Monday March 31 – Introduction

9:00-10:00: Workshop Opening and Schedule

Dr. Levis Eneya, Secretary of Higher Education, Minister of Higher Education

Associate Prof. Chomora Mikeka, Director for Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), MoE, Government of Malawi

Dr Sunduzwayo Madise (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Malawi)

Associate Prof. J.S.P Mlatho, Head of Physics Department, University of Malawi

Dr. Marco Zennaro, ICTP

Welcome Malawi Workshop.pdf

10:00-11:00: Introduction to AI/Machine Learning (John Shawe-Taylor)

1-IRCAItinyml-IntroAI-JohnSTv2.pdf

11:00-11:15: Break

11:15-12:15: Introduction to Embedded ML (Marcelo Rovai)

TinyML_Introduction.pdf

12:15-13:15: Lunch Break

13:15-15:30: LAB #1:

Introduction to Arduino for Nicla Vision/Arduino IDE (David Cuartielles)

ICTP Malawi 2025_final.pdf

Getting Started with Nicla Vision

15:30-16:00: Break

16:00-17:00: RAIDO AI pilots (agri, health, energy, robotics) (Joao Pita Costa)

2-IRCAItinyML-RAIDO-Joao.pdf

17:00-18:00: Collaborative projects (Thomas Basikolo)

tinyML-collaborative-projects-UNIMA-Thomas.pdf

Tuesday April 1 – Video

9:00-10:00: Computer Vision in TinyML (Marcelo Rovai)

DL-Recap-extra.pdf

Intro_Convolutions.pdf

10:00-10:30: Computer Vision - Applications & Edge Impulse Intro (Marcelo Rovai)

CV_Applications.pdf

https://labs.arduino.cc/en/labs/web-serial-camera

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-11:45: AI for SDGs (Joao Pita Costa)

3-IRCAItinyML-AI4SDGs-Joao.pdf

12:45-13:45: Lunch Break

13:45-15:45: LAB #2 (Egg/Fruits Counting) - (Marco Zennaro / Marcelo Rovai)

Vision examples with Arduino Nicla

Object detection

15:45-16:00: Break