Program

WiML Poster Session

Monday July 22nd, 2024

The WiML Symposium Poster Session will occur from 4pm to 5:30pm. The poster session will occur in the foyer outside of Stolz 1-3. 

WiML Symposium

Wednesday July 24th, 2024

The WiML Symposium 2024 Program Book can be accessed here. 

The program follows the following color scheme: talks, breakout sessions, program breaks, round tables, and panel discussion. The schedule is in local time zone and all components will take place in Schubert 1-6.

09:30 - 10:00   WiML Symposium Registration

10:00 - 10:15   Introduction & Opening Remarks 

10:15 - 10:35   Talk: Golnoosh Farnadi 

Algorithmic Fairness:  "From Traditional ML to Foundation Models"

10:35 - 10:55  Irina Rish

Talk title: "Towards AGI: Predicting Scaling Behaviors and Training Large Foundation Models on Supercomputers"

10:55 - 11:15   Talk: Fanny Yang

Talk title: "Robust Mixture Learning when Outliers Overwhelm Small Groups"

11:15 - 11:30  Short Break

11:30 - 12:15 Panel Discussion: Building your Career Path

Panelists: Golnoosh Farnadi, Fanny Yang, Irina Rish, Feryal Behbahani

Moderator: Ana-Andreea Stoica

12:25 - 12:55 Parallel Breakout Q&A with the Speakers

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch and Round Tables 

Our Sponsor round tables include: 

Two Sigma: From Physics to Quant Research

Apple Inc.: Career Growth

GlaxoSmithKline(GSK): Getting your first industry job

Google Research: Non-traditional paths in ML

Microsoft: Life as a researcher in industry

Google DeepMind: Research Scientist in industry

DE Shaw: The D. E. Shaw group

Mentor Round Tables and Sponsor Round Tables