Women in Data Science at Stanford University
​Conference Schedule 2020

The WiDS 2020 Conference at Stanford University featured keynotes, technical vision talks, an ethics panel, career panel, lunchtime breakouts, and multiple opportunities to network with other attendees.

WiDS Stanford, March 2, 2020 (all times PST)
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305  

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​8:00 - 8:45am

​Breakfast Reception  

​Enjoy breakfast and meet the WiDS Corporate Sponsors
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9:00 - 9:15 am

WiDS ​​Welcome

​WiDS Co-Directors: Margot Gerritsen, Karen Matthys, and Judy Logan, ​Stanford University

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9:15 - 9:30 am

Opening Address

Persis Drell, Provost, Stanford University

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​9:30 - 10:00 am

Keynote Address
"Machine Learning: A New Approach to Drug Discovery"

Daphne Koller, CEO and Founder, insitro

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10:00 - 10:40 am

Ethics Panel

Moderated by Margot Gerritsen, WiDS Co-Director, Stanford University
Panelists: ​​

• Aslihan Demirkaya, Research Scientist, Vianai Systems, Inc
• Lucy Bernholz, PhD, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Center on Philanthropy + Civil Society  
• Lynn Kirabo, PhD student, Carnegie Mellon University

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10:40 - 11:00 am

Morning Break - On livestream: ​WiDS interviews by theCube

 

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11:00 - 11:40 am

Technical Vision Talks

 

​     11:00 - 11:20 am

Creating Global Economic Opportunities with Responsible Data ​

Ya Xu, Head of Data Science, LinkedIn

     11:20 - 11:40 am

"Don’t look. See! Are We Blinded by Data (Visualization)?"

Fanny Chevalier, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

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11:40- 11:45 am

WiDS Announcement

 

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​11:45 - 11:50 am

WiDS Datathon, ​Winners Announced

Meredith Lee, Executive Director, West Big Data Hub

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11:50 - 12:30 am

Technical Vision Talks

     ​11:50 - 12:10 am

​​"Polyglot AI: The Role of NLP in Building Multilingual AI Systems"

​Rama Akkiraju​, IBM Fellow and Director of AI Operations, IBM

     12:10 - 12:30 pm

​"​Know Thyself: Introspective Personal Data Mining"

Talithia Williams, Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd

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12:30- 2:00 pm

Lunch and Breakout Sessions -
​On livestream: WiDS interviews by theCube

 

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2:00 - 2:30 pm

Afternoon Keynote
"Why a World with AI Needs More EQ"

Tsu-Jae King Liu,   Dean, Berkeley School of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

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2:30- 3:10 pm

Technical Vision Talks

     2:30 - 2:50 pm

​​"Data Science in a Cloud World: What Every Data Scientist Needs to Know"

Nhung Ho, Directory of Data Science, Intuit

     2:50 - 3:10 pm

"Building Water Security from the Bottom Up by Leveraging Big Data"

​Newsha Ajami, Director of Urban Water Policy, Stanford University 

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3:10- 3:30 pm

Afternoon Break ​- On livestream: ​WiDS interviews by theCube

 

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3:30 - 4:10 pm

Career Panel 

Moderated by Martina Lauchengco, Operating Partner, Board Member, Costanoa Ventures
Panelists: 

• ​Rukmini Iyer, Distinguished Engineer, Bing Advertising Marketplace & Serving, AI & Research, Microsoft
• ​Talithia Williams, Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd
• Denice Ross, Senior Fellow, National Conference on Citizenship Fellow, Georgetown University
• Lillian Carrasquillo, Insights Manager, Spotify

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​4:10 - 4:50 pm

Technical Vision Talks

     4:10 - 4:30 pm

"How Data Science Can Unlock Teaching & Learning at Scale"

Emily Glassberg Sands, Head of Data Science, Coursera

     4:30 - 4:50 pm

"Interpretability - Now What?"

​​Been Kim, Research Scientist, Google Brain​

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4:50 - 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Margot Gerritsen, Senior Associate Dean, Stanford University

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5:00 - 7:00 pm

Networking Reception

Meet the Artists

• Patricia Alessandrini, Assistant Professor, Department of Music, Stanford University
• Andrea Gagliano, Head of Data Science, AI/ML , Getty Images