Cohort 1 - Inaugural
The inaugural cohort. AI Saturdays Lagos began as a community study group in Lagos, focused on bridging the gap between curious engineers and the structured AI knowledge most lacked access to. Five teams explored the major deep learning frameworks of the era - PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Theano, and Nervana Neon - and published their findings as articles.
- Duration
- Community-led
- Format
- In-person, Lagos
The inaugural cohort of AI Saturdays Lagos was a community study group focused on the deep learning frameworks of the era. Students were grouped into five teams, each tasked with exploring a major framework and writing an article on what they learned.
Group projects
Group PyTorch
Lead: George Igwegbe. Members: Ezerioha Somtochukwu, Ayodeji Oluwajoba, Chidi, Seun Lawal, Victor O.
Group TensorFlow
Lead: Todun. Members: Ejiro Onose, Tella Babatunde, Ibrahim Gbadegeshin, Juwe C. Raphael, Tunde Osborne.
GitHub repository · Article: May the Tensor Flow with you
Group Theano
Lead: Simon Ubi. Members: Tayo Jabar, Eseme Omole, Lawrence Francis, Kenechi Dukor, Udeme Udofia, Segun Adeleye, Olamiposi Olorunsola, Omoloye Adesina.
Article: Ancestral Intelligence (AI) with Granny Theano
Group Keras
Lead: Olalekan Olapeju. Members: Aderinto Sadiq, Olusegun Komolafe.
Article: “Karessing” Deep Learning with Keras
Group Nervana Neon
Lead: Stanley Obumneme Dukor. Members: Orevaoghene Ahia, Ejike Richard, Adetola Adetunji, Osho Olumuyiwa, Ahmed Olanrewaju, Moses Ayomide.
Article: Nervana Neon, the fastest framework alive
Class recaps
- Cohort 1, Week 2 Recap by Tejumade Afonja and Femi Azeez
- Cohort 1, Week 3 Recap by Tejumade Afonja and Femi Azeez
Why this cohort matters
Cohort 1 set the template for everything that followed. The format - small teams, structured curriculum, public writeups - became the cohort model that AI Saturdays Lagos has run ten times since. Many participants from this inaugural intake have gone on to lead later cohorts as instructors, mentors, and organisers.