Intuit Israel is inviting you to the annual

Women in Data Science
Conference - WIDS TLV

February 23^rd, 2020 | 8:45-16:00 | Sheva Convention Center – Tel Aviv

#WiDSTLV

Intuit Israel is inviting you to the annual

Women in Data Science Conference -

WIDS TLV

February 23^rd, 2020 | 8:45-16:00 | Sheva Convention Center – Tel Aviv | #WiDSTLV

CFP closes by Jan. 1, 2020

#WiDSTLV

About the Conference

For the 3rd year in a row, Intuit Israel, in cooperation with PyData Tel Aviv, is proud to bring the international Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference to Tel Aviv.

The global Women in Data Science Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. This annual one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science related research and applications in a broad set of domains. All genders are invited to participate in the conference, which features exclusively female speakers.

The conference is sponsored by Intuit and all money raised through ticket sales will be donated to “Neot Aviv” hostel.

Attendance at this event is open to data scientists of all genders, working in the industry, or academia, and to advanced degree students in relevant fields.

Registration applications will be screened and approved by the organizers to ensure the highest quality of networking.

All talks will be in English.

About the Conference

For the 3rd year in a row, Intuit Israel, in cooperation with PyData Tel Aviv, is proud to bring the international Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference to Tel Aviv.

The conference is sponsored by Intuit and all money raised through ticket sales will be donated to “Neot Aviv” hostel.

Attendance at this event is open to data scientists of all genders, working in the industry or academia, and to advanced degree students in relevant fields.

Registration applications will be screened and approved by the organizers to ensure the highest quality of networking.

All talks will be in English.

Keynote Speakers

Daphna Weissglas

Biomedical Informatics Team Leader at MyHeritage

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Ofra Amir

Assistant professor at the faculty of industrial engineering and management, Technion

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Gal Yona

Computer Science PhD candidate at the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Yael Karov

Director of Engineering at Google

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Planned Agenda

8:45	Reception
9:30	Opening words by Shir Meir Lador, Data Science leader at Intuit
9:45	Yael Karov - AI For Assisting in Task Completion
10:15	Ofra Amir - Agent Strategy Summarization: Describing Agent Behavior to People
10:45	Break
11:00	Lightning talks

12:30	Lunch & Poster session
13:30	Roundtable session & Poster session
14:30	Roundtable closure
14:45	Gal Yona - How Fair Can We Be
15:15	Daphna Weissglas - Turning Data Science Into Precision Medicine Empowering Millions
15:45	Closing remarks

Planned Agenda

8:45	Reception
9:30	Opening words by Shir Meir Lador, Data Science leader at Intuit
9:45	Yael Karov - AI For Assisting in Task Completion
10:15	Ofra Amir - Agent Strategy Summarization: Describing Agent Behavior to People
10:45	Break
11:00	Lightning talks
12:30	Lunch & Poster session
13:30	Roundtable session & Poster session
14:30	Roundtable closure
14:45	Gal Yona - How Fair Can We Be
15:15	Daphna Weissglas - Turning Data Science Into Precision Medicine Empowering Millions
15:45	Closing remarks

WiDS TLV Ambassador

Shir is a Data Science Leader at Intuit, the global leader in financial management software. Additionally, she is the co-founder of PyData Tel Aviv meetups, the co-host of “Unsupervised” – a podcast about data science in Israel, and gives talks at various machine learning and data science conferences and meetups.

Shir holds an M.Sc. in electrical engineering and computers with a major in machine learning and signal processing from Ben-Gurion University.

Shir’s interview as part of the WiDS Podcast – Using Data Science to Keep Financial Data Secure.