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All events WiML Partner Event: Women in ML&AI @Cambridge Event with IBM Research Cambridge, Massachusetts October 4, 2018 03:00 pm — 06:00 pm WiML is excited to announce a new initiative by WiML Partner IBM Research: a Women in ML and AI community for the Boston-Cambridge area. Starting with this inaugural event during IBM AI Research Week 2018, IBM Research will begin hosting events for Women in ML and AI 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, opportunities to present their own research, and find mentors, role models and colleagues. Join the kickoff event this Thurs 10/4. Speakers and activities include: – Talks by Sasha Mojsilović (IBM Fellow, IBM Research AI) and Katherine Gorman (Talking Machines) on AI for social good and how to present your research. – Panel “Next Steps and Great Leaps for AI and Us” with AI/ML experts from academia and industry: Jennifer Dy (Northeastern), Yiling Chen (Harvard), Vivienne Sze (MIT), Eni Mustafaraj (Wellesley), Janet Slifka (Janet Slifka), Kate Saenko (Boston U), Tina Eliassi-Rad (Northeastern), Sravana Reddy (Spotify) – Mentoring Roundtables: Actively engage with AI/ML researchers and engineers on a range of technical and career-related topics. When: Thursday, October 4, 2018, 3pm-6pm Where: IBM Research Cambridge, 75 Binney St, First Floor Auditorium, Cambridge Event details: https://ibm.co/2RiTPXQ Registration: The event is open and free but registration is required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-machine-learning-and-ai-cambridge-workshop-registration-50360270926 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), Amanda Papp (IBM), Ehimwenma Nosakhare (MIT). IBM Research is a WiML Platinum Partner. Previous Next

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All events WiML Luncheon @ KHIPU 2025 Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile and virtual March 14, 2025 We're building a vibrant community of AI leaders, researchers, and enthusiasts dedicated to: ● Advancing AI education through free, world-class training ● Connecting and empowering Latin American AI talent across borders ● Unleashing AI's potential to address challenges and create opportunities in the region We believe in inclusive participation. KHIPU 2025 offers free registration for all accepted participants and travel support for selected students. A networking lunch will be offered on Friday 14th March. The idea is to give advice on topics which are usually challenging, such as interviews or salary negotiation. Organizer: KHIPU Additional information can be found here or email at jdunstan@uc.cl . Previous Next

All events WiML Workshop 2018 Montreal, Canada December 3, 2018 09:00 am — 10:00 pm The 13th annual Women in Machine Learning workshop will be colocated with NeurIPS 2018 in Montreal, Canada in December 2018. See the workshop website for details! The organizers are: Aude Hofleitner, Audrey Durand, Nyalleng Moorosi, Sarah Poole, and Amy Zhang. The invited speakers are: Isabel Kloumann, Po-Ling Loh, Raquel Urtasun, and Emma Brunskill, with Katie Kinnaird giving the closing remarks. Recorded talks can be found at this link . Previous Next

All events Black in AI-WiML Event: Speed Networking Sessions @ NeurIPS 2020 Virtual December 11, 2020 8:00 am - 9:00 am WiML is excited to announce the Black in AI-WiML Speed Networking Sessions @ NeurIPS 2020. Participants will be randomly paired up with another participant for 5-minute speed networking. Over the 1 hour session, you will receive several random pairings. We suggest preparing one or two lines to describe your work and research, as well as any other topics you may want to discuss. When: Friday, December 11, 2020. There will be two 1-hour sessions: Speed Networking Session 1: 8 – 9am PT Speed Networking Session 2: 2 – 3pm PT How to join: These sessions take place on the Glimpse platform; each session has its own link. Find the links on Black in AI’s neurips.cc page: https://neurips.cc/virtual/2020/protected/affinity_workshop_19449.html (NeurIPS registration required to access). You can join anytime during a session. Please enter your real name when you first access the link. NeurIPS registered attendees are welcome to attend. Organized by Black in AI 2020 workshop organizers. Questions? Email blackinai2020@googlegroups.com . Black in AI is also organizing other social events before and after these sessions. See here for more info. Previous Next

All events WiML Virtual Social @ ICLR 2020 Virtual April 30, 2020 09:00 am — 11:00 am WiML is hosting a virtual social, involving a panel and mentoring session, at ICLR 2020. The organizers are Catherine Wah, Ovo Ojameruaye, and Ioana Bica. During the event, we hope to encourage discussions about how COVID-19 has impacted our daily lives and our work and about ongoing research on COVID-19. The panel features ML researchers at various career stages who will talk about their research related to COVID-19 and healthcare, and about the challenges of navigating research, career and personal life in these times. During the mentoring session, the panelists will each lead a small group discussion with up to 20 people. The panel will be moderated by Sinead Williamson (Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Texas at Austin). The panelists are: Sasha Luccioni (Director of Scientific Projects in AI for Humanity / Post Doc, MILA) Lily Peng (Product Manager, Google Health) Morine Amutorine (Data Analytics Assistant, Pulse Lab Kampala) Cecilia Mascolo (Full Professor of Mobile Systems, University of Cambridge) Katherine Heller (Assistant Professor in Statistical Science, Duke University and Research Scientist, Google Research) Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2020, 9.00am-11.00am Pacific Time.Joining information: Everyone registered for ICLR is encouraged to attend! The event is limited to 500 attendees and will operate on a first-come first-served basis. Information about how to participate in the event will be posted on: https://iclr.cc/virtual/socials.html . We expect all attendees to adhere to the WiML Code of Conduct . Please join the #wiml channel in the ICLR chat for more event announcements. If you are a woman working in machine learning, regardless of whether you are attending ICLR or the WiML social, you can submit your resume to our WiML@ICLR 2020 resume book. The resume book will be shared with WiML sponsors. Submit here by April 30: https://forms.gle/4t2CEc1g9tpbYi2G6 SPONSORS -Platinum- -Diamond- Previous Next

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