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(WiDS) Worldwide 
​Conference Schedule 2022

The WiDS Worldwide conference at Stanford University features keynotes, technical vision talks,
panel discussions, and multiple opportunities to network with other attendees.


March 7, 2022 
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305
  
Join the livestream
In-person Agenda
​7:00 - 7:45am
​Breakfast Reception  
​Arrive early to check in, conduct health checks, and enjoy breakfast​

8:00 - 8:10am
WiDS ​​Welcome
​WiDS Co-Directors: Margot Gerritsen, Karen Matthys, and ​Judy Logan, ​Stanford University

8:10 - 8:25 am
Opening Address
Debra Satz, Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences​, Stanford University

8:25 - 8:55 am
Keynote Address
The Rigorous and Human Life
​of Data
Cecilia Aragon, Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington

8:55 - 9:00 am
Interlude 
Sulakshana Sreeram, WiDS Hyderabad Ambassador

9:00 - 9:30 am
Technical Vision Talks
​     9:00 - 9:15 am
​Estimating Undocumented Human Rights Violations in Conflict Settings
Maria Gargiulo, Statistician, Human Rights Data Analyst Group
      9:15 - 9:30 am
A Turing Test for Chest Radiology AI
Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood,  IBM Fellow, IBM Research Center

9:30 - 9:50 am
Morning Break - On livestream: ​WiDS interviews by theCUBE

9:50 - 10:35 am
Panel: Data Science in Healthcare: Opportunities & Challenges​
Moderated by Tina Hernandez Boussard, Associate Professor, Stanford University
Panelists: ​​​
  • Sylvia K. Plevritis, Chair of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University
  • Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood,  IBM Fellow, IBM Research Center
  • Jinoos Yazdany, Chief of Rheumatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

10:35 - 11:05 am
Technical Vision Talks
     ​10:35 - 10:50 am
Beyond Bias: Algorithmic Unfairness, Infrastructure and Genealogies of Data 
Alex Hanna, Director of Research, DAIR Institute
     10:50 - 11:05 am
Confronting Data Bias in Travel Demand Modeling 
Tierra Bills, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public Policy, UCLA

​11:05- 11:10 am
WiDS Datathon, ​Winners Announced
Weiwei Pan, Research Associate & WiDS Datathon Co-Chair, Harvard University IACS
Sharada Kalanidhi, Data Scientist & WiDS Datathon Co-Chair, Stanford University

​11:10- 11:55 am
Panel: Algorithms and Data for Equity 
Moderated by Jenny Suckale, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Panelists: ​​
  • Tierra Bills, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public Policy, UCLA
  • Jessica Granderson, Director for Building Technology, White House Council on Environmental Quality
  • Ling Jin, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

12:00- 1:00 pm
Lunch ​Break - On livestream: WiDS interviews by theCUBE

1:00 - 1:25 pm
Afternoon Keynote
What makes intelligent visual analytics tools really intelligent?
Vidya Setlur, Director of Tableau Research, Tableau

1:25- 1:55 pm
Technical Vision Talks
     1:25 - 1:40 pm
Inclusive Search and Recommendations 
Nadia Fawaz, Senior Staff Applied Research Scientist - Tech Lead Inclusive AI, Pinterest
     1:40 - 1:55 pm
A Mathematician's View of Machine Learning (and Why It Matters)
Tamara Kolda, Mathematical Consultant, MathSci.ai

1:55- 2:00 pm
Interlude
Andrea Gagliano, Head of Data Science, AI/ML , Getty Images

2:00 - 2:40 pm
Career Panel 
Moderated by Suzanne Weekes, Executive Director, SIAM
Panelists: 
  • Cecilia Aragon, Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
    ​at the University of Washington
  • Sharon Hutchins, VP & Chief of Operations, Intuit AI+Data​​​
  • Tamara Kolda, Mathematical Consultant, MathSci.ai
  • Maggie Wang, Robotics Software Engineer, Skydio

2:40 - 3:00 pm
Afternoon Break ​- On livestream: ​WiDS interviews by theCUBE

3:00 - 3:30 pm
Fireside Chat
Moderated by Margot Gerritsen, Professor of Energy Resources Engineering & WiDS Co-Director Stanford University
  • Diane Tang, Google Fellow, Google
  • Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube

​3:30 - 3:45 pm
Technical Vision Talks
     3:30 - 3:45 pm
Skydio Autonomy: Data-Driven Approaches Towards Real-Time 3D Reconstruction in Drones 
Maggie Wang, Robotics Software Engineer, Skydio
     3:45 - 4:00 pm
Unsupervised Learning for Network Intrusion Detection 
Nandi Leslie, Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Technologies
     4:00- 4:15 pm
Replication, Robustness and Interpretability: Improving How We Communicate Scientific Findings  
​Chiara Sabatti, Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Statistics, Stanford University​

4:15 - 4:20
Interlude
WiDS Education Outreach

4:20 - 4:50 pm
Technical Vision Talks
     4:20 - 4:35 pm
Using Wearable Data to Empower Individuals in Managing Their Health
Torey Lee, Senior Data Scientist, WHOOP
     4:35 - 4:50 pm
Data Science for Equitable Recovery and Resilience
Denice Ross, U.S. Chief Data Scientist, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

4:50 - 5:00 pm
Closing Address
Rukmini Iyer, Distinguished Engineer, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Networking Reception

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