The document summarizes a presentation about the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) and open science in Africa more broadly. It discusses how AOSP aims to address challenges around health data sharing during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It also outlines AOSP's pilot project from 2016-2019 and future plans to build open science capacity and infrastructure in Africa, including through cloud computing, data analysis tools, and research data management services. The overall goal is to support open and collaborative science that addresses key challenges on the continent.
Presented at a NeDICC (Network of Data and Information Curation Communities) meeting, 14 March 2019, CSIR, and at the University of Pretoria and the Carnegie Corporation of New York Capstone Conference, 24-29 March 2019, Kieviets Kroon.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) takes proud in the implementation of this new initiative. We are looking forward working with all African continents in populating this platform with information.
Presented at a NeDICC (Network of Data and Information Curation Communities) meeting, 14 March 2019, CSIR, and at the University of Pretoria and the Carnegie Corporation of New York Capstone Conference, 24-29 March 2019, Kieviets Kroon.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) takes proud in the implementation of this new initiative. We are looking forward working with all African continents in populating this platform with information.
This presentation provides an overview of the Digital Earth Africa program and was presented at the International Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC) in Ghana Oct 22-24, 2019.
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
A presentation by Nicolas Fichaux at the IRENA GCC workshop. The workshop took place in June, 2013 and was hosted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
Enhancing Access and Exchange of Agricultural Information in Kenya: the case ...iaaldafrika
Presentation made at the Second Conference of the IAALD Africa Chapter on the theme "Towards Opening Access to Information & Knowledge in the Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Africa" held at M Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana, 15th - 17th July 2009.
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
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PowerPoint presentation on KAINet presented at the IAALD Africa Chapter session at the Joint Conference of IAALD, AFITA and WCCA, 24 - 27 August 2008, Atsugi, Japan
CAADP and CGIAR alignment efforts - expanding the role of Institutional and t...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
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Presentation by Dr. Anne Kingiri of ACTS during a training on The Art of Influencing Policy Change: tools and strategies for researchers, held by The Scinnovent Centre on 12th -14th February 2013, in Nairobi
Comprehensive Overview of Investment and Human Capacities in African Agricult...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
This presentation provides an overview of the Digital Earth Africa program and was presented at the International Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC) in Ghana Oct 22-24, 2019.
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
A presentation by Nicolas Fichaux at the IRENA GCC workshop. The workshop took place in June, 2013 and was hosted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
Enhancing Access and Exchange of Agricultural Information in Kenya: the case ...iaaldafrika
Presentation made at the Second Conference of the IAALD Africa Chapter on the theme "Towards Opening Access to Information & Knowledge in the Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Africa" held at M Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana, 15th - 17th July 2009.
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Kenya Agricultural Information Network (KAINet)iaaldafrika
PowerPoint presentation on KAINet presented at the IAALD Africa Chapter session at the Joint Conference of IAALD, AFITA and WCCA, 24 - 27 August 2008, Atsugi, Japan
CAADP and CGIAR alignment efforts - expanding the role of Institutional and t...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
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High-level Meeting & Workshop on Environmental and Scientific Open Data for Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries. Madagascar, 4-6 December 2017
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Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
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The African Story of Open Research - Nozuko Zukie HlwatikaRight to Research
This presentation by Nozuko Zukie Hlwatika was part of OpenCon 2017's Regional Models for Open Research and Open Education panel.
In her talk, Zukie covered Open Science, particularly Open Data in Africa. This was done from the perspective of the African Open Science Platform initiative. The status of Open Data in Africa was discussed through the lenses of policy, infrastructure, capacity building and incentives as per the initiatives focus areas. A list of countries actively involved in the advancement of Open Data was highlighted as well as those that need greater intervention. Possible Marginalised models for promoting open science in Africa were shared with the audience.
Presentation on behalf of the SA Weather Service presented during SA National Science Week - The harsh realities of climate change, 29 July to 2 August 2019.
Presented on 30 August 2018: Deployment of Open Data Driven Solutions for Socio-economic Value thorough Good Governance and Efficient Public Service Delivery -
Adjusting primitives for graph : SHORT REPORT / NOTESSubhajit Sahu
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Multiply with different modes (map)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector multiply.
2. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector multiply.
Sum with different storage types (reduce)
1. Performance of vector element sum using float vs bfloat16 as the storage type.
Sum with different modes (reduce)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector element sum.
2. Performance of memcpy vs in-place based CUDA based vector element sum.
3. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (memcpy).
4. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
Sum with in-place strategies of CUDA mode (reduce)
1. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
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1. Applying scientific thinking
in the service of society
African Open Science Platform
Presented by Ina Smith - @ismonet
Project Manager, African Open Science Platform
SANLiC 2019, Cape Town
25 June 2019
5. Example challenges regarding health data
• Delay in sharing pathogen
data collected
• Gaps in pathogen data
• Lack of adherence to
international standards
• Uncertainty about IP rights
• Absence of patient
consent
• And more
6. Collaboration among countries, institutions, projects,
researchers – sharing resources; free flow of data,
research, knowledge
Trust relationships, openness, transparency – trusting
others for having your best interest at heart, and not
because of the profits they can make from your
research
Key to address challenges – principles
supported through AOSP
12. Plan S OA2020 Signatories AmeliCA
Participating Institutions
1x Member (NSTC)
(Zambia)
4x SA ---
1x Supporter
(AAS)(Kenya)
1x Benin
1x Ambassador
(Nigeria)
1x Cameroon
4x Nigeria
1x Uganda
2x Kenya
13. What is Open Science?
“Open Science is the practice of science in
such a way that others can collaborate and
contribute, where research data, lab notes
and other research processes are freely
available, under terms that enable reuse,
redistribution and reproduction of the research
and its underlying data and methods.” - FOSTER
Project, funded by the European Commission
16. Future AOSP Phase 1
S1: Cloud Computing &
Analysis Tools
S2: Software Tools &
Policies/Practice for RDM
S3: African AI & Data Science
Institute
S4: Data Intensive Research
Programmes
S5: Network for Data-Intensive
Skills
S6: Network for Open Science
Access & Dialogue
https://tinyurl.com/y7aw4oa4
17. Future AOSP Phase 1 Vision
“African scientists are at the cutting edge of
contemporary, data-intensive science as a
fundamental resource for a modern society. They
are innovative global exponents and advocates of
Open Science, and leaders in addressing African
and Global Challenges.”
Source: The Future of Science and Science of the Future
https://tinyurl.com/y7aw4oa4
18. Similar to European Open Science Cloud
"We are not building the future EOSC from scratch,
but will be starting from what members of the
community worked in the last years: inclusiveness is
going to be critical, especially in regions whose
voice has not been heard enough so far." -
Cathrin Stöver, Chief Collaboration Officer, GÉANT
19. Future AOSP Phase 1 Mission
“The Platform is:
•a federated system that provides scientists and
other societal actors with the means to find, deposit,
manage, share and reuse data, software and
metadata in pursuing their interests;
•a network providing connective tissue between
dispersed actors in ….”
23. South Africa White Paper on STI
“As part of its commitment to African STI cooperation,
South Africa will also work to advance the open science
agenda elsewhere on the continent and within regional
frameworks. The strategic role of the African Open
Science Platform, hosted by the Academy of Science of
South Africa, which promotes African-wide
development and coordination of data policies, data
training and data infrastructure, will be leveraged with
the support of the DST and the National Research
Foundation (NRF).”
24. STI Strategy for Africa 2024 - Priorities for the
African research community
1. disease prevention & control;
2. climate resilience (disaster risk);
3. environmental protection (biosphere, hydrosphere);
4. food and nutritional security;
5. smart resilient cities;
6. achieving sustainability goals;
7. improved knowledge production;
8. improved intra-Africa research collaboration.
25. SGCI Statement of Principles and Actions: Social
and Economic Impact of Research (2018)
“Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
(GRC) participants should support and advocate for the
development and use of Open Science platforms that
widen access to knowledge and allow integrated
problem solving at a potentially transformative (as
opposed to incremental) scale.
GRC participants should commit funding towards the
development of the human capital necessary for
leveraging the potential of Big Data, as well as invest in
the infrastructure required materialising Open Science
platforms.”
26. Africa cannot have enough trusted, well curated
FAIR data – as open as possible, as closed necessary
Data can exist without information, but information
cannot exist without data – data the evidence
Pro-actively address data as part of 4IR – data-
driven research
Start somewhere – build our own reputable research
infrastructures, reduce unhealthy dependence on
the North