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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 Partner Event: Virtual Women in Science Fireside Chat with Amazon Virtual December 9, 2020 11:00 am - 12:30 pm WiML is excited to announce the Virtual Women in Science Fireside Chat by WiML Partner Amazon. Join some of Amazon’s top leaders and researchers in Machine Learning to learn about the valuable knowledge and experience of successful Women in Research at Amazon. These remarkable leaders from Alexa, Consumer and AWS will engage in a casual discussion on innovation, their career path and a Q&A. They are: Na Zhang, ML Science Manager, Customer Trust & Partner Support Vanessa Murdock, Manager Applied Science, Alexa Shopping Nashlie Sephus, Applied Science Manager, Rekognition and Video Katrin Kirchhoff, Senior Manager, Applied Science AWS Transcribe Priya Ponnapalli, Senior Manager, Data Science, AWS ML Solutions Lab These women will share their insights and experiences as women in science and will be covering topics such as navigating your career path, finding a mentor and work life balance. When: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020, 11am – 12.30pm PT Where: Virtual Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4812705742642619918 Organized by Amazon. Amazon is a WiML Diamond Partner. Previous Next

All events 3rd WiML Mentorship Program for PhD Applications: Panel on Fellowship Applications Virtual September 27, 2023 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm This event, part of the WiML’s 2023-2024 Mentorship Program on the theme of PhD applications, takes place 4-5pm UTC in Zoom. Mentors and mentees of the 2023-2024 Mentorship Program are invited to attend. Panelists: Luisa Cutillo (University of Leeds), Deepti Raghavan (Stanford University), Andreea Bobu (Boston Dynamics / MIT) Moderator: Erin Grant (UC Berkeley) Previous Next

All events WiML Partner Event: New England Women in AI Workshop with IBM Research Cambridge, Massachusetts September 19, 2019 02:45 pm — 06:00 pm WiML is excited to announce t he New England Women in AI Workshop 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. This year, the workshop will include talks, a panel, and a networking reception highlighting the work of women in AI. All are welcome to attend. When: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 Where: Samberg Conference Center , 7th Floor, MIT Building E52, Cambridge, MA Registration: The event is open and free but registration is required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ibm-wiml-partner-event-new-england-women-in-ai-workshop-2019-workshop-registration-70284381477 . Organized by IBM Research. Questions? Contact Kristen Severson at kristen.severson@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 3rd WiML Mentorship Program for PhD Applications: Panel on Research Statements Virtual October 23, 2023 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm This event, part of the WiML’s 2023-2024 Mentorship Program on the theme of PhD applications, takes place 4-5pm UTC in Zoom. Mentors and mentees of the 2023-2024 Mentorship Program are invited to attend. The panel topic is on “How to write a research statement for Master’s & Ph.D applications in ML”. Panelists: Emma Pierson (Cornell Tech), Sinead Williamson (UT Austin) Moderator: Erin Grant (UC Berkeley) 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 Luncheon @ COLT 2025 lyon, France February 7, 2025 WiML is endorsing a luncheon at COLT 2025 in Lyon France. The event is meant to be a social and networking event for women and/or non-binary researchers in learning theory, as well as allies. The luncheon organized by Claire Vernade includes a networking activity, and a short panel on “Learning Theory: Research Directions in the Age of Foundations Models”. Additional information/ registration: Here Previous Next

All events WiML Breakfast @ ICML 2015 Lille, France July 8, 2015 07:00 am — 08:30 am WiML is hosting a breakfast at ICML 2015 in Lille, France. The breakfast is designed to facilitate networking and mentoring for women in machine learning, with specified table topics ranging from advice on career planning to establishing collaborations. Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 7am-8.30am Venue: Room Rotterdam, Lille Grand Palais, 1 Boulevard des Cites-Unies, Lille Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiml-icml-breakfast-2015-registration-16531922425 If you see any errors or omissions or have any information to contribute to this page, please contact us at info@wimlworkshop.org SPONSORS Previous Next

All events WiML Virtual Roundtable @ CoRL 2020 Virtual November 18, 2020 6:00 am - 7:00 am WiML is hosting a virtual roundtable as part of the Inclusion@CoRL events at CoRL 2020. Date: November 18, 6am-7am PT Hosted by: Raia Hadsell, WiML board member and CoRL steering member Joining information: See https://www.robot-learning.org/attending/inclusioncorl/ . All CoRL attendees welcome; WiML code of conduct must be followed. Inclusion@CoRL will sponsor all registration fees for members of the research community which identify as part of historically underrepresented and/or underserved groups in robotics (including, but not limited to, LGBTQIA+, women or non-binary, differently abled, people of color, indigenous peoples, etc.). To apply for a sponsored registration, see https://www.robot-learning.org/attending/inclusioncorl or email inclusion@robot-learning.org for assistance. If you are a woman working in machine learning, regardless of whether you are attending CoRL or the WiML event, you can submit your resume to our WiML@CoRL 2020 resume book. The resume book will be shared with WiML sponsors. Submit here by November 18: https://forms.gle/ox4kZUxQ3PqeTVTV7 . SPONSORS -Platinum- -Diamond- Previous Next

All events WiML Symposium @ ICML 2025 Vancouver, Canada July 16, 2025 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM The Women in Machine Learning Symposium @ ICML 2025 is an inclusive, community-centered event that is happening on Wednesday, July 16th, in person as part of the ICML 2025 conference in Vancouver, Canada. The program features invited talks, a panel discussion, poster sessions, mentoring round tables, breakout Q&As, and community networking opportunities. Additional information can be found here . Previous Next

All events WiML Social @ CoLM 2025 Montreal Convention Centre (Palais des congrès de Montréal) October 7, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST Program Join us for a casual networking lunch designed to connect you with peers, leaders, and mentors in the AI community. You'll get to hear from experts, participate in mentorship roundtable discussions, and meet new people in our open networking sessions. We welcome and encourage participation from our allies! 1:00 PM | Featured Remarks from Leading Experts Nazneen Rajani (Collinear AI) Jessy Li (UT Austin) Arathi Mani (UK AI Security Institute) Anaelia Ovalle (FAIR) Our speakers would be around after the session should you wish to interact with them! 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Mentorship Roundtables and Open Networking Choose between open networking or mentorship roundtables: Balancing Career & Life with Julia Kreutzer (Cohere) and Mor Geva Pipek (Tel Aviv University) Keeping Pace with AI Research with Sweta Agrawal (Google) and Ruqi Zhang (Purdue University) Careers in Industry with Olga Golovneva (Meta AI Research Labs), Bahare Fatemi (Google), and Spandana Gella (ServiceNow AI Research) Responsible AI in Practice with Adina Williams (FAIR) and Saadia Gabriel (UCLA) Open Networking : Reconnect with old colleagues and build new connections! For additional information, check Luma or email at nikitasaxena@wimlworkshop.org . Organizing Committee Nikita Saxena Nikita Saxena is a WiML Board Member and was the co-liaison of the WiML@CoLM social. She is a Research Engineer at Google DeepMind, working on enhancing the multimodal understanding and generation capabilities of Gemini in close collaboration with Ishita Dasgupta and Isabelle Guyon . She graduated from BITS Pilani in 2023 with a dual major in physics and computer science. She completed her thesis at the Mila Quebec AI Institute under the supervision of Professor Yoshua Bengio . Santhoshi Santhoshi Ravichandran completed her Master’s in Computer Science at Mila / Université de Montréal, where she was a Visiting Researcher at ServiceNow, evaluating and fine-tuning web agents using reinforcement learning. Her past work spans detecting fraudulent transactions in capital markets and developing machine learning solutions to enhance accessibility for visually impaired users. Zena Kamel Zina Kamel is a research Master’s student in Computer Science at McGill University and Mila, where she is a McCall MacBain Scholar. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the Lebanese American University in 2024 through the MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship. Her research focuses on improving reasoning and representation in world models. Minseon Kim Minseon Kim is a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research, ML team, in Montréal. She received her Ph.D. from KAIST in 2025, where her thesis, “Towards Safe and Robust Representation with Self-Supervised Learning,” explored methods to improve model robustness and trustworthiness. Her research focuses on AI safety and controllability, aiming to design systems that can reason about context and handle ambiguous or risky situations more reliably. Recent work investigates context-aware inference, safety modularity, and efficient safety alignment techniques for large language models. WiML Board Organizers Erin Grant – D&I chair Tatjana Chavdarova – VP Events WiML Previous Next

All events WiML Mentorship Session @ KDD 2022 Washington DC August 15, 2022 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm The WiML Mentorship Session as part of the WOMEN IN KDD: TOWARDS GENDER EQUITY IN TECH WORKSHOP is happening on Monday, August 15th, 2022, in person as part of the SIGKDD 2022 conference in Washington, DC. The program will include a 90 minute mentorship roundtable session, taking place 3:30 to 5:00 pm EDT. For more information, please navigate to the session booklet here. Previous Next