Jude Kong

@dzevela.bsky.social

Mathematician | Canada Research Chair | AI, Data Science, Mathematial Modeling, and Math Education Expert | Professor at @UofT | Director of ACADIC | Director of AI4PEP | Director of AIMMLab

Proud of our 2026 Fields FUSRP team! 🎓🌍 Kevin, Sara, Antong & Maximiliano did an amazing job presenting their PINNs work on epidemic modelling. Loved their collaboration! 👏 Safe travels home—we’ll miss you! Grateful to the Fields Institute for this UofT-York Collab

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Great hosting Prof. Vukosi Marivate (Director, African Institute for Data Science and AI, University of Pretoria) at our AI and Mathematical Modelling Lab today. Exciting steps toward a UofT–AIDSAI collaboration on AI and Global Health Security. Thanks for the visit, Prof! 🙌

Day 4 at the AI for Good Summit! Today was a special one — our AI for Global Majority session, where I had the privilege of speaking on Inclusive AI Governance and Capacity Building for Public Health.

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Day 3 of the AI for Good Global Summit! Another inspiring day filled with meaningful conversations, reconnecting with friends and colleagues from around the world, and exploring exciting new collaborations with many new connections.

With the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) community, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office colleagues at the AI for Good Summit! Great catching up and meeting other AI4D colleagues.

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Day 2 at #AIForGood! Honoured to join the AI in Education, Research & Skills Development Roundtable with leaders from academia, industry & global organizations. Great sessions, great colleagues, great energy.

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Great start to #AIForGood in Geneva with an inspiring fireside chat at the Canadian Embassy featuring leading voices shaping the future of AI. Looking forward to the week ahead: 🎓 7 July: AI Education & Skills Roundtable 🌐 9 July: Inclusive AI Governance & Public Health session

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Excited to be at #AIForGood in Geneva this week! 📍Visit us at the AI for Global Majority booth 🎓 7 July: AI in Education, Research & Skills Development Roundtable 🌍 9 July: Presenting our work on Inclusive AI Governance & Capacity Building for Public Health

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🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day from Joseph, Sophia, and me! A very special Canada Day this year—it's Joseph's very first. ❤️ Today, we're celebrating this beautiful country we are proud to call home, its diversity, its people, and the opportunities it offers. Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦❤️

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Spoke at the Physiology & Black Health: Representation and Finding Your Pathway Symposium at U of T. Shared my journey From a Village in Cameroon to Global Health Innovation and how representation, equity, and community‑rooted science shaped my path.

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Honoured to host Dr. Ng from PHAC for an engaging session on Canada’s evolving mosquito landscape, Aedes albopictus & Aedes aegypti, and the Tiger Mosquito Citizen Science study. Exciting collaborations ahead on AI‑enabled mosquito surveillance and modelling. Thank you, Vicky!

An inspiring week at the Africa HealthTech Summit Canada. I had the privilege of organizing two sessions: 🔹 Agentic AI & Point-of-Need Intelligence for Connected Care Systems 🔹 The public launch of the Black Canadian AI Society (BCAIS)

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🚨 Today at the AHTS, join us as we launch Black Canadian AI Society! to the world! 🇨🇦🤖 We'll cover: ✅ Membership ✅ Research Partnerships ✅ AI Certification ✅ Talent Development ✅ The upcoming JBAIS Summit Become a founding member — let's build this together! 🙌🏾

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Thank you to the Rotary Club of Toronto for the opportunity to share our work on Community AI, polio surveillance, pandemic preparedness, and Responsible, Explainable & Local AI (REL-AI).

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Excited for tomorrow's #AHTSCanada session: Agentic AI & Point-of-Need Intelligence: Reimagining Connected Care Systems Interested in AI, diagnostics, connected care, digital health, health innovation, or Canada–Africa partnerships? Join us!

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Looking forward to my keynote this evening at The Rotary Club of Toronto on “AI, Polio, and Global Health Security: Building a Safer World Through Community-Driven Innovation.” Thank you, Rotary, for helping bring the world to the brink of polio eradication.

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Excited to be speaking to the Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (CEZD) on: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Animal Disease Surveillance..

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Merci, députée @A_Larouche_Shef, de soutenir nos innovations en suivi IA des moustiques et surveillance de la qualité de l'air! 🦟 🌍 Votre appui est précieux alors que nous déployons ces solutions au Canada. Impatients de collaborer!

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Wonderful to reconnect with Senator @colindeacon.bsky.social and share the AI‑powered Mosquito Tracker we first discussed at Science Meets Parliament. His advocacy for science, innovation, and young Canadian researchers continues to inspire. Grateful for his leadership and support.

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Showcasing our AI Mosquito Tracker and AI Air Monitoring System to the Secretary of State (International Development), Hon. @randeepssarai at the Global Health Security: A Parliamentary Science Fair. 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇

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I can’t stop smiling each time I’m around Hon. Rob Oliphant! His support for our AI innovation, student capacity‑building, and Canada–Africa collaboration means more than words can say. Thank you for always showing up for communities in Canada and around the world. 🇨🇦🌍

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Thank you Hon. Mike Lake for visiting our showcase table at the Made-in-Canada Solutions for Global Health Security: Parliamentary Science Fair and for the engaging conversation on our AI Mosquito Tracker & AI Air Quality Monitoring systems.

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Made-in-Canada Solutions for Global Health Security: A Parliamentary Science Fair 🇨🇦 ! This picture was taken just after we completed setting up our AI Mosquito Tracker and AI Air Monitoring System for demonstrations to parliamentarians and senators!

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🇨🇦 Showcased Made-in-Canada AI innovations for global health security at the Parliamentary Science Fair in Ottawa yesterday. Every Senator & MP in the room impressed me! asked: "What can we do to help?" and scheduled follow-ups. That's not just words; that's leadership. So proud

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📢Our new paper is out! Physics-informed spatiotemporal analysis of methane in oil sands regions 🔹 PINNs + satellite + ground data 🔹 Captures extreme emissions 🔹 Physically consistent + robust Pushing toward reliable, real-world CH₄ monitoring. Thanks to @NSERC_CRSNG

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Just delivered a keynote address on “Reimagining the Management of Zoonotic Diseases: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Disease Surveillance in Africa” at the Africa Digital One Health Webinar. Thank you to AI4PEP Nigeria for organizing such a great event

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Just gave a talk with the Black Physicians of Canada Mentorship Program on Reimagining Medicine with AI: HPI, Diagnostics, and Future of the Physician's Role AI will not replace physicians, but physicians who use AI will replace those who do not.

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Grateful to the Global Cooperation Caucus for the opportunity to present our AI solutions for strengthening health systems across 23 countries, including Canada, and advancing global/glocal health security.

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Honoured to keynote yesterday’s Nigeria Medical Association / Doctors Medical Aid Foundation / AI4SID webinar on AI in Clinical Practice & Health Systems. We discussed diagnostics, decision support, triage, workflow efficiency, surveillance.

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