National ICT Research Capacity and Priorities for Cooperation with EU
Senegal has six public institutions of higher education
- Université Cheikh Anta de Dakar
- Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis
- Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès
The main research laboratories in Senegal are located in two universities: Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Laboratoire d'Imagerie Médicale et de Bio-informatique, Laboratoire d'Informatique, Réseaux et Télécommunications (LIRT), Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information (LTI), Mathématiques de la Décision et d'Analyse numérique, Equipe de Cryptologie, Equipe de Codage and Equipe Réseaux, Services et Télécommunications) and Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Laboratoire d'Analyse Numérique et d'Informatique (LANI), Laboratoire d'Électronique, Informatique, Télécommunications et Énergies Renouvelables (LEITER))
Senegal is currently commencing the development of a Science, Technology and Innovation Plan with the assistance of UNESCO. At present there are no formal national ICT research priorities defined. However, there are initiatives initiated by researchers. Among them, include the National Symposium on Research in Computer Science and its Applications (NCRI). NCRI is a framework for meetings between scientists and researchers from around the world.
The primary objective of the NCRI is to provide opportunity to the IT community (researchers, teachers and industry) with an interest in the areas of networking and computer services, applications and distributed systems, telecommunication networks, Semantic Web, to meet annually to exchange and publish the latest results of their work. NCRI 2012 is seeking papers that deal with all matters relating to the development of communication protocols, networks and services:
- Networks and Distributed Systems
- Multi-agent systems and complex systems
- Management of large-scale data
- Knowledge extraction, data mining, Web mining
- Semantic Web, Web data, Web 2.0, Web 3.0
- Image Processing
During the IST-Africa FP7 Training Workshop in Dakar in November 2010, a consultation was undertaken with the research community and the following mapping of expertise was identified:
| Challenges | Universities with expertise |
| Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures | Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Sensors), Université Gaston Berger (Networking), Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (Trustworthy ICT, Networked Media and search systems) |
| Challenge 2: Cognitive Systems and Robotics | Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Robotics) |
| Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components & Systems | Photonics |
| Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages | Université Gaston Berger (Language Technologies, Semantic Web, Intelligent Technology), Université de Bambey & Universite de Ziguinchor (Information Management) |
| Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance | Université Gaston Berger (Mathematical models for eHealth). Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Image processing - eHealth) |
| Challenge 6: ICT for Mobility, Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency | Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Water Management and Sensors), Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (Water Management), Ecole Superieure Polytechnique de Dakar-UCAD (Energy efficient design & solar energy) |
| Challenge 8: ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources | Université Cheikh Anta Diop (TEL & Digitisation), Université Gaston Berger (Digital processing & Digitisation), Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (Cultural resources), Ecole Superieure Polytechnique de Dakar-UCAD (TEL) |
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