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Announcements

Latest Announcements

Important February 8, 2026

New Research Grant Awarded

DISAL has been awarded a $2M research grant from the National Science Foundation to advance swarm intelligence applications in disaster response systems.

Achievement February 5, 2026

Best Paper Award at ICML 2026

Our team's paper on 'Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Healthcare' received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning.

Opportunity February 1, 2026

PhD Positions Available — Fall 2026

We are hiring 3 PhD students for Fall 2026 intake. Focus areas: Swarm Robotics, Biometric Security, and Public Health AI. Application deadline: March 15, 2026.

News January 28, 2026

New GPU Cluster Now Operational

State-of-the-art GPU cluster with 128 NVIDIA H100 GPUs now operational, significantly enhancing our deep learning research capabilities.

Workshop: Introduction to Swarm Intelligence

Workshops

March 15, 2026

Workshop: Introduction to Swarm Intelligence

DISAL Lab, University of Ghana

Prof. Justice Kwame Appati

50 seats available

A comprehensive hands-on workshop covering the fundamentals of swarm intelligence, bio-inspired algorithms, and their practical applications in robotics and optimisation. Participants will work on real swarm simulation projects.

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Seminar: AI Ethics and Privacy in Healthcare

Seminars

March 22, 2026

Seminar: AI Ethics and Privacy in Healthcare

Virtual Event (Zoom)

Dr. Sarah Jenkins (WHO)

Unlimited seats

An insightful discussion on ethical considerations and privacy challenges in deploying AI systems for healthcare. Covers federated learning, differential privacy, and real-world case studies from West African health systems.

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Conferences

April 5, 2026

Conference: African AI Summit 2026

Accra International Conference Centre

Multiple Speakers

500+ attendees expected

DISAL is co-hosting the 2026 African AI Summit, bringing together researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to discuss AI innovation, challenges, and opportunities across the African continent. Featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, technical workshops, a startup pitch competition, and networking with 500+ AI professionals.

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Workshops

April 18, 2026

Hackathon: Biometric Security Challenge

DISAL Lab & Online

DISAL Research Team

Teams of 2–4

Compete in our biometric security hackathon where teams will develop innovative solutions for privacy-preserving biometric authentication. Winners receive cash prizes (GH₵2,000 / GH₵1,000 / GH₵500), mentorship from DISAL researchers, and top teams are offered internship opportunities.

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