Women in Data Science (WiDS) Tacoma @ UW Tacoma

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 WiDS Tacoma @ UW Tacoma

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]:

  • Renee Burton

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    Senior Director of Threat Intelligent
    Infoblox
    Talk: Groking Machine Learning Performance in Security Applications

  • Sikha Pentyala
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    PhD Student of Computer Science & Systems
    UW Tacoma
    Topic: Privacy-Preserving Feature Extraction for Anomaly Detection

  • Amandeep Puri 

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    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
    Washington State Patrol
    Topic: Data-Centric Equitable Policing

  • Weichao Yuwen

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    Associate Professor of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
    UW Tacoma
    Topic: Data Science in Digital Health Applications and Health Equity

  • Athirai Irissappane

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    Applied Scientist
    Amazon
    Topic: Towards Using Reinforcement Learning for Recommender Systems

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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:

  • 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

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2021 Women in Data Science (WiDS) Tacoma @ UW Tacoma conference

March 8, 2021  8am-5pm
Virtually over Zoom

FULL AGENDA (PDF)

Featured speakers:

  • 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