New Delhi, July 30, 2020: IIMB Bangalore will host the second annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on August 8th, featuring accomplished women data scientists and luminaries in this field. Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Chairperson, Data Centre & Analytics Lab at IIMB, Ms. Harini Thammaiah and Ms. Srujana Kaddevarmuth are the WiDS ambassadors coordinating this conference which aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field.
Register here http://dcal.iimb.ernet.in/WiDS_Conference2020/register.html
WiDS is a Stanford University initiative that includes a global conference, with approximately 150+ regional events worldwide; a datathon, encouraging participants to hone their skills using a social impact challenge; and a podcast, featuring leaders in the field talking about their work, their journeys, and lessons learned.
The conference showcases technical speakers from organizations and labs like IBM Research Labs, Google, Walmart Labs, LinkedIn, PayPal, Yodlee among others.
Keeping in view the current COVID-19 situation and restrictions on public gathering, this year’s event will be hosted on a virtual platform.
Here is the detailed agenda:
WiDS Bengaluru 2020 AGENDA
| 9:30 | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS WiDS Bengaluru Ambassadors, IIMB |
| 9:45 | KEYNOTE
AI Ops: The future of Full Stack Troubleshooting, Gargi B Dasgupta, Director, IBM Research India and CTO |
| TECHNOLOGY VISION TALKS | |
| 10:15 | A case of personalization in omnichannel retail, Deepthi S, Director, DataScience, Walmart Labs |
| 10:45 | AI Trust, Dr. Shivani Rai Gupta, Senior Director, DataScience and Analytics, Capgemini |
| 11:15 | BREAK |
| TECHNOLOGY VISION TALKS | |
| 11:30
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Data Science to prevent bringing in unsafe pharma drugs to market, Madhura Shivaram, Principal Director, Data Science, AI Research, Accenture |
| 12:00 | Actively Managing Risks with AI, Snigdha Ghosh Ray, Head, Billing Products (Product & Engineering), PayPal |
| 12:30 | BREAK |
| 13:30
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Neonatal Sepsis Prediction using Machine Learning, Hyma Goparaju, Co-founder, Avyantra Health Technologies Sharada Sringeswara, Research Consultant, IIMB |
| 14:00
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DATATHON
Introducing datathon regional Winners, |
| TECHNOLOGY VISION TALKS | |
| 14:15 | Bias and Stereotypes, Aparana Gupta, Solutions Engineer Manager Analytics, Oracle |
| 14:45 | The Art in Data Science – from ‘Artificial’ to ‘Applicable’ Intelligence, Aparajita Karimpana, Sr. Director, Analytics CoE, Envestnet | Yodlee |
| 15:15 | CLOSING REMARKS
WiDS Ambassadors |
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