Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference Schedule 2019

The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference at Stanford University features keynotes, several technical vision talks, lunchtime breakouts, a career panel, and multiple opportunities to network with other attendees.

WiDS Stanford, March 4, 2019 (all times PST)
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305  
​8:00 - 8:30 am
​(optional)
​Speed Networking 
​Anita Rao, Director of Global Enterprise Services, PayPal
​
9:00 - 9:15 am
WiDS ​​Welcome
​WiDS Co-Directors: Margot Gerritsen, Karen Matthys, and Judy Logan, ​Stanford University
9:15 - 9:30 am
Opening Address
Jennifer Widom, Dean, Stanford School of Engineering
​9:30 - 10:00 am
Keynote Address
Padmasree Warrior, Former CEO, CDO and Board Member, NIO
10:00 - 10:40 am
Technical Vision Talks
 
​     10:00 - 10:20 am
​​"Using Data Effectively: ​Beyond
​Art and Science"
Hilary Parker, Data Scientist, Stitchfix
     10:20 - 10:40 am
​​"Improving Health Requires ​Targeting and Evidence"
Marzyeh Ghassemi, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
10:40 - 11:00 am
Morning Break - On livestream: ​WiDS interviews by theCube
 
​11:00 - 11:05 am
WiDS Datathon, ​Winners Announced
Meredith Lee, Executive Director, West Big Data Hub
11:05 - 11:45 am
Technical Vision Talks
     ​11:05 - 11:25 am
​​"Infusing Structure into Machine Learning Algorithms"
​Anima Anandkumar​, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at CalTech and Director of Research in Machine Learning, ​NVIDIA
     11:25 - 11:45 am
"Understanding the Limitations of AI: When Algorithms Fail"
Timnit Gebru, Research Scientist on the Ethical AI Team,
​Google
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Keynote Address
Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
12:15 - 1:45 pm
Lunch and Breakout Sessions -
​On livestream: WiDS interviews by theCube
 
1:45 - 2:15 pm
Fireside Chat
Yoky Matsuoka, Vice President, Google Health
in conversation with
Lori Sherer, Partner, Bain & Company
2:15 - 3:15 pm
Technical Vision Talks
     2:15 - 2:35 pm
​"Machine Learning and the Evaluation of Criminal Evidence"
Alicia Carriquiry Distinguished Professor and President's Chair in Statistics | Director of CSAFE, Iowa State University
     2:35 - 2:55 pm
"Building Trust in the Digital Age"
​Yinglian Xie, CEO and Co-Founder, DataVisor
     2:55 - 3:15 pm
​"Evolution of Machine Learning for NIF Optics Inspection" 
Laura Kegelmeyer, Scientist / Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
3:15 - 3:30 pm
Afternoon Break ​- On livestream: ​WiDS interviews by theCube
 
3:30 - 4:10 pm
Career Panel 
Moderated by Margot Gerritsen, Senior Associate Dean, Stanford University

Panelists: 
​4:10 - 4:50 pm
Technical Vision Talks
     4:10 - 4:30 pm
​"Better Reinforcement Learning for Human in the Loop Systems"
Emma Brunskill, Assistant Professor, Computer Science,​Stanford University
     4:30 - 4:50 pm
​"Filling in Missing Data with Low Rank Models"
​​Madeleine Udell, Assistant Professor of Operations Research & Information Engineering, & Richard and Sybil Smith Sesquicentennial Fellow, Cornell University​
4:50 - 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Margot Gerritsen, Senior Associate Dean, Stanford University
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Networking Reception