Toward an Inclusive Artificial Intelligence: The Ms. Q&A With Gabriela de Queiroz
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When presented with two sets of questions, one generated by ChatGPT—a new form of artificial intelligence that generates human-like conversational text—and the other by a team of writers, data scientist and Women in Data Science Conference speaker Gabriela de Queiroz quickly identified the correct authors of each. Asked how she had so swiftly distinguished between the AI-generated text and the human text, de Queiroz observed that the ChatGPT text was generic and formulaic, while the text produced by human hands was more creative and individualistic.
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Embracing Equity: Dataiku + Women in Data Science
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As stated by the 2023 International Women’s Day campaign, “Equity isn't just a nice-to-have, it's a must-have.” Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. A focus on gender equity needs to be part of every society's DNA. This begs the question: How can each one of us actively support and embrace equity within our own sphere of influence?
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How AI can help predict weather in the era of climate change
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From floods in California to freezing temperatures in Texas, 2023 has already seen its share of unusual weather. As climate change intensifies, extreme weather events like heat waves, hurricanes, and droughts will continue to become more common. As weather conditions change, it’s essential to know what’s coming. We need accurate weather forecasts on many different time scales in order to prepare for climate-related disasters, manage the power supply, plan agriculture, keep transportation running smoothly, and much more. However, we find ourselves in a catch-22, because as weather conditions change and intensify, they become even harder to forecast.
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Wharton/Engineering conference showcases advances in data science
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The Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science hosted the fourth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn conference on Feb 3. For the first time since the pandemic, attendees joined together on campus at the Perry World House for in-person talks showcasing the latest advances in data science, speaker Q&A sessions, and networking opportunities. A celebrated interdisciplinary event, WiDS @ Penn welcomed academic, industry, and student speakers from across the data science landscape to celebrate its diversity, both in subject matter and personnel.
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Making Space For Women in STEM
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Globally, women are typically underrepresented in many areas within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. In light of the International Day for Women and Girls in Science celebrated on February 11, we sat down with Women in Data Science (WiDS) Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Letetia Addison. She believes one of the keys to sustainable development is ‘using data and statistics to tell the stories of our lives.’ She discusses her STEM career and her support for initiatives involving Women in STEM-related fields, such as Statistics and Data Science, particularly in the Caribbean region.
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Penn to host Women in Data Science conference with speakers from Zillow, TikTok
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The Wharton School and Penn Engineering will host the fourth annual Women in Data Science conference on Feb. 3. The conference will include talks from leaders in data science, question-and-answer sessions with speakers, and networking opportunities. It will feature several speakers, including industry leaders at companies such as TikTok and Zillow, and high school students who have participated in the Wharton Global Youth Program's Data Science Academy. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will last until 3:00 p.m. at Perry World House, in-person for the first time since 2020.
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Ms Magazine reports that, "A new white paper by Women in Data Science (WiDS) at Stanford University, “Identifying and Removing Barriers for Women to Pursue Graduate Degrees in Data Science and AI,” shows that we have a long way to go before women share equally in the creation of the technologies that will change the future.
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Registration now open: WiDS Stanford conference, March 8, 2023
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Register now for the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Stanford conference 2023, a technical conference featuring outstanding women discussing their exceptional work in data science and related fields, in a wide variety of research domains. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. The conference will take place in-person, at Stanford University. Don’t wait to get your tickets for the in-person event, as they will sell out quickly!
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IBM Data Scientist Profession and Women in Data Science (WiDS) Collaboration
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IBM's Data Scientist profession is excited to share a collaboration with Women in Data Science (WiDS) to further enhance the Global AI & Data Scientist Profession career model. WiDS adds an innovative opportunity to enhance the careers of these professionals through their Ambassador Program, Regional Events, Conferences, Datathon, and Workshops. Through participation IBM Data Scientists can earn leadership and giveback digital credentials (badges) that help to meet the requirements of the professional, experience-based certification. Read the article.
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New Talent - Workforce Wanted: Data Talent for Social Impact
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New data for social impact talent are individuals entering the workforce from traditional or non-traditional educational institutions and programs for the first time. WiDS Ambassador Mahadia Tunga of Tanzania Data Lab talks about her work developing new data talent pipelines, breaking barriers to bring young women into the field, and empowering impact within communities.
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Women in Data Science Tokyo @ IBM 2022
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This year's third annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Tokyo @ IBM was held online on June 3, 2022. WiDS Tokyo @ IBM is an independent event that is organized by IBM Japan as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 200+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. Everyone is invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events. IBM Japan has hosted WiDS Tokyo @ IBM online twice before, in 2020 and 2021, and many people enjoyed the various sessions on data science. This year's event, the third in the series, was organized by three female WiDS ambassadors, Kyoko Nishito (Me), Aya Tokura, and Noriko Katoh from Technology Sales Devision of IBM Japan, as in the previous two years.
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What Makes Intelligent Visual Analytics Tools Truly Intelligent?
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Humans are innately curious creatures. We constantly seek connection, certainty, and clarification in the world around us — when looking at signs while driving, for instance, or attempting to understand pointed gestures when asking for directions. And beyond pattern recognition, we seek to find meaning in our surroundings. Vidya Setlur presented this research during a keynote lecture at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference 2022, which took place earlier this year.
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WiDS Managua – for more women participating in data science
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“At WiDS Managua 2022, a group of curious women met, eager to learn about data science and with the initiative to break down the barriers that do not allow us women to enter without fear, without feeling like impostors in that world historically dominated by mens." expressed Darlin Arias who participated as a speaker. "I loved being able to share knowledge, and I was very moved to see our attentive participants, taking notes and screenshots of the slides and above all with concern, I am sure that more initiatives of this type can make a difference. Thanks to WIDS, for bringing us closer and giving us that space from women for women".
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WiDS Armenia unites outstanding and aspiring women experts in data science
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On May 21, a group of Armenian and foreign organizations teamed up to highlight outstanding women in data science and raise awareness of data science solutions for sustainable development. The ‘Women in Data Science’ (WiDS) Armenia Conference brought together over 150 participants and took place at home of emerging Armenian talent and regional development – the Gyumri Technology Center (GTC).
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A new generation of data scientists could be our best weapon against climate change
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Data science is emerging as a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. For example, an international team of researchers recently identified the top sites in the world releasing methane. They used machine learning algorithms to analyze thousands of satellite images and pinpoint “ultra-emitter” sites responsible for about 10% of the oil and gas industry’s global methane emissions. Many are pipeline leaks that are impossible to detect from the ground, but relatively simple and cost-effective to fix once they have been found.
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AI is transforming medicine: Here’s how we make sure it works for everyone
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AI is transforming medicine, but some patients are being left behind. Stanford Professor Tina Hernandez Boussard shares lessons from this year’s WiDS conference on how we can make AI healthcare innovations work for everyone by gathering better data, asking the right questions, and increasing diversity in data science and healthcare leadership.
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The Women in Data Science conference brings together more than 300 attendees in its second edition and revolutionizes the data sector in Spain
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During this week, women from different professional fields have gathered to discuss the value and impact of the use of data in two large Spanish cities. On June 14 they did it at the Palau de Pedralbes, with the assistance of more than 200 people who wanted to get closer to Data Science through gaming, fintech, health, banking or smart cities.
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Changing the discourse: WiDS Tel Aviv conference, led by Intuit in Israel, held for the fifth year in a row
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The WiDS - Women In Data Science conference, led by Intuit in Israel, which took place for the fifth year, centers on one of the leading spokespersons in the field of Data Science and is a meeting place for the entire industry. it is no secret that the proportion of women in the high-tech industry is far from being the same as their share of the entire population. Worse, the presence of women as keynote speakers and even as participants in technological conferences is even smaller. According to various estimates, only about 25% -30% of the speakers at technology conferences are women.
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Saudi forum aims to boost female presence in data science
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Prince Sultan University (PSU) organized and hosted on Monday the third Women in Data Science (WiDS) forum in Riyadh. Along with strategic partner, the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the collaborative event between PSU and the Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, also focused on highlighting the latest data science research and practices in the Middle East. PSU is the first university in the Kingdom to put data science in the spotlight, and its rector, Dr. Ahmed Al-Yamani, pointed out the importance of the forum and its contribution to the Saudi Vision 2030 reform plan.
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Women in Data Science Belgrade 2022
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The first WiDS Belgrade 2022 conference, our 4th WiDS Serbia event, was a big success! On 26th March, in ICT Hub Belgrade, a Women in Data Science (WiDS) Belgrade 2022 was hosted by Isidora Gatarić, Valentina Đorđević and Tatjana Kecojevic, three WiDS Ambassadors based in Serbia. The conference is global initiative driven by Women in Data Science (WiDS), Stanford University (USA), and this year it was held at 200+ locations around the world.
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Dr. Tina Hernandez-Boussard: Data Science as a Path to Inclusivity and Diversity in Medicine
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Growing up in a rural community, Tina Hernandez-Boussard never thought she would go on to earn a Ph.D., much less be at the forefront of a new field intent on solving the inequities of our healthcare system through data science. However, with the support of a mentor who recognized her potential and encouraged her pursuits, Dr. Hernandez-Boussard—now a professor of medicine and biomedical data science at Stanford University—leads efforts utilizing data in medicine to better serve people from all demographics, not only those who have traditionally been the focus of biomedical research.
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WiDS Quito brought together inspiring women and awarded talent in data science
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For the fourth consecutive year, UDLA was the home of Women in Data Science Quito , an independent event that coincides with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDs) conference , organized by Stanford University. The local conference was held virtually and featured seven speakers and eight panelists, inspiring women who are making their mark in the field of data science and its applications. In parallel, the Datathón was developed , an inclusive learning contest for women aged 15 to 20, in which 25 people participated, whose skills and projection towards data science were demonstrated.
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WiDS Africa Conference: Where women data scientists #BreakTheBias
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dLab has organised the WiDS Africa Conference with H3ABionet (South Africa) and Microsoft Africa Research Institute (Kenya) since 2019. Prior to that, dLab has organised a WiDS Dar es Salaam event in 2018. This year’s event was attended by more than 100 people both in-person and online. WiDS Africa attracted data scientists, college students across disciplines from various universities, Government officials, and development partners across Africa.
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Confronting Inequity and Data Bias in Travel Demand Modeling
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During a technical vision talk at the recent Women in Data Science Worldwide Conference 2022, Bills spoke on the topic of confronting inequities and data biases in travel demand analysis. “In transportation engineering and planning, we have a long history of investigating equity in decision-making for large transportation infrastructure that dates back to cases in the 1950s and 1960s,” she said.
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Livermore WiDS provides forum for women in data science
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For the fifth time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory held a regional event in conjunction with the 2022 Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on March 7. The all-day event, held virtually for the second straight year, attracted women data scientists and students inside and outside the Lab, who gathered to share coding tips and swap stories of their experiences in growing their careers. Attendees tuned in via Webex to view talks and presentations by LLNL women data scientists, engage in breakout sessions and view a livestream of the Global 2022 WiDS conference hosted by Stanford University.
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Taking the pulse of data equity: 3 insights you might have missed from the Women in Data Science Conference
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Last week was the sixth time the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference welcomed participants to Stanford University’s campus. The hybrid event was the seventh WiDS event since the conference started in 2015 (2021 was a digital event), and over those years the WiDS movement has grown to become synonymous with promoting equality and diversity in data science and associated fields. The rise of cloud computing, increased use of artificial intelligence, and the importance of data insights mean that the field of data science is now more relevant than ever.
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Statistical Methods Estimate Missing Information on Human Rights Violations
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Gargiulo shared the statistical methods that she uses in her work to document human rights violations as a statistician with the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) during a technical vision talk at the Women in Data Science Worldwide Conference 2022. In her talk, Gargiulo introduced different approaches for addressing missing information and estimating the total size of a victim population, including incidents that were never recorded.
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Using Data Science to Make Clean Energy More Equitable
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Data science plays an increasing role in the fight against climate change. It can be used to help with everything from predicting supply and demand for clean energy systems to identifying which buildings to target for energy efficiency upgrades. As we use data science to develop innovative solutions to climate change, we should be careful not to replicate, or worsen, existing inequities - or create new ones. The impacts of climate change, from extreme weather to debilitating drought, will hit harder in poor countries and communities least equipped to deal with the consequences. Unfortunately, many of the solutions we are developing are also inequitable. Poor households that still cook with coal and kerosene can’t afford solar roofs and energy-efficient appliances. Low-income parents juggling work and childcare have little time to spend at charging stations to charge electric vehicles and may not have a garage or driveway to charge them at home.
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The Human Side of Data Science Can No Longer Be an Afterthought, with Cecilia Aragon
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Data science increasingly shapes our world, from the news we read to who is selected for a job interview to how long someone is sentenced to prison. As the amount of data we collect and analyze grows exponentially, we are beginning to see concerning consequences: algorithms that reinforce social biases, threats to our privacy, the spread of fake news and even the weaponization of disinformation for use in cyberwarfare. Our approach to data science so far has treated social and ethical concerns as an afterthought. The "move fast and break things" mindset encourages people to tackle technical challenges first and then focus on the human impact and unintended consequences later (if at all).
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Women in Data Science conference to take place on March 7th
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Women in Data Science, in its second edition, is a unique event in our country, which aims to bring to the public agenda the importance of women’s expertise in key areas of future development such as data science and new technologies, with a focus on training and education. with a significant impact on the national labor market. This year, Think Tank 360 organized for the first time in Romania, the international WiDS Datathon competition, under the auspices of Stanford. The Romanian teams from the academic, private and governmental environment competed, at international level, with teams of professionals with a tradition in the field of data science. This year’s theme of the contest referred to climate change and green energy, and the winners of this international contest, as well as the national ranking, will be announced on March 8, 2022.
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Women Data Scientists of the World, Unite!
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The Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS) was born of a problem: How can we remove the barriers to success that traditionally bar women from accessing the increasingly critical field of data science? WiDS co-founder Professor Margot Gerritsen is no stranger to this problem. Gerritsen, who received her Ph.D. in scientific computing and computational mathematics at Stanford University, recalls that as a woman and an international student pursuing a degree in computational science nearly three decades ago, there were few people she felt closely connected to—and fewer still who understood the challenges she faced in scientific fields. “You can’t be what you can’t see” wasn’t yet a slogan, but Gerritsen knew she wanted to help break down the barriers she had faced in the field so that other women would not have to overcome the same obstacles.
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Closing The Gender Gap in Big Data and Analytics: WiDS Philadelphia @ Penn
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It’s well known that the burgeoning field of advanced analytics will impact business. The Big Data Analytics (BDA) market, which is expected to exceed $225B in the next several years, is a primary driver of job opportunities according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and LinkedIn. But advanced analytics, Machine Learning (ML), and AI will materially shape every aspect of our lives – from business innovation and government policies, to the environment and our health and wellbeing, according to Mary Purk, the Executive Director of Wharton Customer Analytics and AI for Business, who is co-chairing the third annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Philadelphia @ Penn Conference on February 9-10.
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Inclusivity in data science field in the spotlight at WiDS conference, Mar. 7
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The gender gap in the tech workforce is steep. While women make up half of the workforce, they represent less than a quarter of employees in STEM positions. The reasons for gender disparity in tech fields might be nuanced, from lack of opportunity to cultural expectations to outright non-admittance into STEM educational programs. Organizations such as the Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aim to support women in this field and inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender.
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How One Conference Is Changing the Landscape for Women in Data Science in Israel
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, data scientists from around Israel will gather on March 7, 2022, for presentations, workshops, and networking at the WiDS TLV conference to unite Israel’s community of technologists. The local conference, which is sponsored by Intuit Israel, is driven by Intuit employees and Global WiDS Ambassadors Noah Eyal Altman, a staff data scientist, and Or Basson, a senior data scientist. Both are WiDS veterans who recognized the conference’s potential years ago.
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WE HUB, WiDS, Stanford University and Mathworks to train 100 girls in Data Science
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WE HUB, state-led incubator by the Government of Telangana to foster and promote women entrepreneurship to startup, scale-up and accelerate with global market access, today in collaboration with WiDS (Women in Data Science), Stanford University and Mathworks on-boarded eight schools aiming to upskill girl students. This seven-week programme will offer 100 girl students from the selected schools an opportunity to gain skills in data science field. This initiative by WE HUB aims at encouraging more girls to pursue STEM courses as well as understand the impact of data science in their career choice.
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Empowering Women to Join the Data Revolution
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As we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child today, with the theme “Digital generation. Our generation”, it is a moment to reflect on how digital inclusion can open new avenues for girls and women to learn and change the world around them. It is an indisputable fact that we need more women in Data Science! While the world is embarking on the fourth industrial revolution which is driven by data, women make up 75% of the world’s workforce and earn only 10% of the world’s income. In the US, women hold just 18 percent of data science jobs and only 15% of women globally are data scientists.
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Women in Data Science event - WiDS Dublin @ IBM - will showcase the versatility of a career in data
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Aine Lenihan, also known as Data Damsel, will host a panel of world-leading women working in data science as part of a free virtual event she has organised. The event, which coincides with International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June, aims to support women and girls entering the male-dominated field of data science. In her role as WiDS’s Irish ambassador, Lenihan said she curated the event’s speakers carefully with the aim of highlighting to attendees the versatility of a data science career.
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Data science needs input from women
Credit: John McCann/ Mail and Guardian
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Being involved in the inaugural Women in Data Science (WiDS) Africa conference struck me as an opportunity to try to give credence to literary theorist and feminist critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s famous essay on colonialism and allow the “subaltern to speak”. As a feminist ally, I passed the mic to some phenomenal women who are generally underpaid, underrepresented and unseen in the world of data science which, especially in Africa, is male-dominated.
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General Motors Africa and Middle East marks International Women’s Day by championing its ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion in the region. Underpinned by the knowledge that diverse perspectives and a dynamic team are at the heart of current and future business success, GM is shining the light on over 370 women, further complimenting GM’s overall female representation in its workforce. In addition, thanks to a special collaboration with Stanford University, GM continues to inspire and empower the next generation by bringing The Women in Data Science (WiDS) virtual conference to Dubai, UAE – taking place today, March 8th
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5 leadership tips from women in data science
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Women technologists who hold leadership roles broke through cultural and structural barriers to get to where they are. Grappling with industry's storied diversity issues, they invented their own recipes for success. For Michelle Rodriguez, dean of the engineering school at Peru's Universidad del Pacífico, attending conferences often meant wondering why there weren't more women sitting beside her. "You start looking at it, and you think 'something is going wrong here," said Rodriguez, speaking on a panel Monday during Women in Data Science Worldwide.
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The human dimension of data is essential for impartial AI
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Data’s takeover of society started at the turn of the twenty-first century, and its influence has steadily increased ever since. Today, algorithms shape decisions across all areas of society, and the effects resonate in people’s personal lives. “We cannot let these algorithms and these approaches of data-driven decision making really play the significant role that they are starting to play in our society at large if we do not really understand the ethics,” said Margot Gerritsen, Stanford University professor and co-founder and co-director of the Women in Data Science Worldwide initiative.
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Why the World Needs More Women Data Scientists
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Relying on biased information undermines the effectiveness of evidence-based policymaking. A potential source of bias in many datasets is that most of the world’s data scientists—i.e., the people who collect, organize, analyze data, and make decisions—are men. Women hold just 18 percent of data science jobs in the United States, and the problem is worse in most lower-income countries, where women are less likely to have access to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education that provides a gateway to a career in data science.
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Women in Data Science Initiative Holds Global Conference to Celebrate International Women’s Day
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, women data scientists from around the world will gather together virtually on March 7 and 8, 2021, for presentations, workshops and networking at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference. The event offers women in data science, a chance to recognize their social, economic, cultural and political achievements.
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Pune: Conference on data science to be held on March 8
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There are a wide variety of topics from different domains and on latest happenings and advancement in data sciences, Sucheta Dhere, ambassador of WiDS Pune chapter, said on Friday. “There are some 5,000 members in Pune WiDS, and at the conference, we will discuss the latest happenings of data science, including the current hiring trends,” she added.
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WiDS Ambassadors and Speakers from IBM at WiDS Regional Events in 2021
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In addition to the Women in Data Science (WiDS) annual conference at Stanford on 8 March 2021, we are thrilled that there are many WiDS ambassadors (hosting and leading activities) and speakers from IBM in 2021 at the WiDS regional events globally. We have also been encouraging IBM teams to participate in the WiDS Datathon and we know of more than 100 IBMers participating in the contest to predict diabetes in ICU patients.
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WiDS women-led workshops make data science education accessible to all
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Real-world applications of data science, from combatting cybersecurity to climate change, are shaping today’s world and tomorrow’s. Unfortunately, the people shaping the data that shapes the world are a homogeneous bunch: According to a 2019 study, 78% to 85% of data scientists are male. It didn’t start this way. From NASA’s human computers to the female researchers at Bell Labs and the ENIAC programmers, women laid the foundations for today’s data explosion. Now, bringing women back into data science is critical for ensuring accurate and unbiased data is available for today’s data-driven businesses.
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Transforming Japan's Data Science-Women in Data Science
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Do you know the activity called WiDS? WiDS is an abbreviation for Women in Data Science, and is a global activity to develop and enlighten human resources in the field of data science regardless of gender from Stanford University. There are certified ambassadors all over the world, and ambassadors hold symposiums and workshops in various parts of Japan. In this article, we interviewed two female data scientists who have been certified as WiDS ambassadors about the origins of WiDS and the future of human resource development in Japan.
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WiDS Dublin
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WiDS Dublin a digital conference took place on 9th June in association with Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland. Being an Ambassador, I had an amazing time planning and hosting this regional conference, and networking with Ambassadors globally. WiDS Dublin, managed to connect the women around the world and to support them in making a career in this evolving technology.
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WiDS Abu Dhabi and Dubai 2020
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On June 13th, IBM Developer and Heriot-Watt University in Dubai, in collaboration with Arab Women in Computing (ArabWIC) conducted the Women in Data Science Stanford (WiDS) regional event for Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The audience wasn’t limited to the region, we had over 100 attendees from all over the world!
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WiDS Bristol 2020
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IBM Code Bristol in collaboration with Jean Golding Institute at the University of Bristol hosted our first Women in Data Science Bristol event, to coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference held at Stanford University.
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The first Women in Data Science Beijing @ IBM event was held online on May 15th
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The spirit of Women in Data Science(WiDS) is to educate Data Science world wide regardless of gender and support women in this field. Inspired by the spirit of WiDS, 2020 Beijing@IBM is joining the international WiDS family. IBM China Lab held its first WiDS Beijing event on May 15 2020.
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More than 3,000 people attended the WIDS2020 Madrid Regional Event organized by the Rey Juan Carlos University and MPLSAP
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Last Thursday, April 16, the Technologies Applied to innovative projects led by women in Data Science took place through teams live events, organized by the Rey Juan Carlos University together with MPLSAP and with the support of the SAP Next-Gen program. The conference, which was originally organized to be carried out in person, but had to be held virtually in the end due to the state of alarm by the covid19, is a Regional Event within the initiative Women in Data Science (WiDS) of the University from Stanford.
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Annual Women in Data Science conference discusses fake news
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WiDS Cambridge, co-hosted by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, recognizes and empowers women in STEM across a variety of disciplines. What do radiation waves from space, the U.S. Census, and the human genome have in common? All three, like so many things today, involve massive amounts of data. These data can unlock insights and lead to new solutions and better decision-making — for those who have the knowledge and tools to analyze it.
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A class project on wildfire prevention led three Wharton undergrads to present their findings at the Women in Data Science Conference at Penn.
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On February 14, Analytics at Wharton, Wharton Customer Analytics, Penn Engineering, and Wharton Statistics collaborated to host the first Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS) at Penn. Among the impressive roster of PhD students, industry professionals, and professors that presented on a variety of topics were three Wharton undergrads who are working to develop a model that could help prevent forest fires in California.
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Research IT and Partners Host Women in Data Science Berkeley Conference
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The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Berkeley Conference took place on March 2, 2020, and was sponsored by Research IT, the Berkeley iSchool, CITRIS & the Banatao Institute, and the Division of Data Science, Computing, and Society. WiDS Berkeley is a satellite event associated with the Women in Data Science conference at Stanford. This was the third year that UC Berkeley hosted a WiDS event and it featured a mixture of live Berkeley events - including a keynote, tech talks, a panel, lunch, and reception - and streaming content from the Stanford conference.
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Women in Data Science Event in Palestine
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On February 29, 2020, Women in Data Science (WiDS) Nablus Conference was held for the second time at the Engineering Association-Nablus Branch led by ArabWIC-Palestine chapter’s leaders and other voluntary efforts. The conference welcomed over 60 attendees that varied between students, graduates, and professionals. The event included key talks by Miss Ayah Soufan who holds a Master’s degree in Data Science from the University of Southampton, UK, and Miss Rudina Subaih who holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Arab American University, Palestine (AAUP).
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Women in Data Science shifts to online format
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As Virginia Tech shifts its academics online during the coronavirus pandemic, organizers of spring events are faced with a tough decision whether to cancel, postpone, or go virtual. That’s the conundrum that faced Department of Mathematics faculty member Eileen Martin and a team of undergraduate students and recent alumni in recent weeks as they pondered the fate of the second Women in Data Science (WiDS) Blacksburg at Virginia Tech Conference, scheduled for April 2.
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Creating resilient, sustainable water supplies means flipping the management paradigm
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Humanity is dependent on water, but modern methods have major flaws. Perhaps today’s technology can help. For millennium, settlements were centered on water supplies and drought signaled disaster. The Egyptians were the first to manage the critical resource; diverting the Nile flood waters using a series of dams and canals in a major irrigation project that turned a seasonal lake into a water reservoir.
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The third Women in Data Science has revealed to us what data scientists can and do need from their businesses
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Can data science be finally detached from the hype that accompanies it - to practice more and talk less into the empty? It can! Lecturers, experts in science and industry, have proven this, who presented their projects at this year's edition of the Women in Data Science Conference. We have learned a great deal, including how companies should prepare for data science teams and projects.
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Women in Data Science à Saguenay: quand les femmes s’attaquent aux données
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About 80 people were present, Monday morning, at the Hôtel Chicoutimi, at the first edition of Women in Data Science (WiDS) in Saguenay. The prestigious conference, which takes place in more than 150 cities worldwide, was held for the first time in the region, the only place in Quebec to host the event.
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High-tech community collaborates with Stanford University to see more women in data science as speakers at technology conferences
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The WiDS Technology Conference in Data Science, initiated this week and led by Intuit Israel and PyData Tel Aviv, invited data science professionals of all genders, but the speakers were women only. The hi-tech community in Israel and around the world is known as a community that shares information and research at technological conferences frequently, in order to learn from each other and contribute to the advancement of the entire community.
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Recognizing and empowering women in STEM at Stanford
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Although women are graduating with science degrees in increasing numbers, their representation diminishes by the time they reach more senior levels. To give women a sense of belonging in STEM departments – and ultimately ensure the world benefits from their ideas and insights – over a dozen groups at Stanford University are pushing their communities to amplify and encourage the influence of women in STEM.
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The Higher School of Computer Engineering of Albacete held the WiDS conference
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About 60 people participated in the regional WiDS (Women in Data Science), held at the Higher School of Computer Engineering in Albacete, and which are integrated into the internationalization of this conference. Those responsible for the initiative, called WiDS ambassadors, have been the professors of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM): Julia Flores, Maite Alonso and Cristina Romero, also researchers of the Intelligent Systems and Data Mining group of the i3A Research Institute .
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Women in Data Science - Growing at UNCOMN
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At UNCOMN, we challenge our team members to grow both personally and professionally. “Growing at UNCOMN” provides a snapshot of just some of the professional development our people take part in. In this installment, we hear from two of our Data Scientists and their experience at the Women in Data Science conference in St. Louis.
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Outstanding Research by Outstanding Women
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Women in Data Science (WiDS) and Stanford Earth hosted a symposium to highlight the research done by women who use data science to assess a range of topics in the geosciences, including Earth processes, hazards, climate, and sustainability.
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WiDS - Women in Data Science
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It has been a year since I first learned about the activities of WiDS-Women in Data Science- WiDS is an activity aimed at inspiring and educating data scientists, regardless of gender, and supporting women in this area. Just the other day, the fourth workshop of WiDS Tokyo @ YCU was over, and at this time when I gained new vitality, I reflected on my reasons for thinking about WiDS while looking back a little after I knew this activity. I want to try it.
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Data Has No Gender
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I was invited to WiDS ambassador meetup at Stanford University last week, representing our chapter WiDS Córdoba (by MeT CBa). Delighted and grateful to @Margot Gerritsen, @Judy Logan, @Shelly Darnutzer, @Karen Matthis and @Facebook for the possibility of participating in this incredible event and being part of this great movement that works, from every corner of the world, to support and inspire women to join the data science field.
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Celebrating Women in Data Science
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Data scientist is the fastest growing job in the United States, according to LinkedIn. Here at Microsoft, we understand the value of that opportunity, investing in data science programs for our teams, offering MCSA certification in data science, and sponsoring and collaborating with the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference each year, hosted at Stanford University and nearly 150 regional events worldwide.
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How to make visible the contributions of women in science?
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Since the founding of the Nobel Prize in 1901, only 18 women have been awarded for their contribution to the world of science. For Ana Luna, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the Universidad del Pacífico, this figure shows a huge gap: it is difficult for a scientist to achieve recognition for her discoveries.
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WiDS Qatar 2019 Conference featured on QatarTV
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We are glad to share with you that the WiDS Qatar 2019 conference organized by ArabWIC Qatar on 20th April 2019, was featured on QatarTV. We hosted three distinguished women speakers working in different domains such as social media, genetics and medicine with data science. We also had one speaker talking about Data Visualization. In sum, the event had 4 tech talks and a panel.
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Midwest Big Data Hub co-leads local events for 4th Annual Global Women in Data Science Conference
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The Midwest Big Data Hub co-led local participation in the 4th annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference, with sponsorship from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the University of Illinois. The event was free and open to all. The WiDS Conference, hosted on March 4th at 150 locations around the world, seeks to unite and connect women working in data science fields.
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Women in Data Science Conference At ITU Copenhagen
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With a straight dive into data clustering and algorithms Claire Mathieu opened the 2019 Women in Data and Science (WiDS) conference. The Parisian Director of Research at The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), had, like many other speakers, come from afar to participate in the WiDS conference at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU).
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WiDS at the UDLA, Women in Data Science
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Extraordinary women doing extraordinary work is the statement that unites the WiDS exhibitors , an event organized by the UDLA that coincides with the annual conference of Global Women in Data Science, which is carried out by Stanford University and is replicated in more than 150 cities around the world.
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WiDS Mumbai 2019
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Fractal Analytics sponsored the Women in Data Science(WiDS) Mumbai Conference! #FractalforWiDS made it possible for us, WiDS Mumbai Ambassadors, to create a platform that celebrates women in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, and encourages women to choose and to remain in the field of Data Science. So far, in these 2 editions, we are proud to have featured 17 amazing women who apply Data Science in various industries.
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LA County's Women in Data Science Kickoff Draws Nearly 200
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Almost 200 women who work in IT for Los Angeles County gathered last week for the inaugural meeting of Women in Data Science event, a collaboration of the Los Angeles County Office of the CIO and the county’s Internal Services Department. It was delivered as part of the Women in Data Science (WiDS) at Stanford program.
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Women in Data Science conference unites global community of researchers and practitioners
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WiDS regional event is organised by the WiDS Ambassadors. WiDS Pune is an independent event organised by Sucheta Dhere and Rutuja Udyawar to coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide.
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WiDS 2019: Women Discuss How Data Science Is A Great Career Choice
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The MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) convened professional data scientists, academic researchers, and students from a variety of disciplines for the third annual daylong Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference in Cambridge. WiDS Cambridge is one of many global satellite events of the WiDS conference at Stanford University, where attendees join a global community of data science researchers and practitioners.
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Prince Sultan University organizes "Women in Data Science" in its second edition
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Prince Sultan University, in cooperation with Stanford University, organized the "Women in Data Science" in its second edition, which aims to promote the participation of women in all disciplines, such as engineering, health, law, education, administration and other disciplines. The forum aims to expose the latest data science research in the Middle East by encouraging the exchange of ideas and interdisciplinary cooperation between local and international researchers and industry leaders.
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Women in Data Science Conference La Paz 2019
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Women in Data Science La Paz has a year to live !! And we celebrate in the best way! ... sharing on Data Science in a new version of the local WiDS conference. Last Saturday, March 9, we carried out the second version of the local conference of Women in Data Science La Paz. Thanks to our great team, we had a full house! The event's agenda was flooded with the experience of women with a long career and experience in Data Science.
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Making connections, career development highlight Women in Data Science regional event
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For the second straight year, the HPC Innovation Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) played host to a Women in Data Science (WiDS) regional event on March 4, drawing in dozens of attendees from LLNL, local universities and other Bay Area national laboratories
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Algorithms loaded with biases, not just gender
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The recommendations we get from Netflix or Spotify, how the banks decide who to give a loan, the ads we see on the social networks and even the initial sorting of our resume: behind almost every action we make on the net or outside there are huge amounts of data collected, analyzed and applied for knowledge production . It's called Data Science, and it's the most current hot revolution - not just in the technology world.
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Women in Data Science ha celebrado en Madrid su tercera edición
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El Espacio Fundación Telefónica ha acogido la tercera edición de la conferencia Women in Data Science para debatir sobre el impacto de la Inteligencia Artificial y la robotización en las empresas españolas, el mercado de trabajo y la gestión del talento. La reunión ha congregado a más de 250 personas, entre las que figuraban directivas de entidades como Endesa, BBVA, Fundación Telefónica, IE Exponential Learning, Altran y Llorente & Cuenca.
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Zain partners Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conferences in Kuwait and Lebanon to inspire and educate
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Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its partnership and support of Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conferences held in Kuwait City and Beirut earlier this month. The two events were organized jointly by Kuwait’s Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) and American University of Beirut (AUB) for their respective events, both in coordination and linked with the annual Global WiDS Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150 plus locations worldwide.
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Showcasing Diversity in Tech: Women in Data Science
Last week, more than 150 technology leaders convened at the SAP campus in Palo Alto, California, to talk about diversity, technology, and business development at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Silicon Valley @ SAP event.
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Utah's First Data Science conference for women draws unexpected interest
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Jes Ford thought maybe 20 or 30 people would show up. Certainly not anymore. Certainly not 100. But more than 120 people showed up to Utah’s first Women in Data Science conference in Salt Lake City Monday. Women in Data Science was born nearly four years ago at Stanford University in an effort to “inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field.”
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IIMB to host ‘Women in Data Science Conference’ on March 9
The Data Centre and Analytics Lab (DCAL) at IIM Bangalore to host the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference on March 9 (Saturday) at the IIMB auditorium. WiDS is an initiative of Stanford University and IIM Bangalore is hosting the Bangalore region event.
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Women in Data Science Blacksburg event brings together students, faculty
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The growing field of data science and analytics was at the center of the inaugural Women in Data Science Blacksburg Conference, held Feb. 11 on the Virginia Tech campus. At the conference, participants heard from women in industry, including Milinda Lakkam, a senior data scientist with LinkedIn, and academia, including Sally C. Morton, dean of the College of Science and a statistician by training with a long career in statistics data analytics. A career panel also was held.
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Back to the Women in Data Science (WiDS)
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If the initiative Women in Data Science (or WiDS for intimates ) was born in the American university in 2015, it now represents an event taking place in more than 150 cities worldwide. And the Paris edition was organized by Total, in their famous Coupole tower at La Défense. Nathalie Brunelle, project director at TOTAL @ Saclay says it pretty well in her introduction to the subject: there is still a lot of confusion between what the movies call artificial intelligence and the actual real applications.
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100,000 people will attend Global Women in Data Science Conference
The biggest event on the data science community calendar is the one that showcases women in the field. Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) is like the Women’s March for analytics. It’s a phenomenon too big for just one city. The conference was founded by Margot Gerritsen, a Stanford faculty member and Director of Stanford's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME).
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WiDS brings female speakers to the Ottawa stage
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The best way to see more women in STEM fields is to make the ones already there more visible, according to this week’s all-female panel on Techopia Live. Women from Shopify, Leonovus, Montreal’s Element AI and the University of Ottawa engineering department dropped by ahead of next week’s Women in Data Science conference to preview the event and provide a few early insights into the conference theme of artificial intelligence.
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Mujeres en ciencias de datos, WiDS 2018 (La Nación Data, Argentina)
Un evento de la Universidad de Stanford con capitulo local en la FIUBA. La jornada está destinada a compartir experiencias y conocimientos de mujeres en este campo, con el objeto de inspirar a otras, pero orientado a un público amplio interesado en estas temáticas, es decir, sin distinción de género.
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CIO Magazine, NZ: Career opportunities in data science
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How do you inspire more people to enter this important and growing field that is having a major impact on every sector of our society? Katarina Kolich, head of enterprise data services at Bank of New Zealand, continues her advocacy to encourage women to consider a career in information technology.
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Silicon Angle: Stanford showcases women in data science to help close gender gap at WiDS 2018
Careers in technology fields can offer financial freedom to women around the world, but gender inequality still plagues the top tech companies and education systems worldwide. Can academia help close the gender gap from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen? Looking to answer these questions and more, SiliconANGLE is at the Global Women in Data Science Conference at Stanford University. Showcasing women across the globe making a difference in data science, we’re broadcasting live interviews and commentary from our roving news desk, theCUBE.
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The Data Science Infographic: Is “Being a Man” a Qualification?
What is the Data Science Infographic? Ask any data scientist if they’ve seen a “What it takes to be a data scientist” infographic, and they’ll answer in the affirmative (and probably tell you about their side project of collecting and classifying them with a neural net). Because the title data scientist has yet to settle on a universal definition, folks are continuously dreaming up snappy ways to communicate the skills of our trade (I’m just thankful we’ve expanded past the Venn diagrams). The recipe is simple: a drawing of a geek in glasses and a (sometimes comically elaborate) list of skills.
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WiDS Beirut 2018: Women world leaders in data science inspire and educate at AUB
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The AUBxStanford Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference took place at AUB's Olayan School of Business (OSB) on March 5, 2018. Now in its second year, the annual conference is in partnership with the Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering and is led by AUB for the Arab Middle East and North Africa region. The conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists in general, and support Arab women in this fast-growing, data-driven science that encompasses scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data in various forms for better decision-making, policy, and planning.
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WiDS Nairobi 2018 - WiDS comes to Africa!
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As people celebrated women all over the world last week, I decided to spend the day with incredible women in the tech industry especially those in the field of Machine Learning and Data Science at the Nairobi Women in Data Science Conference. The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference is an annual global conference that is aimed at inspiring and educating data scientists all over the world regardless of gender and support the women in the field. This year’s global WiDS conference was held at Stanford University together with over 100 regional events all over the world where of course, included Nairobi.
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WiDS La Paz 2018
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VISOR BOLIVIA / Alberto Medrano.- Dentro de las actividades por el Día Internacional de la Mujer se realizó eventos en el área de la tecnología en 52 países, como el taller de Ciencia de Datos en Bolivia que tuvo como propósito incentivar la participación de la mujer en la era digital generando ciberactivismo y explorando recursos tecnológicos junto a diversos emprendimientos. “Women In Data Science” y “Women Techmaker”, que traducido al español significa Mujeres en Ciencia de datos y Creadoras de Tecnología, son comunidades que pretenden incentivar a mujeres de todas las edades a incursionar en el uso efectivo de la tecnología.
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