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WiDS Abu Dhabi and Dubai 2020

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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​

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

​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

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​

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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​

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)

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

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

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

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!

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

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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