Call for Participation

The 18th Workshop for Women in Machine Learning (WiML) will be co-located with NeurIPS in New Orleans, Louisiana and will be in-person.

The NeurIPS workshop for Women in Machine Learning will be held in person on December 11th with invited speakers, oral presentations, and posters. The event brings together members of the academic and industry research landscape for an opportunity to connect and exchange ideas, and learn from each other. There will be a mentoring session to discuss current research trends and career choices in machine learning. Underrepresented minorities and undergraduates interested in pursuing machine learning research are encouraged to participate. All presenters should be women or non-binary, and all genders are invited to attend. 

All submissions must abide by the WiML Code of Conduct.

Submission page: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/WiML2023


IMPORTANT DATES

●      August 11th, 2023 11:59pm AoE – Abstract Submission Open on CMT

●      September 14th, 2023 11:59pm AoE - Abstract Submission Deadline

●      September 22nd, 2023 11:59pm AoE - Travel funding Application Deadline

●      September 27th, 2023 11:59pm AoE – Notification of Acceptance

●      October 3rd, 2023 11:59pm AoE – Notification of Travel Funding

●      October 21st, 2023 11:59pm AoE – Early Registration Deadline for NeurIPS

●      December 4th, 2023 11:59pm AoE – Participation form for WiML Workshop

●      December 11th, 2023 – WiML Workshop Day (in person)


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We strongly encourage students, postdocs, and researchers in all areas of machine learning who are women or non-binary to submit an abstract (1 page PDF) describing new, previously, or concurrently published research. We welcome abstract submissions in theory, methodology, as well as applications. While the presenting author need not be the first author of the work, we request that the presenting author should be woman or non-binary.

Submissions will be reviewed in a double-blind setting. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to present their work in either a virtual or in-person poster session. A few authors will be selected to give oral presentations. There are no formal proceedings. Abstracts are non-archival: they may describe completed research or work-in-progress.

Please refer to the detailed Submission Instructions.


TRAVEL FUNDING

Registration to the NeurIPS conference is required to participate in this year's WiML workshop. Travel funding will be available for eligible WiML participants, to help cover transportation, meals, accommodation, poster printing and/or visa application related costs. The funding amounts will depend on the geographic location of the qualified recipients and their types of needs. Travel funding recipients are required to volunteer during the WiML Workshop. 

To qualify, the participant must: i) be a woman or non-binary, ii) L, and iii) be a student, postdoc, or hold an equivalent position (equivalent positions include unemployed recent grads and early career researchers from underrepresented geographical areas). WiML travel funding is administered as reimbursements after the workshop and no funding is allocated before the workshop. 

If you are attending NeurIPS, we also encourage you to apply for NeurIPS’ volunteering and travel funding opportunities, which are separate and independent of WiML travel funding. More details can be found on the NeurIPS website.

Travel funding application form: https://forms.gle/4BRNq9eoqkLrSuBE7 The application deadline is September 22nd, 2023. Applications received past this deadline will not be considered. 

* Important Note * More information on funding opportunities can be found in our FAQ section of our webpage.

AREA CHAIRS

Area chairs should be women or non-binary. The role of area chairs is to suggest an accept/reject decision for each abstract and summarize reviewer feedback. We expect each area chair to be responsible for up to 10 one-page abstracts.

Area chair application form: If you are interested in being an area chair, please apply via the application link. Deadline for the AC application September 5th. 


REVIEWERS

We welcome anyone interested to apply to be a reviewer. The role of reviewers is to provide constructive feedback to all assigned submissions and rate each abstract in terms of Relevance, Clarity, Novelty, Significance, and Technical Quality. 

Reviewer application form: If you are interested in being an area chair, please apply via the application link. Deadline for the Reviewer application September 5th. 


Visa invitation letter

Information on visa invitation letter requests can be found in our FAQ section of our webpage.


ORGANIZERS

Questions? Check out the FAQs or reach us at workshop[at]wimlworkshop[dot]org