Don't miss the fourth industrial revolution
The IDTDS Center brings together lecturers, PhD students and engineers in Abidjan. They work on artificial intelligence, data science and the digital transformation of African organizations.
The center at a glance
- 2020
- Registration file submitted to the Ministry of the Interior and Security
- 2022
- Published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, no. 97
- IndabaX
- Côte d'Ivoire's machine learning gathering, launched in 2021, fifth edition in December 2026
- 11 experts
- PhD holders and engineers on the scientific committee and technical team
What the center does
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Scientific events
The center runs seminars, conferences and debates on AI and data, in Côte d'Ivoire and with partners across the region. It has hosted IndabaX Côte d'Ivoire since its launch in 2021.
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Research and doctoral supervision
Its members supervise PhD theses on automatic speech recognition, graph neural networks, road traffic modelling, AI for agriculture and the reliability of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
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Professional training
The center designs training in artificial intelligence and data analysis for public bodies, companies and students, from first introductions to hands-on work with real cases.
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Studies and recommendations
It writes reports on the state of digital transformation and AI in Africa, with recommendations to remove the obstacles observed on the ground.
IndabaX Côte d'Ivoire 2026
The fifth edition will bring researchers, students and machine learning practitioners together for two days of talks, workshops and research presentations. See past editions
8-9 December
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan
A multidisciplinary team
The scientific committee includes specialists in artificial intelligence, statistics, software engineering, imaging and cybersecurity from several Ivorian universities and from abroad. They work alongside the engineers who are members of the center.
A project, a training request, a partnership?
Write to the center with your organization and what you need. A board member will reply.