WiDS Tacoma @ UW Tacoma is an independent event that is organized by Dr. Juhua Hu from SET and the Center for Data Science as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference, the WiDS Datathon, and an estimated 200 WiDS Regional Events worldwide. Everyone is invited to attend all WiDS conference and WiDS Datathon Workshop events which feature outstanding women doing outstanding work.
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This year's WiDS Tacoma @ UW Tacoma conference will be held on June 2, 2023 at CP108 of UW Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402 and Zoom, where in-person attendance is highly recommended. We are excited to organize a regional WiDS event here in Tacoma and we welcome you to attend. For more information, contact Dr. Juhua Hu.
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2023 Women in Data Science (WiDS) Tacoma @ UW Tacoma Conference
June 2, 2023, 9am-3pm
CP108 of UW Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402 and Zoom
Featured speakers [in the talk order]:
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Renee Burton
Senior Director of Threat Intelligent
Infoblox
Talk: Groking Machine Learning Performance in Security Applications - Sikha Pentyala
PhD Student of Computer Science & Systems
UW Tacoma
Topic: Privacy-Preserving Feature Extraction for Anomaly Detection -
Amandeep Puri
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Washington State Patrol
Topic: Data-Centric Equitable Policing -
Weichao Yuwen
Associate Professor of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
UW Tacoma
Topic: Data Science in Digital Health Applications and Health Equity -
Athirai Irissappane
Applied Scientist
Amazon
Topic: Towards Using Reinforcement Learning for Recommender Systems
2022 Women in Data Science (WiDS) Tacoma @ UW Tacoma conference
June 1, 2022 9am-3pm
GWP 320, UW Tacoma, 1754 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402 and Zoom
FULL AGENDA (PDF)
Featured speakers:
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Connie Yang
Lead Data Scientist
Pallet
Topic: Data Science in Tech - Sowmya Kumar
Senior Data Scientist
Microsoft
Topic: Forecasting Using Machine Learning & Deep Learning Methods, Data Science and ITS Career Advice -
Jaya Mathew
Senior Data Scientist
Microsoft
Topic: Demystifying NLP and AI in Azure for Beginners -
Wiegand Ellen
VP & CIO
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Topic: Data Science and ITS Career Advice -
Sara Ford
Engineer & Data Scientist
US Navy
Topic: Data Science and ITS Career Advice
2021 Women in Data Science (WiDS) Tacoma @ UW Tacoma conference
March 8, 2021 8am-5pm
Virtually over Zoom
FULL AGENDA (PDF)
Featured speakers:
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Jasmine Wilkerson
Senior Data Scientist and Team Manager
KenSci
Topic: Healthcare - Chhaya Choudhary
Data Scientist
Infoblox
Topic: Cybersecurity -
Luna Zhang
Assistant Professor
Milgard School of Business, UW Tacoma
Topic: Business Analytics -
Mayana Pereira
Data Scientist
Microsoft
Topic: AI for Good
