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Sylvain Landry Birane FAYE
Full Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar (SENEGAL).
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PhD in social and cultural anthropology from the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, and is specialized in socio-anthropology of health and anthropology of algorithms focusing on the ethics and politics of using AI.
Principal investigator of the research program "Uses of Artificial Intelligence in the Fight against Covid-19: Local adaptability and social acceptability for an ethical and responsible AI (SENEGAL-MALI)" and a five year program ¡°Artificial intelligence and hybrid modeling for early community detection of zoonotic diseases in the context of climate change in Senegal¡±
He provides tangible supporting Ministry of Digital Economy and Telecommunications, particularly in terms of capacity-building, in order to better harness the positive impact of AI, while considering inherent risks.
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