WiDS Burlington Conference 2020

UPDATE || THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

To our dear WiMLDS VT members,

We have made the difficult decision to cancel outright our Women in Data Science Burlington conference, online or otherwise. In light of ongoing global events, we all need a break from tech organizing. However, you can still contribute to your community here in Vermont. Feminism can only succeed when our feminism is intersectional. Black lives matter, and Black people have the right to not only survive, but to thrive. Please consider donating to these local organizations:

Black Lives Matter of Greater Burlington: https://www.blmgb.org/
Peace & Justice Center of Vermont: https://www.pjcvt.org/
Living Proof Mentoring: https://www.lpmentoring.org/support
Rebel Womxn: https://www.rebelwomxn.com/
The Root SJC: https://www.therootsjc.org/
Pride Center of Vermont: https://www.pridecentervt.org/safespace/
VT Legal Aid: https://www.vtlegalaid.org/donate

...and take some time over the next few weeks to walk through some of these fantastic resources about data science, machine learning, and emergent technology:

"Understanding the Limitations of AI: When Algorithms Fail" by Timnit Gebru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CSVYD7pYE

"Impacting Policy Through Computational Approaches" by Rediet Abebe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuenQgkhuyM

“Gender Shades” by Joy Buolamwini
http://news.mit.edu/2018/study-finds-gender-skin-type-bias-artificial-intelligence-systems-0212

"Challenging Algorithms of Oppression" by Safiya Noble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRVZozEEWlE

"Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code" by Ruha Benjamin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY8RkET3KC0
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Race+After+Technology:+Abolitionist+Tools+for+the+New+Jim+Code-p-9781509526437

"The Library of Missing Datasets" by Mini Onuoha
http://mimionuoha.com/the-library-of-missing-datasets

"Data Feminism" by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein
https://bookbook.pubpub.org/pub/7ruegkt6/release/4

"AI Accountability" with Deb Raji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f-s0fibh2g

"Abolish Big Data" by Yeshimabeit Milner (Founder and Executive Director of @data4blacklives)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26lM2RGAdlM

We will continue to host one-off events and post them to our Meetup group, but have decided not to pursue a consistent recurring schedule of events due to the current uncertain climate. If you would like to present your work virtually to the WiMLDS BTV community, please let us know -- we would love to share your work and support you in any way we can!

• The WiMLDS Organizing Team

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Previous event description:

This summer, join us for the second annual "Women in Data Science Burlington" conference! Once again, we're thankful to Generator for supporting us with a fantastic event space. Talks will be 30 minutes in length with breaks built in for discussion. Pizza, including vegan and gluten-free options, and soft drinks will be served (thanks Social Sentinel!). After-party event to follow at a location TBD.

Speaker/talk line up to be re-announced soon.

WiDS Burlington is an independent event organized by WIMLDS VT to coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide. All genders are invited to attend WiDS regional events, which features outstanding womxn doing outstanding work. The use of the term, "womxn", is intentional, and is consistent with our goal to be inclusive of non-binary, gender non-conforming, agender, intersex (etc) people.

WiDS Event Code of Conduct: https://www.widsconference.org/codeofconduct.html

If you have questions or would like to speak with someone, you can identify an event organizer by the word “organizer” on their name tag. You can also email the organizers at widsbtv@gmail.com.