All events WiML Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 | Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia December 8, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM The 21st Workshop for Women in Machine Learning (WiML) will be co-located with NeurIPS 2026 in Sydney, Australia, with additional workshop locations in Atlanta and Paris. The workshop brings together members of the machine learning community to share ideas, present research, and connect with one another. Main Workshop Time: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM Breakfast starts at approximately 8:00 AM. Main Workshop Venue Grand Ballroom B1 (1160 theatre) Poster Session Time: 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Poster Session Venue TBD Poster Session Capacity 350 Papers Accepted 227 Additional information can be found here: WiML Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 Previous Next

 4th Women in Machine Learning Un-Workshop, ICML 2023 4th Women in Machine Learning Un-Workshop, ICML 2023 The 4th WiML Un-Workshop is co-located with ICML on Friday, July 28th, 2023. Speakers Logistics Program Call for Participation Committee FAQ Machine learning is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science research. Search engines, text mining, social media analytics, face recognition, DNA sequence analysis, speech and handwriting recognition, healthcare analytics are just some of the applications in which machine learning is routinely used. In spite of the wide reach of machine learning and the variety of theory and applications, it covers, the percentage of female researchers is lower than in many other areas of computer science. Most women working in machine learning rarely get the chance to interact with other female researchers, making it easy to feel isolated and hard to find role models. The annual Women in Machine Learning Un-Workshop is the flagship event in un-conference style of Women in Machine Learning , primarily intended to foster active participant engagement in the program. This technical workshop gives female faculty, research scientists, and graduate students in the machine learning community an opportunity to meet, network and exchange ideas, participate in career-focused panel discussions with senior women in industry and academia and learn from each other. Underrepresented minorities and undergraduates interested in machine learning research are encouraged to attend. We welcome all genders; however, any formal presentations, i.e. talks and posters, are given by women. We strive to create an atmosphere in which participants feel comfortable to engage in technical and career-related conversations. Now in its 4th year, the 2023 un-workshop is co-located with IC ML . Besides this annual un-workshop, Women in Machine Learning also organizes annual workshop at NeurIPS, events such as lunch or social at the AISTATS or AAAI conferences, maintains a public directory of women active in ML, profiles the research of women in ML, and maintains a list of resources for women working in ML. All participants are required to abide by the WiML Code of Conduct . I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Invited Speakers Rihab Gorsane Jennifer Doudna Joelle Pineau Location This workshop will be in-person only, co-located with ICML at the Hawaii Convention Centre , Honolulu. Type of registration required to attend Any type of in-person registration (tutorial / workshop / conference / all) grants you in-person access to the un-workshop. PROGRAM PANELISTS BREAKOUT SESSIONS COFFEE MEET & MINGLE SOCIAL The program follows the following color scheme: talks , breakout sessions , program breaks , sponsor round table , and panel discussion . The schedule is in local time zone (HST) . The program book is available at Program Book 2023 . 09:15 - 09.30 [Introduction & Opening Remarks - Priyadarshini Kumari (Sony AI) and Giulia Luise (Microsoft) - Hall 316C ] 09:30 - 10.00 [Invited Talk - Joelle Pineau (Meta AI and McGill University, Canada)] A culture of open and reproducible research in the era of large AI generative models - Hall 316C ] We have seen in the last year an incredible pace of progress in large AI models, with increasing abilities to generate high-quality images, videos, text, sound, and more. The best of these models display signs of creativity, reasoning, generalization, and plasticity beyond what we could imagine just a few years ago. Yet many challenges and open questions remain, both on the technological aspects and the societal impact of these models. Further progress, especially in mitigating the social risks of these models, is hampered by a lack of transparency and reproducibility. In this talk, Joelle will describe ongoing efforts to increase best practices towards the responsible training and deployment of AI research systems, drawing on her experience with the ML reproducibility program and the recent release of several state-of-the-art large models. 10.00 - 10.30 [Coffee Break and Networking] 10:30 - 11.00 [Invited Talk - Jennifer Doudna (UC Berkeley, USA)] Science and Snorkeling: My Journey with CRISPR - Hall - 316C ] In this talk, Jennifer will discuss her professional and personal journey working on CRISPR technology, from its genesis to its applications today, and focus on ethical challenges that mirror challenges with AI/ML. 11:00 - 12:00 [ Breakout session #2 (Three parallel sessions)] 1. 1) Leveraging Large Scale Models for Identifying and Fixing Deep Neural Networks Biases . [Hall 316C] Leader: Polina Kirichenko, Co-leads: Reyhane Askari Hemmat, Megan Richards. Facilitators: Vitória Barin Pacela , Mohammad Pezeshki 1. 2) The Role of Mentorship and Building Long-term Professional Relationships. [Hall 326A] Leader: Arushi Jain. Co-leads: Sangnie Bhardwaj Facilitators: Motahareh Sohrabi , Padideh Nouri 1. 3) Robustness in Machine Learning. [Hall 326B] Leader: Yao Qin. Co-lead: Qi Lei Facilitators: Christina Baek 12:00 - 13:30 [ Lunch and Sponsor Round Table Hall 316C ] Round Table A: Apple -- Finding Mentors and Being a Mentor Rishika Agarwal ( Engineer) Ivy Zhang (Engineer) Round Table B: D. E. Shaw Research -- Machine Learning at D. E. Shaw Research Jocelyn Sunseri (Machine Learning Research Engineer) Round Table C: Google DeepMind -- Keeping Up With the Pace of Change in Industry Kate Baumli (Research Engineer) Kavya Kopparupu (Research Engineer) Round Table D: Google Research -- Life and Work at Google Alicia Parrish (Research Scientist, Responsible AI) Round Table E: Microsoft -- Exploring Pathways: Career Opportunities, Growth, and Work-Life Balance at Microsoft Research Lili Wu (Data and Applied Scientist, Microsoft Research) Cyril Zhang (Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research) Round Table F: Two Sigma -- Your Next Big ML Move: Innovation in Finance Brittany Clarke (Diversity Recruiting Program Manager) Alyssa Lees (Engineering Manager, News Engineering: a NLP Technology Team) 13:30 - 14:00 [Invited Talk - Rihab Gorsane (Instadeep, Tunisia)] My journey at an African AI startup - Hall 316C ] In the talk, Rihab will share her personal journey as a mid-career woman coming from Africa in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and highlight the remarkable experiences she has gained working at an African AI startup. With a focus on both technical accomplishments and driving forces that have propelled her forward, I aim to inspire the audience while providing valuable insights into her professional growth - particularly to women who aspire to build their careers in AI. 14:00 - 15:00 [ Breakout session #3 (Three parallel sessions)] 2. 1) Key Challenges for Applicable Reinforcement Learning . [Hall 316C] Leader: Fengdi Che. Co-leads: Arushi Jain Facilitators: Yueying Tian 2. 2) Data Diversity and Downstream Impact. [Hall 326B] Leader: Judy Shen. Co-lead: Paula Gradu Facilitators: Kristina Ulicna 2. 3) Deploying Research and Making Real-world Impact [Hall 326A] Leader: Fei Fang. Co-leads: Diyi Yang Facilitators: Bingbin Liu 15.00 - 15.30 [ Coffee Break and Networking] 15:30 - 16:30 [ Panel Discussion: Fostering Women's Leadership in the Realm of Emerging Trends and Technologies - Hall 316C ] Panelists: Joelle Pineau (Meta, McGill University), Pascale Fung (HKUST), Yao Qin (UC Santa Barbara, Google Research), Rihab Gorsane (Instadeep) Moderator: Natasa Tagasovska (Prescient Design, Genentech) The panel session will comprise 45 minutes of moderated discussion and a 15-minute Q&A with the audience. The session aims to bring together two significant themes: advancing women's leadership in AI and the future of machine learning with its emerging trends and technologies. The discussion will focus on empowering women in AI leadership positions to navigate these emerging trends effectively and reshape the landscape of AI. 16:30 - 16:45 [President Remarks: Sarah Tan (Cambia Health, Cornell University) - Hall 316C ] Joelle Pineau Joelle Pineau is the Vice President of AI Research at Meta, supporting labs across North America and Europe. She is also a faculty member at Mila and a Professor and William Dawson Scholar at the School of Computer Science at McGill University, where she co-directs the Reasoning and Learning Lab. She holds a BASc in Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and an MSc and PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Pineau's research focuses on developing new models and algorithms for planning and learning in complex partially-observable domains, and on applying these algorithms to complex problems in robotics, health care, games and conversational agents. Learn more about her work at: https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~jpineau/ Pascale Fung Pascale Fung is a Chair Professor at the Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), and a visiting professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. She is an elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) for her "significant contributions to the field of conversational AI and to the development of ethical AI principles and algorithms", an elected Fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) for her significant contributions towards statistical NLP, comparable corpora, and building intelligent systems that can understand and empathize with humans. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), an elected Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association and the Director of HKUST Centre for AI Research (CAiRE), an interdisciplinary research centre on top of all four schools at HKUST. Learn more about her work at: https://pascale.home.ece.ust.hk/ Yao Qin Yao Qin is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, affiliated with the Department of Computer Science. She is also a senior research scientist at Google Research. She obtained her PhD degree at UC San Diego in Computer Science in 2020 and worked at Google Research afterwards. Her research interests primarily focus on robustness in multi-modality models, fairness in generative modeling and AI for healthcare, particularly for diabetes. She has served as Area Chair for ICLR-2023 and ICCV-2023 and co-local Chair for KDD-2023. In addition, she has been recognized as EECS Rising Star at MIT, 2021. Learn more about her at: https://www.ece.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/yao-qin Rihab Gorsane Rihab Gorsane is a Research Engineer and a team lead at InstaDeep. She is currently working on Reinforcement Learning based projects for industrial applications where she is helping to automate the scheduling, routing, and dispatching of trains at a large scale for a national rail operator. Rihab is also involved in research projects within the company focusing on Multi-Agent RL evaluation. She is passionate about AI skills development in Africa, is a Google developer expert in Machine Learning, and has taught DL/RL courses at Tunisian universities. Nataša Tagasovska (moderator) Nataša is a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Prescient Design, Genentech since January 2022 where she joined the effort of applying ML to accelerate drug design. Her research interests are related to causal learning, generative models and multi-property optimization. Before she was a Senior Data Scientist at the SDSC at EPFL-ETHZ where she worked on translational projects applying ML to domain-specific and social science research efforts. She holds a PhD in Statistics from University of Lausanne and a BS and MSC in Computer Science and Engineering. During her studies she interend at Facebook (Meta) AI Research and NATO. During the day of the WiML Un-Workshop @ ICML 2023 there will be three different Breakout Sessions slots! We list the sessions, topics, leaders, and facilitators. Breakout Session #1 (11.00 - 12.00 HST) Leveraging Large Scale Models for Identifying and Fixing Deep Neural Networks Biases [Hall 316C] Leader: Polina Kirichenko Co-leads: Reyhane Askari Hemmat, Megann Richards Facilitators: Vitória Barin Pacela , Mohammad Pezeshki The Role of Mentorship and Building Long-term Professional Relationships [Hall 326A] Leader: Arushi Jain Co-leader: Sangnie Bhardwaj Facilitators: Motahareh Sohrabi, Padideh Nouri Robustness in Machine Learning [Hall 326B] Leader: Yao Qin. Co-leads: Qi Lei Facilitator: Christina Baek Breakout Session #2 (14.00 - 15.00 HST) Key Challenges for Applicable Reinforcement Learning [Hall 316C] Leader: Fengdi Che Co-leader: Arushi Jain Facilitators: Yueying Tian Deploying Research and Making Real-world Impact [Hall 326A] Leader: Fei Fang Co-leads: Diyi Yang Facilitator: Bingbin Liu Data Diversity and Downstream impact [Hall 326B] Leader: Judy Shen Co-leads: Paula Gradu Facilitator: Kristina Ulicna During the workshop program, there are two "program breaks" listed in the agenda : one in the morning (10:00 - 10:30 HST), and one in the afternoon (15:00 - 15:30 HST). These program breaks as an excellent opportunity to facilitate optional community-building activities for workshop attendees. We chose the coffee break activities inspired by the following principles: Optional participation . For both coffee breaks, participation will be encouraged, but is optional. Attendees who wish to simply "take a break" can stay in the room and not participate in the activities. We also have organized activities where participants can organically "walk away" and engage in other conversations at any time. Ease . We also hope to facilitate as low of a barrier to participation as possible, by reducing logistical barriers whenever possible (i.e. holding activities in the same room as the next talk). Inclusivity . We understand that WiML attendees are in significantly different places in their career. We've attempted to design all activities so that all attendees can participate, regardless of their seniority or experience working in ML. We hope the activities can facilitate new connections. Morning Coffee Break: Ask Me About (AMA)... Location: Main Room, 316C TL;DR: Learn from & with your fellow WiML attendees by completing an "Ask Me Anything" name tag at the registration desk! No matter where you are in your career, you never know how your experiences may be helpful to another attendee. Afternoon Coffee Break: Bingo Location: Main Room, 316C TL;DR: Make new friends & connections during our WiML "bingo" icebreaker game! We'll have prizes for the first attendees to finish their cards. Please join us for a reception hosted by the Women in Machine Learning (WiML) organization. The reception will take place before the WiML 2023 Un-Workshop on Thursday, July 27th, from 6 pm - 9 pm HST at Hawaiian Brian's , down the street from the Hawaii Convention Center. Dinner and drink tickets will be provided . Important notes: Registration for this reception is separate from registration for the workshop. To attend the reception, please register here . Due to extremely limited capacity, we ask that you only register if you are committed to attending. Registration is free. Do register early, as we may reach capacity soon. All participants are required to abide by the [WiML Code of Conduct] . 18:25-18:30 (5 minutes) Intro by Arianna Bunnell 18:35-18:50 (15 minutes) Remarks by Frankie Zhu (Assitant Professor at University of Hawaii) 18:50-18:55 (5 minutes) Remarks by Sarah Tan (WiML President, Cambia Health, Cornell University ) Call for Participation WiML 4th Un-Workshop @ ICML 2023 [submissions are now closed ] The Women in Machine Learning will be organizing the fourth un-workshop at ICML 2023. The un-workshop is based on the concept of an un-conference , a form of discussion on a pre-selected topic that is primarily driven by participants. Different from the traditional workshop format, the un-workshop ’s main focus is topical breakout sessions with short invited talks and casual, informal discussions. This is an event format to encourage more participant interaction and we are excited to be able to explore this format fully in-person this year! This year’s goal: the purpose of the un-workshop is to bring together researchers who identify as a woman, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming, fostering an environment for constructive discussions on research and career advancement. This year we particularly encourage mid-career researchers that identify as a woman, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming participate and contribute in the un-workshop! However, everyone, regardless of their career stage or gender, is warmly welcomed to participate and join in the discussions! We'd love for you to submit a one-page proposal to lead one of the breakout sessions. This is just one of the many ways you can contribute to the conversation - check out the other options below! While the presentations will be led by woman, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming individuals, all genders are invited to attend! IMPORTANT DATES June 3rd, 2023 -- Application Form opens! June 19th, 2023 June 24th, 2023 -- Deadline ( Anywhere on Earth ) to apply for a breakout session, registration fee funding, or volunteering June 24th, 2023 June 30th 2023 -- Notification of acceptance for all of the above (midnight Anywhere on Earth ) July 28th, 2023 -- WiML Un-Workshop Day Participate in the WiML Unworkshop Lead or engage in a breakout session : submit a proposal to lead a breakout session on a certain topic, either research oriented or about career development. Volunteer : seize this opportunity to contribute to the success of this WiML event! Help is needed with the technical setup and to fulfill the diverse needs that pop up during the event! Attend : participate in breakout session discussions, attend talks and/or panel discussions, come around for a chat with coffee! 1. Breakout session proposals: A breakout session is a 1-hour free-form discussion overseen by 1-3 leaders , with contributions from named participants, and with assistance from 1-2 facilitators to take notes and encourage participant interactions. We strongly encourage women, nonbinary and/or gender non-conforming individuals in all areas of machine learning to submit a proposal to lead or be a named participant in a topical breakout session. Compared to breakout sessions in previous years, we are making the following exciting changes for this year! First, we are expanding beyond technical and research topics. This year, we also encourage proposals related to growth , career development, and other non-technical topics that would be of interest to women, non-binary and/or gender non-confirming individuals in ML (particularly those who are mid-career). Second, we are introducing a new way of participating in breakout sessions: named participants . If you have an interesting idea or project that you think can spark productive discussion, or there is a topic that really interest you and you would be up for discussing it, we encourage you to submit a summary/position paper/poster. This can include both technical and non-technical topics. If there is a good match between your submission and the breakout session proposals, you will be matched with a breakout session leader and asked to contribute to the breakout session as a named participant. The exact nature of your contribution will be determined by your assigned session leader. You may apply to be a breakout session leader and/or apply to be a named participant. Guidance for applying to be a breakout session leader : your one-page proposal PDF should include a description of your proposed topic, why it is important/relevant, potential discussion questions, and how you would incorporate named participants (as described above). Guidance for applying to be a named participant : identify a topic, idea, or project that would be a good starting point for a discussion. This can be anything ranging from a summary of the topic and why you think it is relevant for WiML community, an unpolished idea, or a completed research project. Focus on explaining how your idea/project is relevant to a broader audience and what questions it sparks. Submissions must be one-page PDFs. Try to explain in simple language with minimal technical jargon. More information for leaders: A complete proposal consists of a 1 page PDF, along with the names and bios of leaders and facilitators submitted separately in the application form . Proposals need not be anonymized. We strongly recommend having at least 2 leaders, with a diverse set of leaders preferred (see selection criteria below). The names of facilitators should also be provided. WiML registration fee funding is prioritized for accepted breakout session leaders who fulfill certain eligibility criteria (see details below). Only one proposal submission per leader is allowed. If there are multiple leaders, only one leader needs to submit the proposal. There are no proceedings. Guidelines for and roles of leaders: Breakout session leaders must identify as a woman, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming Point-out key characteristics of your topic and make connections with other topics Describe the key challenges and approaches in this research area or career topic on a high-level Highlight possible points of discussion/goals to achieve during the session Use graphics/imagery and materials, e.g. slides, as needed Encourage inclusive (rather than unilateral) discussions Leaders should anticipate a small additional time commitment before the un-workshop to receive briefing/training and a possible dry run Submission instructions for breakout sessions: Proposals must be no more than 1 page (including any references, tables, and figures) submitted as a PDF. Main body text must be minimum 11 point font size and page margins must be minimum 0.75 inches (all sides). Your proposal should stand alone, without linking to a longer paper or supplement. You should provide a brief description of the topics you’d like to discuss, any relevant references, a plan for how you would organize the time (1 hour) allocated for a session, as well as some ideas on how you would encourage discussion and participant interaction during the session. Selection criteria for breakout sessions: The degree to which it is expected that participants will find the topic interesting and valuable. Diversity of leaders and facilitators, including diversity of experience/seniority, affiliation, race, viewpoint and thinking regarding the topic, etc. Plans for encouraging discussion and participant interaction during the session. More information for named participants: Guidelines for and roles of named participants: Breakout session named participants must be women, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming Point out key characteristics of your topic and make connections with other topics. Describe how your work or knowledge contributes to this area. Highlight possible points of discussion/goals to achieve during the session. Use graphics/imagery and materials e.g. slides as needed Encourage inclusive (rather than unilateral) discussions Submission instructions: Proposals must be no more than 1 page (including any references, tables, and figures) submitted as a PDF. Main body text must be minimum 11 point font size and page margins must be minimum 0.75 inches (all sides). Your proposal should stand alone, without linking to a longer paper or supplement. You should provide a brief description of the topics you’d like to discuss, any relevant references, and specifics around how you could contribute to the conversation. 2. Volunteering: We are seeking volunteers to help with technical setup and help during the event. You can indicate if you can help in any way in the corresponding section of the application form . Note: We also encourage you to apply for ICML volunteer and funding opportunities, which are separate and independent of WiML funding. Check the ICML website directly for details. 3. Participation instructions: To participate in ANY of the above roles and/or apply for registration fee funding, please fill in the application form by June 19, 2023 . Selected breakout session leaders, breakout session participants, volunteers, and funding recipients will be notified individually by the dates mentioned above. If you only wish to attend, we still recommend you fill in this form to provide your topic preferences. All participants are required to abide by the WiML Code of Conduct. 4. Registration fee funding: To apply for funding, you should identify as a woman, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming and commit to participating in at least one breakout session as a leader, named participant, facilitator, or attendee. Due to limited funding, we may not be able to support everyone eligible; however, we hope to support as many eligible applicants as possible. Accepted breakout session leaders or named participants who do not have other sources of registration fee funding will be prioritized for WiML funding. Other participants are also encouraged to apply. In your application, please indicate any funding sources you may have and how WiML's support is needed. Please note that WiML is able to fund registration fees only (not travel and accommodation) for selected participants. Further questions? Check out the FAQs ( https://wimlworkshop.org/faq/ ) or reach us at workshop@wimlworkshop.org 5. A sneak peak of other activities that the workshop will host: We will give more details closer to the event but the workshop will include a sponsor roundtable, where you will have the opportunity to interact and network with our sponsors. Furthermore, we will facilitate networking, mentoring, and impromptu discussions during the event . Stay tuned! PLATINUM SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS Committee ORGANIZERS Giulia Luise General Chair Priyadarshini Kumari Senior Program Chair Stephanie Milani Breakout Program and Logistics Co-Chair Tiffany Ding Finance and Sponsorship Chair WiML RECEPTION ORGANIZER Arianna Bunnell Social Chair ADVISORY Danielle Belgrave D&I chair Bahare Fatemi D&I chair Mandana Samiei WiML Board POC SUPER VOLUNTEERS Mojgan Saeidi Nari Johnson FAQs How do I participate to the un-workshop? Start with filling the application form , especially if you are interested in presenting! The workshop will take place on July 28th 2023, co-located with ICML at the Hawaii Convention Centre in Honolulu. We will give more details nearer to the event. Does registering for the WiML un-workshop also mean I'm registered for ICML? Unfortunately not. You would still need to register separately for ICML – their registration process can be found here. You should only register to ICML if you are interested in attending ICML activities beyond WiML un-workshop. What does un-workshop mean? The un-workshop is based on the concept of an un-conference , a form of discussion on a pre-selected topic that is primarily driven by participants. Please check our Call for Participation for more details! How much travel funding is available? We will be able to sponsor the ICML registration fee for selected participants. Please fill the application form to apply for funding! How do I reach the WiML network? Use our mailing list . How can I sponsor WiML? Thank you for your interest in sponsoring WiML! See this page for more information. I am a man. Can I attend WiML un-workshop? Yes. Allies are welcome to attend! Note, however, that all speakers and poster presenters will primarily identify as women, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming, as our goal is to promote them and their work within the machine learning community. What are the mentorship roundtables? We will update the format of this year's Sponsor Roundtable closer to the event! Is WiML an archival venue? No, WiML is a non-archival venue. Moreover, the un-workshop format does not include paper submissions. Check the Call for Participation to learn how to contribute to the un-workshop! Is there a Code of Conduct? Yes, you can find it here . I have a question that isn't answered here. How do I reach you? We receive a lot of email. Help us help you by reaching out through the appropriate channels. Job posting, announcement, CFP, etc: Post directly to WiML mailing list . Have event pictures to share: post on Twitter and tag @wimlworkshop Workshop enquiries: workshop@wimlworkshop.org If you are a company interested in sponsoring WiML: sponsorship@wimlworkshop.org Any other enquiries: info@wimlworkshop.org If you email us, don’t cc multiple email addresses — this saves us time routing your email to one mailbox, and reduces the chances of your email getting lost. Thank you in advance!

All events WiML Workshop 2007 Orlando, Florida October 17, 2007 09:00 am — 05:40 pm The 2nd annual Women in Machine Learning workshop was colocated with Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2007 in Orlando, Florida in October 2007. The workshop website is no longer maintained. The organizers were: Hila Becker and Bethany Leffler, with faculty advisor Joelle Pineau. The invited speakers were: Kiri Wagstaff, Marta Arias, Nina Mishra, and Sally Goldman. If you see any errors or omissions or have any information to contribute to this page, please contact us at info@wimlworkshop.org Previous Next

All events 4th WiML Mentorship Program for PhD Applications: Panel on Funding and Work-Life Balance Virtual October 23, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 am This event, part of the WiML’s 2024-2025 Mentorship Program on the theme of PhD applications, takes place 9-10am PT in Zoom. Mentors and mentees of the 2024-2025 Mentorship Program are invited to attend. Panelists: Paul Pu Liang (MIT Media Lab), Serina Chang (UC Berkeley), Tim Dettmers (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Carnegie Mellon University) Moderator: Judy Shen (Stanford University) We will cover: How to find and reach out to professors you are interested in working with (PhD Admissions) Key tips and advice to apply to and access funding (scholarships, fellowship, salary etc) Overview on programs and resources (classes, health care, travel allowance etc) Q&A session to answer participant questions Previous Next

All events WiML Virtual Social @ ICLR 2021 Virtual May 3, 2021 9:00 am - 11:00 am WiML is hosting a virtual social, involving a panel discussion and socializing, at ICLR 2021 on Monday, May 3, 9.00am – 11.00am Eastern Time . The panel will take place in Zoom. After the panel, we will adjourn to the Icebreaker/Gatheround platform for socializing. Event Format Agenda (all times approximate) 9:00 – 9:05am ET – Meet in Zoom. Welcome and introductions 9:05 – 9:50am ET – Panel on “Starting and Navigating Careers Through COVID-19″ 9:50 – 10:00am ET – Wrap-up and adjourn to Icebreaker/Gatheround platform 10:00 – 11:00am ET – Socializing in Icebreaker/Gatheround platform What is the panel on? The panel, moderated by Ehi Nosakhare (Data Science Manager, Microsoft) with panelists: Candace Ross (PhD student in Computer Science, MIT) Christina Papadimitriou (Machine Learning Engineer, JPMorgan Chase) Claire Vernade (Research Scientist, DeepMind) Po-Ling Loh (Lecturer in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge) Sinead Williamson (Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Texas at Austin) is on the topic of “Starting and Navigating Careers Through COVID-19”. The panel features ML researchers at various career stages who will talk about their experience networking, job hunting, collaborating and/or starting a new position in a primarily online environment. Read more about the panelists below. Joining Information How to join: Everyone registered for ICLR is encouraged to attend! Event limited to 200 participants. You can find the Zoom link on the ICLR portal: https://iclr.cc/virtual/2021/social/4398 (ICLR registration required to access). The Icebreaker/Gatheround link will be shared in Zoom at the end of the panel. Icebreaker/Gatheround will ask you to give it permission to access your camera and microphone. Google Chrome browser recommended. Participant instructions: During the panel, you can type questions for the panelists, so bring any questions on starting and navigating careers through COVID-19! If you will participate in the post-panel social, we suggest preparing one or two lines to describe your work and research, as well as any other topics you may want to discuss. Additional opportunities: WiML is also offering two more opportunities at ICLR 2021 for women and/or non-binary individuals: Thanks to ICLR’s DEI action fund ( https://iclr.cc/public/DiversityInclusion ) as well as WiML sponsors, WiML is able to fund registrations for eligible individuals to attend ICLR. If you are a student, postdoc, or early-career, underrepresented individual in machine learning, apply here by April 26: https://forms.gle/B2eJ4xWuPBodVeyGA Regardless of whether you are attending ICLR or the WiML social, you can submit your resume to our WiML@ICLR 2021 resume book. The resume book will be shared with WiML sponsors. Submit here by May 1: https://forms.gle/ARs8BcnfgSyraPUDA Questions? Email workshop@wimlworkshop.org . By joining the event, you agree to abide by the WiML Code of Conduct . Panelists and Moderator bios Candace Ross, MIT Candace Ross is an EECS Phd Student in the InfoLab at MIT. She works on language grounding, particularly grounding in vision, and weakly supervised models for language acquisition. Outside of research, she plays lacrosse, participates in efforts for community diversity and inclusion, and enjoys traveling (which surprisingly can be done as a grad student)! Christina Papadimitriou, JP Morgan Christina Papadimitriou (she/her) is a Machine Learning Engineer on the Artificial Intelligence Acceleration team at JPMorgan Chase. Her team accelerates the adoption of AI into the firm’s products and services. Christina is the co-chair of PRIDE, JPMorgan’s LGBTQ+ Business Resource Group in the NY Metro area, and she is the firm’s representative for OPEN Finance. She is also in the NY Leadership Team for Out in Tech, and she serves on the Board of Directors for WiML. Christina holds a Masters in Data Science from UC Berkeley, a Masters in Operations Research from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina. Claire Vernade, DeepMind Claire Vernade is a Research Scientist at DeepMind in London UK. She received her PhD from Telecom ParisTech in October 2017, under the guidance of Prof. Olivier Cappé. From January 2018-October 2018, she worked part-time as an Applied Scientist at Amazon in Berlin, while doing a postdoc with Alexandra Carpentier at the University of Magdeburg in Germany. She is involved in WiML-T, which connects women in Learning Theory and organizes social and career events at conferences like COLT and ALT. Her research is on sequential decision making. It mostly spans bandit problems, but Claire’s interest also extends to Reinforcement Learning and Learning Theory. While keeping in mind concrete problems — often inspired by interactions with product teams — she focuses on theoretical approaches, aiming for provably optimal algorithms. Professor Po-Ling Loh, University of Cambridge Po-Ling Loh received her Ph.D. in Statistics from UC Berkeley in 2014. From 2014-2016, she was an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2016-2018, she was an Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at UW-Madison, and from 2019-2020, she was an Associate Professor of Statistics at UW-Madison and a Visiting Associate Professor of Statistics at Columbia University. She began a position as a Lecturer in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge in January 2021. Po-Ling’s current research interests include high-dimensional statistics, robustness, and differential privacy. She is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, an ARO Young Investigator Award, the IMS Tweedie and Bernoulli Society New Researcher Awards, and a Hertz Fellowship. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for WiML. Professor Sinead Williamson, University of Texas at Austin Sinead Williamson is an assistant professor of Statistics at the University of Texas at Austin. She works on Bayesian methods for machine learning, with particular interests in Bayesian nonparametrics, scalable sampling methods, and modeling structured data with complex dependency structures. Sinead has recently worked as a research scientist at Amazon and CognitiveScale, and served on the Board of Directors for WiML. Ehi Nosakhare, Microsoft Ehi Nosakhare is a Senior Data and Applied Science Manager at the Microsoft AI development and Acceleration Program (MAIDAP). She leads a team that designs, develops, and implements ML solutions in application projects across Microsoft’s products and services. Prior to joining Microsoft, she earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her thesis work focused on using Latent Variable Modeling to uncover behavioral influences on mental health and well-being. 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All events WiML Virtual Social @ KDD 2021 Virtual August 15, 2021 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm WiML is hosting a virtual social at KDD 2021 on Sunday, August 15, 2.15pm – 3pm Eastern Time. The event is part of the Women in KDD Workshop and consists in a mentoring and networking session conducted on the Icebreaker/Gatheround platform. Joining Information How to join: Everyone registered for KDD is encouraged to attend! Event limited to 200 participants. The Icebreaker/Gatheround link will be shared in Zoom at the end of the panel (see Women in KDD Workshop and https://virtual.2021.kdd.org/women_in_ai.html for Zoom link). Icebreaker/Gatheround will ask you to give it permission to access your camera and microphone. Google Chrome browser recommended. Questions? Email workshop@wimlworkshop.org . By joining the event, you agree to abide by the WiML Code of Conduct . SPONSORS -Platinum- Previous Next

All events WiML @ Tübingen Women in ML-- Academia and Industry careers Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems-- Tübingen, Germany and Virtual October 11, 2024 It will be over the full day, very similar to a WiML workshop: 4-5 talks, a networking game, a poster session and a panel on academia and industry careers. Registration is open to all. The main idea is to bring local women together, including master and bachelor students. We designed the program to favor inclusion and give mentoring support to junior women in ML and adjacent fields. Additional information can be found here and by email at claire.vernade@uni-tuebingen.de . Previous Next

All events WiML Social @ ICLR 2024 Vienna, Austria May 8, 2024 12:45PM Date: May 08th, 2024 (Wed.) Time: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM Place: Hall B, Messe Wien Exhibition Congress Center@Vienna, Austria The topic of the panel will be AI Unplugged: Navigating Everyday Life & Professional Paths. During the panel, we aim to facilitate discussions on various topics, such as mentorship advice and how AI t echnologies are impacting personal and professional domains. Program: 12:45 – 12:50 PM Opening Remarks - Tatjana Chavdarova (WiML board) 12:50 – 1:25 PM Networking & Lunch 12:50 – 1:00 PM Icebreaker games 1:00 – 1:25 PM Networking themed roundtables 1:25 – 2:15 PM Panel discussion: “AI Unplugged: Navigating Everyday Life & Professional Paths” PANELISTS Bahare Fatemi Bahare Fatemi is a Research Scientist at Google Research in Montreal, specializing in graph representation learning and natural language processing. She received her Ph.D. From the University of British Columbia. Her work has been featured in top AI conferences and journals including NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, and JMLR. She co-organized the Mining and Learning with Graphs workshop at KDD, Women in Machine Learning (WiML) workshop, and the Montreal AI Symposium. Devi Parikh Devi Parikh, an Associate Professor at Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing, previously served as Senior Director of Generative AI at Meta until March 2024. Her diverse career includes roles as Director at Meta's FAIR lab, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech, and Research Assistant Professor at TTIC. She has held visiting positions at esteemed institutions such as Cornell, UT Austin, Microsoft Research, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Facebook AI Research. Her research focuses on generative AI, AI for creativity, multimodal AI, and human-AI collaboration. She boasts numerous awards, including NSF CAREER, Sloan Research Fellowship, and IJCAI Computers and Thought award, among others. Priya Donti Priya Donti is an Assistant Professor and the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor at MIT EECS and LIDS. Her research focuses on machine learning for forecasting, optimization, and control in high-renewables power grids. Priya is also the co-founder and Chair of Climate Change AI, a global nonprofit initiative to catalyze impactful work at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. Priya received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. She hold several awards and fellowships including the MIT Technology Review’s 2021 “35 Innovators Under 35” award and the ACM SIGEnergy Doctoral Dissertation Award. MODERATOR Aya Abdelsalam Ismail Aya Abdelsalam Ismail is a research scientist at Prescient Design in the frontier group. Prior to Prescient, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland where she was advised by Soheil Feizi and Héctor Corrada Bravo. During her Ph.D. her research focused on the interpretability of neural models for sequential data. WiML SOCIAL ORGANIZERS Yutong Zhou Yutong Zhou is a Postdoc Researcher at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany. Her research interests focus on computer vision and deep learning, particularly in Generative Models, Multi-modal Vision and Language. She is concentrating on Artificial Intelligence × Biodiversity × Smart agriculture, surrounding the goals of ‘Global Sustainability for Better AI’ and ‘AI for Best Global Sustainability’. Lisa Weijler Lisa Weijler is a PreDoc researcher at the Computer Vision Lab (CVL), TU Wien, Austria. Her research interests are computer vision and machine learning for 3D and unstructured data, especially point clouds. Additionally, she is passionate about combining her research with medical, social or political science in interdisciplinary projects. She has applied her research for cancer cell detection in pediatric leukemia patients as well as for methodological advancements like SE(3) equivariant convolutions or OOD 3D scene understanding. Her main research focus currently is open vocabulary 3D scene understanding. WiML BOARD ORGANIZERS Hewitt Tusiime – WiML ICLR liaison Erin Grant – D&I chair Tatjana Chavdarova – VP Events WiML Thanks to our sponsors! Previous Next

All events WiML Workshop 2006 San Diego, California December 4, 2006 08:45 am — 06:00 pm The 1st Women in Machine Learning workshop was colocated with Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2006 in San Diego, California in October 2006. The workshop website is no longer maintained. The organizers were: Hanna Wallach, Jenn Wortman, and Lisa Wainer, with faculty advisor Amy Greenwald. The invited speakers were: Jennifer Dy, Amy Greenwald, Lise Getoor, and Marie desJardins. If you see any errors or omissions or have any information to contribute to this page, please contact us at info@wimlworkshop.org Previous Next

All events WiML Partner Event: New England Women in ML Event with IBM Research Cambridge, Massachusetts April 19, 2019 03:45 pm — 06:00 pm WiML is excited to announce an event by WiML Partner IBM Research in the Cambridge area. The goal is to encourage and support local women, especially students, post-docs, early career researchers and engineers, by offering seminars from thought-leading women in ML, providing opportunities to present their own research, and connecting them to mentors, role models and colleagues. Join the event this Thurs 6/20. Speakers and activities include: – A talk by Tamara Broderick (Assistant Professor, MIT) on “Approximate Cross Validation for Large Data and High Dimensions”. – Reception immediately after the event. When: Thursday June 20, 2019, 4:00pm – 5:00pm with reception immediately after the event Where: IBM Research Cafe, 75 Binney St. Cambridge, MA Organized by IBM Research. Questions? Contact Preethi Raghavan at praghav@us.ibm.com . Thanks to the organizers Lisa Amini (IBM Research), Preethi Raghavan (IBM Research), Kristen Severson (IBM Research). IBM Research is a WiML Platinum Partner. Previous Next

All events 2nd WiML Mentoring Program for PhD Applications: Panel on Next Steps Virtual January 26, 2023 9:00 am - 10:00 am This event, part of the WiML’s 2022-2023 Mentorship Program on the theme of PhD applications, takes place 9-10am PT in Zoom. Mentors and mentees of the 2022-2023 Mentorship Program are invited to attend. Panelists: Isabel Valera (Saarland University), Maggie Makar (University of Michigan), Po-Ling Loh (University of Cambridge), Andrew Gordon Wilson (New York University) Moderator: Alessandra Tosi (Mind Foundry) Previous Next