Women in Data Science Worldwide
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Women in Data Science Worldwide
Leading women in data science share their work, advice, and lessons learned along the way. Hear how data science is being applied and having impact across domains— from healthcare to finance to climate change and more. Join our community: community.widsworldwide.org.
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The Future of AI Agents and the Power of Community
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Shir Meir Lador leads a team evangelizing applied AI at Google cloud. Previously, she worked as the AI group Manager of the...
Navigating Career Transitions: From Academia to Product Management with Sohini Sakhar
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Sohini Sarkar is a Principal Product Manager and a Senior Team Lead at MathWorks. Her career started with earning a Ph.D. i...
Predicting Responsibly: Claudia Perlich on AI, Bias, and the Art of Data Science
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Claudia Perlich is Managing Director and Head of Strategic Data Science for Investment Management at Two Sigma, where she has worked for sev...
Navigating Curiosity to Leadership in Tech
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Maritza is an engineering manager at Klaviyo, where she leads a team focused on creating tools that help marketers better u...
From Graphs to Growth: Mentorship, Math, and the Power of Algorithms
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Huda Nassar is a senior computer scientist at RelationalAI working on building the graph algorithms library offered as part of RelationalAI'...
Beyond Borders: Elevating Women in Data Science and Leadership
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Hannah Pham is a seasoned data leader with experience building and scaling data teams at top tech companies like Airbnb and Pinterest. Hanna...
From Internship to Impact: A Data Scientist’s Journey
Sydney Hazen, a Privacy Data Scientist at Ford, shares her journey from a college intern to a full-time role. She highlights how internships can lead...
The Power of Linguistics in Large Language Models and AI
Karin Golde, is the Founder of West Valley AI. She helps businesses and technical leaders navigate the rapidly developing landscape of AI and Large La...
Applying topological data analysis and geometry-based ML
Colleen Farrelly is an author and senior data scientist. Her research has focused on network science, topological data analysis, and g...
Using Curiosity, Mentorship, and Education to Build a Career
Listen to the incredible and inspiring journey of Avalon Baldwin’s career journey. A self-described data nerd, she was not only the first in her famil...
Fighting Crypto Crime with Data Science
In this episode, Margot Gerittsen speaks with Kim Grauer. Kim is the Director of Research at Chainalysis, where she examines trends in cryptocurrency...
Using Storytelling to Communicate with Stakeholders
Michelle Katics, CEO and co-founder of BankersLab, discusses her journey in risk management training and the importance of integrating technical ski...
Data Science Leadership: Creating Meaningful Impact
In this episode, Mary Krone explores her career shift from a PhD in chemistry and biochemistry to data science, where she builds financial credit mode...
Kate Kolich on Mentorship, Data Ethics, and Leadership
Kate Kolich serves as the Assistant Governor and the General Manager of Information Data and Analytics at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. With an ext...
Breaking Barriers to Entry & Success for Women in Tech with Telle Whitney
Telle Whitney began her career in the tech industry in 1986 after earning a Ph.D. in computer science from Cal Tech. Her journey into graduate studies...
Srujana Kaddevarmuth | Opening New Realms of Data Science and AI
Srujana Kaddevarmuth began her career near Bangalore, India after completing her master’s degree in engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological Univer...
Veronica Edwards | The Bridge Between Dance and Data Science
Today Veronica Edwards is a senior data analyst at Polygence, though her educational and career background encompasses a wide range – she has delved i...
Jane Lauder | Using Data Science to Create Aspirational Products
As Estée Lauder’s first-ever Chief Data Officer, Jane Lauder is combining data science with creativity to fuel the growth of the company. Jane has wor...
Priya Donti | Using AI to Fight the Climate Crisis
An expert in climate change and the optimization of power grids, Priya Donti researches how to use machine learning for forecasting, optimization, and...
Lesly Zerna | Teaching and learning data science in Latin America (Spanish)
Lesly Zerna earned her undergraduate degree in Telecommunications Engineering at the Bolivian Catholic University and then traveled to Brussels to com...
Leda Braga | Applying data science to investment strategies
Leda Braga is the founder and CEO of Systematica Investments, a hedge fund that uses data science-driven models to support its investment strategies....
Jessica Bohórquez | Using AI for leak detection in water pipelines (Spanish)
A Colombian engineer, Jessica is fascinated by the processes and complexity of water supply systems in urban areas.In her post doc research in Austral...
Karolina Urbanska | Using data science to study human behavior
As a quantitative social psychologist, Karolina has always been interested in using data to measure human behavior to try to understand it better. She...
Welcoming our new podcast co-host, Cindy Orozco
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WiDS Executive Director Margot Gerritsen welcomes her new co-host, Cindy Orozco, in a wide-ranging conversation about their career...
Tahu Kukutai | Advocating for indigenous data sovereignty
When Tahu Kukutai’s father went to school, he wasn’t allowed to speak his native language. If he did, he would be hit by his teachers. While the situa...
Allison Koenecke | Researching algorithmic fairness and causal inference in public health
Allison Koenecke, who received her PhD from Stanford’s Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME), describes how her experiences...
Karina Edmonds | Building bridges between business and academia
Though Karina showed an early aptitude in math, her high school counselor advised her against pursuing an engineering degree. She ignored his advice a...
Fatima Abu Salem | Applying data science for the public good in Lebanon
Fatima Abu Salem grew up in Lebanon and has focused her data science research on addressing critical challenges in the region, including problems arou...
Louvere Walker-Hannon | Gaining skills and overcoming barriers to a career in data science
Louvere Walker-Hannon has worked at MathWorks (the company that makes MATLAB) for over 21 years, where she’s also a STEM Ambassador. She studied biome...
Menglin Cao | Data science in fintech and financial services
After she earned her BA, MA, and PhD in economics from the University of Maryland, Menglin Cao spent six years at Fannie Mae before joining Wells Farg...
Karen Hao | Covering AI and Ethics Washing in the Tech Industry
Karen Hao trained as a mechanical engineer and then joined a Silicon Valley startup, thinking that technology was the best means to create social chan...
Cecilia Aragon | Aerobatic Pilot, Author and Data Scientist
The multi-talented Cecilia Aragon is a data scientist, professor, author and champion aerobatic pilot. In this podcast, she explains how learning to f...
Kristian Lum | Applying Statistics to Promote Fairness and Transparency
Kristian’s interest in statistics and algorithmic fairness has taken her on a winding career path from academia to business, to public service, and ba...
Lillian Carrasquillo | Using Human-Centric Data Science at Spotify
A data scientist by training, Lillian brings a passion for human-centric machine learning and algorithmic effects to her role leading Spotify’s Person...
Femke Vossepoel | Applying Data Assimilation Tools to COVID Forecasting Models
After earning her PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Delft, Femke spent several years in oceanography, climate research, and subsurface modeling. She dev...
Francesca Dominici + Rachel Nethery | Using Data Science to Study Air Pollution Effect on COVID-19 Outcomes
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Francesca Dominici and Rachel Nethery saw a way to connect the research they were doing on air pollution and...
Manisha Desai | The Importance of Data Integrity in COVID-19 Clinical Trials
Manisha Desai is a professor of medicine (research) and of biomedical data science, and director of the Quantitative Sciences Unit at Stanford Univers...
Newsha Ajami | Improving Urban Water Systems Through Data Science, Public Policy and Engineering
Newsha Ajami is a hydrologist specializing in sustainable water resource management, water policy, the water-energy-food nexus, and urban water strate...
Andrea Gagliano | The Intersection of Arts and Technology
When Andrea was studying math as an undergrad, she was required to take an arts class in order to graduate, and soon discovered that she loved poetry....
Ya Xu | Using Data To Create Economic Opportunities For All Members Of Global Workforce
Ya Xu manages LinkedIn’s global team of data scientists that manage data science projects across the company’s products, sales, marketing, economics,...