Search Results

All events WiML Workshop 2011 Granada, Spain December 12, 2011 08:00 am — 06:00 pm The 6th annual Women in Machine Learning workshop was colocated with NIPS 2011 in Granada, Spain in December 2011. The workshop website is no longer maintained. The organizers were: Nevena Lazic, Monica Babes-Vroman, Rongjing Xiang, with faculty advisor Hanna Wallach. 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 CV and Cover Letters Virtual October 8, 2024 8:00 am - 9:00 am This event, part of the WiML’s 2024-2025 Mentorship Program on the theme of PhD applications, takes place 8-9am PT in Zoom. Mentors and mentees of the 2024-2025 Mentorship Program are invited to attend. Panelists: Arpita Singhal (Stanford), Tijana Zrnic (Stanford), Duroux Diane Magali Anna (ELLIS) Moderator: Luisa Cutillo (University of Leeds) We will cover: Key tips and advice for the graduate programs application process Overview of research areas and opportunities in ML at the ELLIS program (Europe) and other US-based institutions Q&A session to answer participant questions Previous Next

All events WiML Workshop @ NeurIPS 2024 Vancouver, Canada December 10, 2024 19th Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML 2024) — the workshop is co-located with NeurIPS on Tuesday, December 10th, 2024. For more information or to register, please visit the event’s website here. 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 Workshop 2016 Barcelona, Spain December 5, 2016 08:00 am — 05:00 pm The 11th annual Women in Machine Learning workshop will be colocated with NIPS 2016 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2016. See the workshop website for details! The organizers are: Diana Cai, Deborah Hanus, Sarah Tan, Isabel Valera, and Rose Yu. The invited speakers are: Jennifer Chayes, Maya Gupta, Anima Anandkumar, and Suchi Saria, with Tamara Broderick and Sinead Williamson giving remarks on WiML updates. Recorded talks can be found at this link . Previous Next

All events WiML Reception @ CoRL 2017 Mountain View, California November 13, 2017 08:00 pm — 11:00 pm WiML is hosting a networking reception at the 2017 Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL). The organizers are Chelsea Finn and Coline Devin. Date: Monday, November 13, 2017, 8pm-11pm Venue: Steins Beer Garden, Mountain View Registration: Register during CoRL registration ( https://sites.google.com/a/robot-learning.org/corl2017/home/corl2017 ) 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 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 Virtual Gathering @ COLT 2020 Virtual July 8, 2020 11:00 am — 12:00 pm WiML is hosting a virtual gathering at COLT 2020. The organizers are Claire Vernade and Ruth Urner. A panel discussion will be held on topics including career advice and mentoring. The panelists are: Alina Beygelzimer Alexandra Carpentier Kamalika Chaudhuri Sandra Zilles Date: July 8, 11am ET Registration: https://forms.gle/EecL5Nkj4yLGp3Xa8 SPONSORS -Platinum- -Diamond- 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 Luncheon @ ICML 2017 Sydney, Australia August 8, 2017 12:00 pm — 02:00 pm WiML is hosting a luncheon at ICML 2017 in Sydney, Australia. The goal of this event is to bring together female faculty members, research scientists, data scientists, and graduate students to meet, find mentorship, and learn from each other. Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 12pm-2pm Venue: Grand Ballroom at The Westin Sydney, Sydney Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiml-icml-luncheon-2017-tickets-36123495347# If you see any errors or omissions or have any information to contribute to this page, please contact us at info@wimlworkshop.org SPONSORS -Gold- -Silver- Previous Next

All events 5th WiML Mentorship Program for Post-Graduate Applications: Panel on navigating Master’s and PhD applications Online October 24, 2025 The 5th WiML Mentorship Program hosted its first panel discussion event , bringing together an engaged audience of women and non-binary individuals interested in pursuing research-oriented postgraduate degrees in Machine Learning and AI. The session focused on key aspects of navigating Master’s and PhD applications , with a rich and practical discussion that covered: Crafting an effective CV Preparing a compelling Statement of Purpose Approaching potential supervisors Requesting and managing recommendation letters An open Q&A session addressing participant concerns We were delighted to be joined by two outstanding panelists who generously shared their experiences and insights: Dr. Angelina Wang , Assistant Professor, Cornell Tech Dr. Simran Arora , Senior Research Scientist at Together AI and Assistant Professor at Caltech Moderator: Judy Shen, PhD student at Stanford University. This event marked an exciting start to our new mentorship series, aimed at supporting aspiring researchers as they navigate their academic journeys in ML and AI. We look forward to hosting more events that foster connection, guidance, and community across the WiML network. (edited) Previous Next

All events WiCS AI Research Day @ SFU SFU Burnaby Campus, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada February 20, 2026 9 AM - 3:30 PM PST A one-day event for undergraduate students at SFU who are passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). The initiative will support students in defining and improving personal AI projects, with access to mentorship during the event to ask questions and get help. The event aims to: Encourage hands-on learning and creativity in AI. Provide mentorship on ML concepts, project design, and research thinking. Connect students with academic and industry professionals. Celebrate student innovation and support future publication efforts. Key Highlights of WiCS AI Research Day: Expert Talks: Topics include Machine Learning (ML) areas such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Robotics, and Speech, featuring experts like Dr. Angelica Lim and Dr. Marzena Karpinska. Student Panel: Opportunities to hear directly from students about their experiences, challenges, and advice in the tech field. Interactive Sessions: Participants can engage in project creation and pitch preparation, aiming to turn ideas into practical ML solutions. Networking: An opportunity to connect with peers and professionals in academia and industry. Previous Next