09-22, 13:00–13:30 (US/Eastern), Main Room
Panel Discussion - Diversity in Data Science
Both men and women can drive important change in our data science community and champion gender parity and diversity. This is critically important in an industry that seeks to understand and influence the lives of millions of people. Join us to understand how both men and women can help create a more inclusive tech industry.
During this panel you will learn:
- Lessons from both men and women on their journey to success and how they overcame challenges
- The business benefits of employing more women and how this is more profitable in the long term
- Actionable advice for being a male allie for women in tech
- How you can help create a more inclusive tech community
Previous knowledge expected
Dr. Mark Moyou is a Senior Data Scientist at NVIDIA on the Retail team focused on enabling scalable machine learning for the nation's top Retailers. Before NVIDIA, he was a Data Science Manager in the Professional Services division at Lucidworks, an Enterprise Search and Recommendations company. Prior to Lucidworks, he was a Data Scientist at Alstom Transportation where he applied Data Science to the Railroad Industry. Mark holds a PhD and MSc in Systems Engineering and a BSc in Chemical Engineering. His machine learning research in grad school focused on 2D and 3D Geometric shape matching and retrieval, object detection in video streams, anomaly detection in IP stream data and concrete crack detection of bridge structures. On the side, Mark runs the Caribbean Data Science Podcast and the Southern Data Science Conference.
Colleen Farrelly is a lead data scientist whose expertise spans many industries and machine learning applications, including topological data analysis, NLP, and time series methods. She volunteers her time as a mentor on projects related to her expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Noelle Silver Russell is a multi-award-winning technologist and entrepreneur who specializes in advising companies on emerging technology, cloud, AI and Web 3.0. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon Alexa, and is a consistent champion for public understanding of the ethical use of AI and tech based on her work building some of the largest AI Models in the world. She is the founder of AI Leadership Institute and serves as an executive at IBM. She was recently awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for Artificial Intelligence as well as VentureBeat’s Women in AI Responsibility and Ethics award.
Brittany Fox is the owner and co-founder of Focus Global Talent Solutions, one of the fastest-growing niche IT staffing agencies in South Florida. She is passionate about changing the way recruitment is done in tech, guaranteeing immediate results upon engagement, and serving clients the best candidates they will ever encounter. As a huge believer in changing the face of technology, Brittany champions and supports women to help them get the roles they deserve.