The theme of the summit was “Akili Unde Katika Siasa na Demokrasia”, which emphasized the need for responsible AI and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence(AI) in political and democratic processes ...
This conference focused on the intersection of AI and climate science. The symposium brought together researchers, data scientists, climate modelers, and technologists all working toward ...
Life often offers uncertainties and unpredicted events that shape our character physically, socially, spiritually, and career wise. One such transformational moment has been my career journey at DSAIL filled with captivating events ...
Fish farming, also known as aquaculture, plays an important role in supplying a steady and nutritious source of protein to populations all over the world. However, in the face of technological ...
Navigating scholarship applications can indeed be challenging, riddled with setbacks and rejections. Many are tempted to give up, but with unwavering determination, patience, and persistence...
Conservation experts, climate scientists and organizations tasked with conservation are in consensus that it is high-time we start taking conservation seriously. Climate change and destruction of catchment zones are real phenomena and the Global South including Kenya are ...
Electric fences are used to create Protected Areas (PAs) to help preserve biodiversity, provide habitat to wildlife, and reduce Human Wildlife Conflicts (HWCs). Electric fences are prone to faults...
Bats are fascinating and unique creatures that are often misunderstood. In this part of the world, they are sometimes termed creepy and diabolic! They are often associated with dark powers...
At DSAIL, we have developed an NVIDIA Jetson Nano based system that is capable of processing real-time webcam video input...
Our aim was to collect stereoscopic images of randomly sampled trees which we would use to build a system that employs scientific methods to estimate the biomass of a tree...
The DSAIL team presented the DSAIL-Porini dataset, the cutting-edge software and hardware used to collect images, and the preliminary software used to automate the data annotation process...
The DSAIL Research Day is when research interns and undergraduate research assistants at the Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAIL) gather to share with each other ...
TDR is a method of fault detection and localisation in electric cables. TDR involves sending a fast-rising pulse down a cable and sampling it at the input. The sampled signal is then analysed...
A Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) is a device that is used to locate faults in electric cables. It is based on the principle of reflection of electric ...
This blog combines some of these concepts to explain reflection of electric signals. An electric signal travelling down an electric cable gets reflected wholly or partially when it encounters ...
The DSAIL Bioacoustics System is a Raspberry Pi based acoustic sensor that was developed at DSAIL. The system was developed with the aim to collect acoustic data of birds and also perform automatic classification of birds ...
When designing a Raspberry Pi system to deploy in the field, the problem of powering the system needs to be handled carefully...
Bioacoustics monitoring of ecosystems provides a potential remedy to the hurdles faced when using surveys to monitor ecosystems. Most animals, like human beings, use sound as one of their means of ...
The following are brief steps on how to setup / launch an InfluxDB Virtual Machine on GCP (Google Cloud Platform), install python 3.7 on it and run a pythonscript that queries the data from an IoT network server like ...
Etching is a subtractive method used for the production of etched circuit boards: acid is used to remove unwanted copper from a prefabricated laminate...
The Upper Ewaso Nyiro (Ngare Ngiro) is one of the major rivers in Kenya. For a millennium, it has been a lifeline for farmers and pastoralists in Kenya...