Faculty Dialogue: CMU-Africa - Developing African Solutions to Global Problems
January 28, 2025
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Virtual
For more than a decade, Carnegie Mellon University Africa has trained creative and technically-strong engineers in fields like artificial intelligence, digital health interventions and cognitive robotics. By framing their research through the lens of their continent’s societal norms and cultural considerations, the faculty and students at CMU-Africa are developing solutions to global problems in a uniquely African way.
Join a panel of CMU-Africa faculty for a discussion about this groundbreaking research.
- Conrad Tucker, Director, CMU-Africa; Associate Dean for International Affairs-Africa; Trustee Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Moise Busogi, Assistant Teaching Professor, CMU-Africa
- Edith Luhanga, Assistant Research Professor, CMU-Africa
- David Vernon, Research Professor, CMU-Africa
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