The Biomedical Science Research and Training Center, Yobe State University, in partnership with the office of the Honorary Adviser on Science, Research and Innovation over the weekend, organised a 2024 summer school workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Damaturu.
The workshop covered topics on artificial intelligence, teaching tools, bio-imaging in malaria research, bio-imaging in neuroscience research as well as innovation display and award.
Speaking on the workshop, director BioRTC and Adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni for Science, Research and Innovation, Dr Mahmud Bukar Maina, said the idea behind the workshop is to build local capacity of the state so that people can be able to innovate and do things locally.
Maina added that this year, they have brought an expert that is world recognised to provide people from health, administrative, education and other backgrounds to understand how to use artificial intelligence to advance their work.
“70 percent of the participants are from different local government area of Yobe state, while the remaining 30 percent are across the Nigeria,” he said.