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2019 WiDS Conference Agenda
 

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8:15 Check-in begins / Breakfast opens

 

9:15   Opening remarks/WiDS Opening Video

Cathy Chute, IACS; Munther Dahleh, IDSS; Liz Langdon-Gray, HDSI

 

9:30 “Secrecy, Criminal Justice, and Variable Importance”

Cynthia Rudin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
 

10:10 "What Can Neural Networks Represent?"

Stefanie Jegelka, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT
 

10:50 Coffee Break

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11:20 Anne Jackson, Director of Data Science and Machine Learning, Optum 
 

12:00 Lunch and Poster Session, Recruitment opportunities 

Lunch sponsored by Microsoft

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1:30 Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation & Development Economics, MIT

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2:10 "The Future of Data in Science"

Alyssa Goodman, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy, Harvard

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2:50 Coffee Break

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3:10 "A Better Way to Forecast the Future"

Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
 

3:50 Concluding Remarks

Cathy Chute, IACS

 

4:00 - 4:30 Networking Social