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Sarah Jarvis

Sarah has expertise in research and industry in the biomedical and biotechnology industries as a computer modeler and engineer. Sarah’s Ph.D. in computational neuroscience and B.Eng. in biomedical engineering have provided her with a sound foundation in the field of machine learning. Sarah grew up splitting time between the U.K. and Australia. Sarah completed her […]

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Viola Cao

Viola is a machine learning and artificial intelligence scientist working a Lemonade. Viola attended the University of Manchester, earning a Master’s in Finance, spent some time as a research assistant in the Stanford Lab of Statistics, then attended N.Y.U. to obtain another Masters in Data Science. After graduating, Viola served as an intern of the

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Sara Hooker

Sara is a Research Scholar at Google Brain and a founder and volunteer director for Delta Analytics. She is interested in interpretability, compression modeling, security inside deep neural networks. Sara is also interested in trustworthy explications of BlackBox model predictions. Previous to her role at Google, Sara worked for Delta Analytics, a non-profit enabler of

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Georgia Gkioxari

Georgia obtained her bachelor’s degree in E.C.E. at NTUA in Athens, Greece. Georgia relocated to the U.S. and received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, where she was advised by Jitendra Malik, before becoming a postdoctoral investigator in 2016 at Facebook A.I. and subsequently becoming a research scientist. Georgia is a Facebook A.I. Research scientist (FAIR).

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Maja Matarić

Maja is the founder of Embodied, Inc., creating human-centered socially assistive robotics dedicated to improving the quality of life for special needs populations. Upon receiving a Ph.D. in A.I. and M.I.T. robotics, Maja went to work for Brandeis University and then enjoyed several repeat stints at Southern California. Maja then founded Embodied, Inc., attracting funding

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Noor Shaker

Noor is a Senior Vice President and General Manager for X-Chem, a leading-edge company pioneering DNNNA-encoded chemical library (DEL) technology offering pharma and biotech partners assistance in drug discovery. Before working at X-Chem, Noor worked for Glamorous. A.I., leading a team of experts in A.I., chemistry, and business development, building a DEL-powered AI platform for

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Tatsiana Maskalevich

Tatsiana is the Director of Data Science at Shopify and previously held a similar position at Stitch Fix for several years. Tatsiana has a business background in mathematics and statistics and utilizes her academic and business expertise, creating products often employed on a large-scale predicting user behavior patterns. Additionally, Tatsiana leads numerical teams, focusing on

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Yejin Choi

Yejin is a professor at Washington University, obtaining her Ph.D. in computer science at Cornell University. Yejin is active in presenting her work, having done so at numerous conferences over the last few years pre-COVID. Yejin’s work encompasses various areas of focus, including natural language processing, machine training, and artificial intelligence, with her more significant

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Layla El Asri

Layla is presently a research team leader at Borealis A.I. in Montreal. Borealis I.A. IS an RBC Institute for Research center dedicated to achieving state-of=the art machine learning, supporting open academic collaborations with world-class research centers in artificial intelligence. N.L.P., GANS, profound learning, and unsupervised learning. Layla is also a Microsoft alum, having worked as

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Ruthe Farmer

Ruthe is a tireless advocate for diversity, equality, and inclusion in the technology and engineering professions. Ruthe is the founder of the Last Mile Education Fund, which aims to disrupt the traditional scholarship model by aiding underserved students in technology. Ruthe formerly worked in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as a

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Jorel Nye

Jorel is the Chief Product Officer for Stellar Health, where she helps medical providers and insurance companies improve quality and financial performance. Previous to Stellar, Jorel worked at Aledade as the tech product management and UX teams. Aledade is a technological solution that aims to enhance the American healthcare system by allowing independent experts to

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Mehrnaz Shokrollahi

Mehrnaz is a Senior Data Scientist at PureFacts, and a Member of the Advisory Board of Queen’s University. At PureFacts Financial Solutions, Mehrnaz converts financial data into trustworthy A.I. utilizing several algorithms she has created for numerous financial institutions. In addition to her work at PureFacts, she serves on the advisory board for Queens University’s

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