WiDS Central Massachusetts 2021 Agenda ( EST)
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11:00am-1:00pm |
Optional Attendance at the WiDS Global Opening Session |
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WiDS Central Massachusetts Opening Remarks
Zoom Webinar Link Dr. Jean King, Peterson Family Dean of Arts & Sciences, WPI Dr. Elke Rundensteiner, Founding Director of Data Science Program & Professor of Computer Science, WPI President Laurie Leshin ,16th president, and first woman, to lead Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
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2:00pm-3:15pm |
Panel One: Ethics and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Zoom Webinar Link Moderator Dr. Julia Stoyanovich, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and of Data Science at New York University Panelist Sarah Khatry, Applied Data Scientists at DataRobot, Trusted AI team Dr. Dessislava Pachamanova, Professor and Zwerling Family Endowed Scholar at Babson College and Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Zahra Timsah, AI Governance and Ethics Lead at MassMutual |
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3:15pm- 3:30pm |
Coffee Break |
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Poster and Networking Session hosted on Hopin
Speed Networking Session (Please use Chrome for Hopin) Hopin Link Student Poster Session Poster Zoom Link |
| 4:30pm-5:45pm | Panel Two: Professional Development
Zoom Webinar Link Moderator Dr. Gillian Smith, Associate Professor in Interactive Media & Game Development and Computer Science Panelist Julie Buard, Product Owner, Grid Digital Solutions, General Electric Renewable Energy Dr. Shiri Dori-Hacohen, CEO & founder of AuCoDe, an AI-based startup that detects controversies and misinformation online and turns them into actionable intelligence Jocelyn Petitto, PhD Candidate in BCB and the first cohort of the WPI/UMMS Joint Program |
| 5:45pm-6:00pm | WiDS Central Massachusetts Closing Remarks
Zoom Webinar Link Geri Dimas, PhD Candidate , Data Science Program , WPI |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Optional Attendance at the WiDS Global Closing Session |