Kick-off Meeting
The kickoff meeting for EmbeddedAI was successfully held on the 15th - 17th February 2023. The meeting was attended by all key stakeholders, including projecct mangers, team leaders and technical experts.
Embedded Systems Training at University of Siegen

The training is planned for 5 days from 10th July -14th July 2023. The training conducted at USI will merge two important events: Training and Workshop in Germany (Embedded Systems) and Training and workshop in Austria (Artificial Intelligence).

This task will conduct training and workshops for the teaching staff of the partner universities to obtain the knowledge required for developing embedded systems. This work package dubs the theme of its training Embedded Systems, corresponding to the focus of the training. The tasks expect an outcome where the partner needs are fulfilled by aligning the training to each partner institution's application domain/focal field. The hands-on aspect of the training and workshop is planned to last three days. The training's hands-on part will be carried out by Siegen (USI). This workshop will also include traning on Artificial Intelligence, which includes the application of Aritificial Intellegince models on FPGAs.

In addition to the teaching staff of the partner institutions, project students from the program institution (USI) will also be involved in the training by demonstrating several applications and concepts in the embedded systems field. This task aims at 40 participants.
NITDA TO PARTNER WITH CITE!
Professor Bourdillon Omijeh, the director of the Centre for Information and Telecommunication Engineering and National Coordinator of EmbeddedAI project, paid a courtesy visit on behalf of Professor Owunari Georgewill, the vice chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, to appreciate and thank the DG, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa(CCIE) for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) - LAB recently donated to the University by the Agency. The Meeting, held on July 20, 2023, at the head office of NITDA, Area11, Abuja, was inspiring and innovative as strategic plans for further partnerships on Embedded AI to drive entrepreneurship and the digital economy were discussed successfully. By this meeting, NITDA is ready to partner With the University of Port Harcourt on the Proposed European Union Masters programme in Embedded AI through her national Centre for AI and Robotics at FCT, Abuja. Big Congratulations to the VC & Director, CITE.
Equipment Tendering !
Nigerian Universities opens equipment tender for Embedded AI Project, inviting bids for supplying equipments for the laboratory. See newspaper cutting for details on submission and key requirements.

Training on teaching methodologies and documentation @UPH - 16.01.2024

Teaching Methodologies and Documentation Training will be conducted at UPH in a hybrid mode. The training is planned for 3 days from 22nd January -24th January 2024. This task will conduct training and workshops for the teaching staff of the partner universities on enhancing the knowledge in the teaching methods and didactics.