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About this event
Date
Date
May 22nd, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT
Location
Location
Virtual event
Cost
Cost
Free event!
Mission
WiDS Twin Cities is an independent event that is organized by Sayantica Pattanayak, Ivette Sulca, and Avani Saklecha as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference, the WiDS Datathon, and an estimated 200 WiDS Regional Events worldwide. Everyone is invited to attend all WiDS conference and WiDS Datathon Workshop events which feature outstanding women doing outstanding work.
WiDS Twin Cities is an independent event that is organized by Sayantica Pattanayak, Ivette Sulca, and Avani Saklecha as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference, the WiDS Datathon, and an estimated 200 WiDS Regional Events worldwide. Everyone is invited to attend all WiDS conference and WiDS Datathon Workshop events which feature outstanding women doing outstanding work.
The Speakers
The Speakers
Varsha Shiva Kumar
Varsha Shiva Kumar
Lead Data Scientist
Target, USA
About Varsha Shiva Kumar
Varsha is a Data Science professional with close to 9 years of experience across Retail, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services and CPG domains. She is currently a Lead Data Scientist at Target. Prior to working at Target, she graduated from University of Cincinnati with a Master’s degree in Business Analytics in 2019. She's passionate about solving business problems and storytelling using data.
Dr. Pakeeza Akram
Dr. Pakeeza Akram
Assistant Professor
University of St. Thomas, USA
About Dr. Pakeeza
Pakeeza Akram has completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Delaware. She won a prestigious award of Fulbright Scholarship for the Ph.D. program. Dr. Akram is currently working at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Her research focuses mainly on the application of machine learning in Bioinformatics. However, she is also actively involved in building solutions for global problems such as automated depression diagnosis, CS education for minors, and machine translation for different languages.
Aakanksha N S
Aakanksha N S
Machine Learning Engineer
Snap Inc., USA
About Aakanksha N S
Aakanksha is currently a Machine Learning Engineer at Snap Inc. working on building Ad Ranking recommendation models for the Snapchat app. She completed her master's degree in Data Science at the University of San Francisco and is passionate about writing and sharing her knowledge in different blogs.
Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak
Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak
Assistant Professor
University of St. Thomas, USA
About Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak
Sayantica Pattanayak is currently an Assistant Professor at the Universitiy of St.Thomas, MN, USA. She completed her PhD at North Dakota State University, North Dakota, USA. Her research topics included Deep Learning, Ensemble Learning and Cryptography. She is also one of the ambassadors from WiDS Minneapolis region.
Agenda
Agenda
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
10:00 a.m. CT
10:00 a.m. CT
About WiDS and Networking
About WiDS and Networking
WiDS Twin Cities Ambassadors: Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak, Ivette Sulca, and Avani Saklecha
MAIN TALKS
MAIN TALKS
10:20 a.m. CT
10:20 a.m. CT
Prediction of comorbid and non-comorbid diseases using geometric space embedding using human interactome.
Prediction of comorbid and non-comorbid diseases using geometric space embedding using human interactome.
Dr. Pakeeza Akram, Assistant Professor , University of St.Thomas,MN
10:40 a.m. CT
10:40 a.m. CT
Brief Introduction to Outlier Detection Models using pyOD package
Brief Introduction to Outlier Detection Models using pyOD package
Varsha Shiva Kumar, Lead Data Scientist, Target
11:00 a.m. CT
11:00 a.m. CT
Predicting Taxonomic Identity and Genetic Composition of Codon Usage Bias Levels Using Deep Learning Models
Predicting Taxonomic Identity and Genetic Composition of Codon Usage Bias Levels Using Deep Learning Models
Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak, Assistant Professor, University of St.Thomas,MN
11:20 a.m. CT
11:20 a.m. CT
Introduction to Recommendation Systems
Introduction to Recommendation Systems
Aakanksha N S, Machine Learning Engineer, Snap Inc.
CLOSING REMARKS
CLOSING REMARKS
11:40 a.m. CT
11:40 a.m. CT
Takeaways, future events and gifts
Takeaways, future events and gifts
WiDS Twin Cities Ambassadors: Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak, Ivette Sulca, and Avani Saklecha
WiDS Twin Cities Ambassadors
WiDS Twin Cities Ambassadors
Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak
Dr. Sayantica Pattanayak
WiDS Ambassador
Assistant Professor
University of St. Thomas, USA
Ivette Sulca
Ivette Sulca
WiDS Ambassador
Senior Data Scientist
Target, USA
Avani Saklecha
Avani Saklecha
WiDS Ambassador
Data Scientist
Foot Locker, USA
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