DEADLINE: 8 APRIL 2023
AI for Science is a new stream in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa's Master’s degree in Mathematical Science, made possible through a partnership with DeepMind. The program sits at the exciting intersection of AI and the Sciences. It is a fully residential one-year taught masters with a research component. Applications are open to students from across Africa who are passionate about mathematics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. We are looking for students who gaze at the stars and the world around them in wonder, and who want to use their talents to accelerate scientific discovery.
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a pan-African network of Centres of Excellence for post-graduate training in mathematical sciences, research and public engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). AIMS is enabling Africa’s talented students to become innovators driving the continent’s scientific, educational and economic self-sufficiency.
The initial focus areas of the program will be AI and machine learning in cosmology, epidemiology and ecology. The program will benefit from the expertise of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) and its South African partner, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), and the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis (SACEMA).
A DeepMind donation will fund 40 scholars per year for the next four years. The funding covers full scholarships, equipment and computation costs for students. AIMS scholars will be DeepMind scholars, and have opportunities to connect with DeepMind’s researchers and engineers for mentoring and support. Beyond scholarships, the program will draw on DeepMind’s world-leading expertise in AI for Science.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to apply for the AI for Science program, you have to:
be a resident in Africa at time of application,
be a citizen of any country in Africa,
have completed a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree with an honours year by August 2023 (or December 2023 for southern African applicants; see FAQ).
Your undergraduate degree could be in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering or any other discipline with a strong computational and mathematical component.
The requirement of having completed either a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree with an additional honours year is a requirement for enrolling as a Master’s degree student in South Africa.
HOW TO APPLY
Register at apply.aims.ac.za and upload the following documents there before 11:59 PM on 8 April:
Your curriculum vitae
A motivation letter of around 500 words
Academic transcripts
Written mathematics questions (to be found on the application site)
Coding problem (to be found on the application site)
The online application includes a dozen short mathematics questions and one coding problem. It’s not an exam, but the questions give the selection panel some insight into how you approach problems. A full application can’t be completed at the last minute, and we encourage prospective DeepMind Scholars at AIMS South Africa to start applying early!
APPLY: https://ai.aims.ac.za/apply
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