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Ocular Resources: Publications, News, and Blog Features
Explore a collection of Ocular's latest publications, news mentions, and blog features to stay updated on our advancements and insights in AI-powered diagnostics.
Words that Count
Meet Rose, a distinguished Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher whose work is at the forefront of technological innovation in healthcare. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Computer Vision and Machine Learning, specifically focusing on applying these cutting-edge technologies for automated microscopic diagnosis and spatial modeling of diseases in low-resourced countries;
Lacuna Fund
Lacuna Fund is a coalition of funders, data scientists, and data users including The Rockefeller Foundation, Google.org, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Wellcome, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, committed to filling data gaps and making machine learning and AI more equitable, accurate, and accessible worldwide.
Straight Talk Africa
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Vincent Makori explores how Artificial Intelligence is evolving in Africa and discusses with his guests whether it can fuel economic growth. He is joined by VOA Africa technology reporter Paul Ndiho, Dr. Rose Nakasi, lecturer at Makerere University, head of Makerere AI Health Lab and fellow at Google AI for Global Goals and by Ambassador Philip Thigo Special Envoy on Technology for Kenya.
Welt-sichten
The research project, which recently received $1.5 million in funding from Google, is led by computer scientist Rose Nakasi, who specializes in AI. She is demonstrating the technology in a clinic in Kampala: the camera of a smartphone is connected to a microscope via an adapter, the AI analyzes the image of the blood smear, and the result is available within a few minutes.
UBC Television Uganda
Makerere university College of Computing and Information Sciences has won 1.5 million USD, approximately 55.5 billion Uganda shillings from Google, to further research on automated screening of diseases using artificial intelligence. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry of ICT and National Guidance Aminah Zawedde launched the project at Makerere University and emphasized the need to harness technology to better the wellbeing of society.
Makerere News
Makerere University under its Artificial Intelligence Lab has received a grant funding worth US$1,500,000 from Google to support its Ocular project that is undertaking research on usage of Artificial Intelligence to enhance the diagnosis process of Malaria, Tuberculosis and Cervical Cancer in Uganda. This grant is in addition to what Makerere University received from Google’s philanthropic arm in 2019 for development of AirQo, an air monitoring project that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and low-cost technologies to generate and quantify data on air pollution in the designated areas in Uganda.