Affinity Workshop

Women in Machine Learning

Xinyi Chen · Erin Grant · Kristy Choi · Krystal Maughan · Xenia Miscouridou · Judy Hanwen Shen · Raquel Aoki · Belén Saldías · Mel Woghiren · Elizabeth Wood

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Abstract: The Women in Machine Learning (WiML) workshop started in 2006 as a way of creating connections within the small community of women working in machine learning in order to encourage mentorship, networking, and interchange of ideas. The workshop has attracted representatives from both academia and industry, whose talks showcase some of the cutting edge research being done by women. In addition to technical presentations and discussion, the workshop aims to incite debate on prospective research avenues and career choices for machine learning professionals. More information about WiML’s history and past events can be found at www.wimlworkshop.org. WiML workshop is overseen by the WiML Board of Directors, who select and support the organizing committee for each year’s workshop.

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To help navigate the virtual WiML Workshop @ NeurIPS 2020, we have compiled a list of important links and guidelines below:

1. All activities, such as the talks, mentorship roundtables, sponsor expo, and social events, will take place in the Gather.Town WiML world ([ protected link dropped ] Please fill out the participation form and accept the WiML Code of Conduct to access the Gather.Town: [ protected link dropped ] *Please note that the poster session will take place on Monday, December 7th at 8:30-10:30p UTC / 3:30-5:30p EST / 12:30-2:30p PST.*

3. Asking questions in live Q&A: To ask the speaker a question, you may: (a) join Zoom by clicking the link at the top of this page; or (b) type your question directly into the Rocket.Chat at the top of this page. The moderator will monitor the chat to convey selected questions to the speaker.

4. Please refer to the WiML workshop program book for details on all the program activities: https://bit.ly/3mOgpXE

5. The Gather.Town guidelines contains information about how to make full use of your experience at Gather.Town as well as troubleshooting common technical issues: https://bit.ly/2Igp45Z

6. Finally, we’d love to hear your thoughts on the virtual workshop experience. Please fill out the exit survey at the end of the workshop and enter for a chance to win a $$25 gift card: bit.ly/3m3v0ht

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Schedule

Mon 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Joint affinity groups poster session ( poster session ) link Welcome to the NeurIPS 2020 joint affinity groups poster session! We have 190 posters this year from Black in AI, Indigenous in AI, LatinX in AI, Queer in AI, and Women in Machine Learning. This poster session is open to all NeurIPS attendees, so tell your friends! Please see the program book for more information: https://bit.ly/3mOgpXE Click the "Link" below to join on the Gather.Town. Note that the Gather.Town link for this joint poster session is different from the 2 poster sessions specific to the WiML Workshop. Link	🔗
Wed 1:30 a.m. - 1:40 a.m.	[Important Link] Gather.Town for WiML World ( links ) link Gather.Town link for joining the WiML world, where all activities -- including talks, mentorship roundtables, sponsor expo, and social events -- take place. Please note that NeurIPS registration and signing of WiML Code of Conduct is required for access: https://forms.gle/RB6AWrQxaRvcqxXu7 Link	🔗
Wed 1:30 a.m. - 1:40 a.m.	[Important Link] WiML program book ( links ) link The WiML workshop program book contains details on all the program activities. Link	🔗
Wed 1:30 a.m. -	[Important Link] Gather.Town guidelines ( links ) link The Gather.Town guidelines contains information about how to make full use of your experience at Gather.Town as well as troubleshooting common technical issues. Link	🔗
Wed 1:30 a.m. -	[Important Link] Asking questions during live Q&A ( links ) link To ask the speaker a question during each of the 4 live Q&A sessions, you may: (a) join Zoom by clicking the link at the top of this page; or (b) type your question directly into the Rocket.Chat at the top of this page. The moderator will monitor the chat to convey selected questions to the speaker. Link	🔗
Wed 1:30 a.m. -	[Important Link] Exit survey ( links ) link Thank you for attending the WiML Workshop @ NeurIPS 2020! We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback about the event, which helps us to improve your experience for subsequent workshops. Please fill out the exit survey and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card! Link	🔗
Wed 1:40 a.m. - 2:40 a.m.	Informal pre-workshop social ( break ) link Participant-hosted socials will take place during this time in the Gather.Town WiML World. We highly encourage WiML participants to attend and meet fellow participants in a fun and casual setting. See this list for a description of each social: https://tinyurl.com/y2n4zbdh Link	🔗
Wed 2:40 a.m. - 2:50 a.m.	Opening remarks from the WiML 2020 Organizers ( remarks ) SlidesLive Video	Xinyi Chen · Erin Grant 🔗
Wed 2:50 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.	Remarks from the WiML 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Chairs ( remarks ) SlidesLive Video	Danielle Belgrave · Meire Fortunato 🔗
Wed 3:00 a.m. - 3:02 a.m.	Introduction to invited speaker, Mihaela van der Schaar ( remarks ) SlidesLive Video	Kristy Choi · Krystal Maughan 🔗
Wed 3:02 a.m. - 3:32 a.m.	Interpretable AutoML: Powering the machine learning revolution in healthcare in the era of Covid-19 and beyond ( invited talk ) SlidesLive Video	Mihaela van der Schaar 🔗
Wed 3:32 a.m. - 3:40 a.m.	Q&A for invited speaker, Mihaela van der Schaar ( question period ) link To ask the speaker a question during the live Q&A, you may: (a) join Zoom by clicking the link below (also found at the top of the page); or (b) type your question directly into the Rocket.Chat at the top of this page. The moderator will monitor the chat to convey selected questions to the speaker. Link	Mihaela van der Schaar 🔗
Wed 3:40 a.m. - 3:50 a.m.	Learning rich observation models in factor graphs ( contributed talk ) SlidesLive Video	Paloma Sodhi 🔗
Wed 3:50 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.	Rebounding bandits for modeling satiation effects ( contributed talk ) SlidesLive Video	Liu Leqi 🔗
Wed 4:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.	Poster session #1 ( poster session ) link During this poster session, the following posters (https://tinyurl.com/y2fst428) will be presented in the WiML World Gather.Town. NeurIPS attendees are welcome to attend; please note that signing of the WiML Code of Conduct is required for access: https://forms.gle/RB6AWrQxaRvcqxXu7 Link	🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Sponsor expo ( break ) link WiML sponsor representatives will be at their booths in the Gather.Town WiML World. Sponsor talks listed on this page can also be played on-demand in Gather.Town. Please see the following document (https://tinyurl.com/y3aenjyz) for a list of all the staffed times. NeurIPS attendees are welcome to join; please note that signing of the WiML Code of Conduct is required for access: https://forms.gle/RB6AWrQxaRvcqxXu7 Link	🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Machine learning at Apple ( sponsor talk ) SlidesLive Video	Karla Vega 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Women at DeepMind: Applying for technical roles ( sponsor talk ) link Link	Feryal Behbahani · Mihaela Rosca · Kate Parkyn 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Research at NVIDIA: New Core AI and Machine Learning Lab ( sponsor talk ) link Link	Anima Anandkumar 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Responsible AI for healthcare at Google ( sponsor talk ) SlidesLive Video	Jessica Schrouff 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Spotlight on women at IBM Research ( sponsor talk )	Lisa Amini · Francesca Rossi · Celia Cintas · Payel Das 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Learning generalized visual representations at Facebook ( sponsor talk ) SlidesLive Video	Deepti Ghadiyaram · Xueting Yan 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Microsoft inspires young women to pursue careers in STEM ( sponsor talk ) link Link	🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	QuantumBlack: Revolutionizing advanced industries using machine learning ( sponsor talk ) link Link	Diana Murgulet 🔗
Wed 5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.	Informal sponsor expo socials ( break ) link Participant-hosted socials will take place during this time in the Gather.Town WiML World. We highly encourage WiML participants to attend and meet fellow participants in a fun and casual setting. See this list for a description of each social: https://tinyurl.com/y2n4zbdh Link	🔗
Wed 11:00 a.m. - 11:02 a.m.	Introduction to invited speaker, Fernanda Viégas ( remarks ) SlidesLive Video	Kristy Choi · Krystal Maughan 🔗
Wed 11:02 a.m. - 11:32 a.m.	Communicating imperfection ( invited talk ) SlidesLive Video	Fernanda Viegas 🔗
Wed 11:32 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.	Q&A for invited speaker, Fernanda Viégas ( question period ) link To ask the speaker a question during the live Q&A, you may: (a) join Zoom by clicking the link below (also found at the top of the page); or (b) type your question directly into the Rocket.Chat at the top of this page. The moderator will monitor the chat to convey selected questions to the speaker. Link	Fernanda Viegas 🔗
Wed 11:40 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.	Accelerating 3D deep learning with PyTorch3D ( contributed talk ) SlidesLive Video	Nikhila Ravi 🔗
Wed 11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Why language models can help with downstream tasks: A mathematical approach ( contributed talk ) SlidesLive Video	Sadhika Malladi 🔗
Wed 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Break ( break )	🔗
Wed 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Mentorship roundtables session ( roundtables session ) link Over 60 mentorship roundtables on research, career & life advice, and sponsors take place in WiML Gather.Town. Please see this document for a list of all topics and mentors (https://tinyurl.com/y3xkclo8). NeurIPS attendees are welcome to join us in the WiML Gather.Town; signing of the WiML Code of Conduct is required for access: https://forms.gle/RB6AWrQxaRvcqxXu7 Link	🔗
Wed 2:00 p.m. - 2:02 p.m.	Introduction to invited speaker, Rediet Abebe ( remarks ) SlidesLive Video	Kristy Choi · Krystal Maughan 🔗
Wed 2:02 p.m. - 2:32 p.m.	Roles for computing in social justice ( invited talk ) link Rediet Abebe will be delivering her talk, "Roles for computing in social justice," live during the WiML Workshop. Be sure to tune into the Zoom link at the top of the page to listen to her talk. An alternate recording of the talk, which will be accessible to participants during the workshop, can be found here: https://slideslive.com/38938107/modeling-the-dynamics-of-poverty?ref=search Link	Rediet Abebe 🔗
Wed 2:32 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.	Q&A for invited speaker, Rediet Abebe ( question period ) link To ask the speaker a question during the live Q&A, you may: (a) join Zoom by clicking the link below (also found at the top of the page); or (b) type your question directly into the Rocket.Chat at the top of this page. The moderator will monitor the chat to convey selected questions to the speaker. Link	Rediet Abebe 🔗
Wed 2:40 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	Unexpected effects of online k-means clustering ( contributed talk ) SlidesLive Video	Michal Moshkovitz 🔗
Wed 2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Fairness under partial compliance ( contributed talk ) SlidesLive Video	Jessica Dai 🔗
Wed 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Poster session #2 ( poster session ) link During this poster session, the following posters (https://tinyurl.com/y2fst428) will be presented in the WiML World Gather.Town. NeurIPS attendees are welcome to attend; please note that signing of the WiML Code of Conduct is required for access: https://forms.gle/RB6AWrQxaRvcqxXu7 Link	🔗
Wed 4:00 p.m. - 4:02 p.m.	Introduction to invited speaker, Anca Dragan ( remarks ) SlidesLive Video	Kristy Choi · Krystal Maughan 🔗
Wed 4:02 p.m. - 4:32 p.m.	Getting human-robot interaction strategies to emerge from first principles ( invited talk ) SlidesLive Video	Anca Dragan 🔗
Wed 4:32 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.	Q&A for invited speaker, Anca Dragan ( question period ) link To ask the speaker a question during the live Q&A, you may: (a) join Zoom by clicking the link below (also found at the top of the page); or (b) type your question directly into the Rocket.Chat at the top of this page. The moderator will monitor the chat to convey selected questions to the speaker. Link	Anca Dragan 🔗
Wed 4:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Concluding remarks from WiML's President ( talk ) SlidesLive Video	Sarah Osentoski 🔗
Wed 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Informal post-workshop social ( break ) link Participant-hosted socials will take place during this time in the Gather.Town WiML World. We highly encourage WiML participants to attend and meet fellow participants in a fun and casual setting. See this list for a description of each social: https://tinyurl.com/y2n4zbdh Link	🔗