2020-2021 cohort students of AIMS Cameroon yesterday began taking turns before a jury and their peers to present their ongoing end-of-course research projects in Season 3 of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The jury which was composed of the Academic Director Prof. Marco flanked by Development Specialist Daniel Matute Effange and Communicator George Mbella,
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Students Learn Scientific Storytelling and Audience Engagement Techniques
AIMS Cameroon’s Academic Director, Prof. Marco Garuti, and his band of teaching assistants have set the ball rolling on this year’s Science Communication Challenge – the Three Minute Thesis – by organising the traditional Scientific Storytelling and Audience Engagement seminar, to drill the students on how to communicate scientific content to non-technical audiences. The two-part
BHS Kumba Form 5 Students Determine Arithmetic Progression Using Matchsticks
Mathematics teacher ANYAH SAMUEL MEYA is teaching Mathematics differently in Baptist High School Kumba and this has not ceased to amaze his students. With lessons learnt on Class Management and Conception of Lesson Activities during his AIMS TTP training in Limbe, teacher Anya Samuel taught the Lesson “The Nth Term of an Arithmetic Progression” differently
80 Candidates Contest Tomorrow in AIMS TTP’s Pioneer National Olympiads
The AIMS TTP National Olympiads has been set for tomorrow Saturday May 15th 2021. 80 lead candidates from the Regional Olympiads of all ten regions of Cameroon, representing the English and French sub-systems of education, will contest. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Teacher Training Program (AIMS TTP) Cameroon, recently organized Regional Olympiads with equal
AIMS TTP Trains 33 Pre-Service Teachers in ENS Bertoua
The AIMS Teacher Training Program (AIMS TTP) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation and the Government of Cameroon yesterday May 12th began training 33 pre-service teachers of Levels 2 and 4 in the Higher Teacher Training College (ENS) Bertoua, East Region. The workshop was officially opened by the Head of the Mathematics Department, representing the Director
Prof. Olivier Menoukeu Pamen Introduces Students to Stochastic Analysis
Prominent on campus in Limbe this week, the course aims at giving the students a basic foundation on Stochastic Analysis. Visiting lecturer Prof. Olivier Pamen is introducing the students to stochastic analysis with emphasis on Brownian motion, Itos integral, Itos formula and applications as well as stochastic differential equation. The theoretical results are illustrated with
AIMS TTP Trains 50 Mathematics Teachers in Maroua
Clouds of happiness, satisfaction and gratitude enveloped the campus of the Lycée Classique et Moderne in Maroua, Far North Region on May 8th as 50 in-service Mathematics teachers from the Mayo-Kani Division received Geometric kits from AIMS Teacher Training Program at the end of the five-day AIMS TTP workshop. The batch was made up of
Climatic Data Analyst FRANCIS TORGBOR Introduces Students To Climatic Statistics
Climate Science students of AIMS Cameroon have entered the last block of courses before they take on their research projects. Arriving early this week, Climatic Data Analyst and AIMS Ghana Alumnus Francis Torgbor introduced the students to Statistical Climatology and its use in areas such as agriculture, health, industry, education. Torgbor explained that many shocks
AIMS Cameroon Alumnus Dr. JEAN-RASSAIRE FOUEFACK Obtains Joint PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Signal Processing
Dr. Jean-Rassaire Fouefack, AIMS-Cameroon alumnus of the 2014-2015 batch, has successfully earned a joint PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Signal processing from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and IMT Atlantque (France); a milestone achieved in 3 years. The topic of his thesis was “Towards a Framework for multiclass Statistical Modelling of Shape, Intensity
Rockefeller Lectures Students On Climate-related Data
AIMS Cameroon’s Climate Stream students last week received lectures during a Workshop facilitated by visiting South Africa-based Teaching Assistant Rockefeller on deep learning techniques for Climate-related data. “Data-driven discovery is currently revolutionizing how we model, predict, and control complex systems like the climate around us. Increasingly, researchers are turning to data-driven approaches for a diverse