Speakers

Here is our line-up of data science experts and thought leaders at WiDS Stanford 2020!  

Aslihan
Demirkaya

Research
​Scientist​

Vianai Systems, Inc

Been
Kim​ 

Research
​Scientist​​​

Google Brain

Daphne
Koller

ceo &
founder​

insitro

Denice
Ross 

Senior
​Fellow​

Georgetown University

Emily
Glassberg Sands 

​Head of
​Data Science
​

​Coursera

Fanny
​Chevalier

​Assistant Professor computer Science & statistics

University of Toronto

Judy
Logan

WiDS Co-Director
​​
​

Stanford University

Karen
Matthys

WiDS Co-Director​, Executive Director of external partners​

Stanford University

Lillian
Carrasquillo

Insights Manager

​​

Spotify

Lucy
Bernholz

senior research scholar
​​

Stanford University

Lynn
Kirabo

Graduate researcher 
​
​​

Carnegie Mellon University

Margot
​Gerritsen​

Senior associate dean, & co-director of wids
​​​

​Stanford University

Martina 
Lauchengco​

Operating Partner, Board Member​​​​

Costanoa Ventures

Meredith
Lee

executive director​
​

West Big Data Hub

Newsha
Ajami

​Director of Urban Water Policy​

Stanford University

Nhung
​Ho​

Director of
​Data Science

​Intuit

Persis
​Drell

Provost​​​​​

​

​
​Stanford University

Rama
​Akkiraju

ibm fellow &
Director of AI OPerations​

​
IBM

Rukmini
Iyer

Distinguished Engineer
​

​
Microsoft

Talithia
Williams

Associate Dean, 
Associate  Professor of Mathematics

​Harvey Mudd

Tsu-Jae
King Liu

Dean, Berkeley School  OF ENgineering
​​

University of California,
Berkeley

Ya
​Xu

head of
​data science​
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