On Tuesday, April 14, attendees gathered at the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus to honor and highlight the work of women in the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence.
The third annual Celebrating Women in Data Science and AI Symposium, sponsored by the Data Science and AI Institute, NSF NRT: AI-Driven Advances in Microelectronics, and the Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES), drew a record number of attendees for a full day of speakers, panel discussions, poster presentations, and networking focused on the contributions and future of women working with AI.
Paulette Clancy, Edward J. Schaefer Professor in Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and research director of discovery and inquiry at the Data Science and AI Institute, served as emcee and moderated both the morning and afternoon panels.
The morning panel, “Experiences of Women in AI,” featured Avanti Athreya of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Zih-Yun “Sarah” Chiu of the Department of Computer Science, Suchi Saria of the Department of Computer Science, Laixi Shi of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mateo Díaz of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics.