and individuals:

• African Open Science Platform: https://aosp.org.za/
• Francisca O Oladipo: Vice-Chancellor Thomas Adewumi University and Vice President, VODAN Africa
  Nigeria
• Dr Nokuthula Mchunu: Deputy Director: NRF| B-WEL Fellow| Tianjin University of Science
• Samson Goddy (open source in Africa): Developer Relations Expert | Open Source Advocate

Other universities and networks of which DSWB can be a part:

• REVNA bioscience: https://www.revnabio.com/
• JohnInnes Center ran a workshop that is relevant: https://www.jic.ac.uk/event/biosciences-innovation-promoting-research-excellence-in-africa/
• “Africa Multiple” Cluster of Excellence: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_1-About-Us/african-cluster-centres/index.html
• ARUA: https://arua.org/about/

[malvikasharan]

Turing's DSG (Turing can't be a partner but we can use resources that are open): https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/Data-Study-Group