The 19th Workshop for Women in Machine Learning (WiML) will be co-located with NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

The NeurIPS 2024 WiML workshop will be held in person on December 10th 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/WiML2024 

IMPORTANT DATES

●      August 12th, 2024 – Abstract Submission Open on CMT.

●      September 10th, 2024 – Abstract Submission Deadline (11:59 pm AoE)

●      September 27th, 2024 – Notification of Acceptance

●      September 30th, 2024 – Travel Funding Application Deadline (11:59 pm AoE)

●      October 9th, 2024 – Notification of Travel Funding

●      October 19th, 2024 – Early Registration Deadline for NeurIPS (11:59 pm AoE)

●      December 9th, 2024 – WiML Workshop 2024 Participation Form Deadline for WiML Workshop (11:59 pm AoE)

●      December 10th, 2024 – 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 (up to a year old), or concurrently published research. 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.

• • Submission Link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/WiML2024

  • Topics:  Machine learning research in theory, methodology, as well as applications (similar to NeurIPS topics, see https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/CallForPapers).

  • Length: Maximum one page PDF.

  • Acceptance Criteria & Examples: Instructions

  • Eligibility:

    • Presenting Author: Must be women or non-binary

    • Attendees and other Authors: All genders are welcome

  • Deadline: September 10, 2024

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.

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, and ii) 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: [Application Link].
The application deadline is September 30th, 2024. Applications received past this deadline will not be considered. 

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

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


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. The reviewing period would be from September 12th-25th, 2024.

Reviewer Application Form:  Application Link.
Deadline for the Reviewer application:  September 5th, 2024
Notification of Reviewer acceptance: September 6th, 2024

ORGANIZERS

• Tiffany Vlaar (University of Glasgow)

• Ibtihel Amara (McGill University)

• Mehrnaz Mofakhami (University of Montreal; Mila)

• Bo Zhao (University of California San Diego)

• Milica Cvetkovic (Google; Northwestern University)

• Nikita Saxena (Google Deepmind)

• Yolanne Yi Ran Lee (University College London)

• Mahsa Massoud (McGill University; Mila)

ADVISORY (WiML Board of Directors)

• Eda Okur (Intel Labs)

• Mandana Samiei (McGill University; Mila)

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