The Community of Practice (CoP) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Bioinformatics aims to foster inter-disciplinary collaboration, knowledge sharing, and capacity building at the intersection of AI and Bioinformatics across Africa and with diaspora networks. It aims to gather a diverse and interdisciplinary community from both academia and industry, including researchers, experts, practitioners, data engineers, students, learners, policy makers and funders, to enable the cross-pollination of ideas and the co-creation of solutions to drive locally relevant AI innovation in bioinformatics across the continent.
The objectives are to:
- Build a network of African researchers, educators, practitioners, and students working or interested in AI applications to bioinformatics.
- Promote the development and adaptation of AI tools and ensure that advances in AI research translate into solutions tailored to African biological data and health challenges.
- Facilitate capacity building through training, mentorship in AI applications to bioinformatics.
- Advocate for investment and infrastructure, highlighting the importance of data science and bioinformatics for the continent’s development.
- Ensure that African expertise contributes significantly to global advances in AI-driven bioinformatics.