Date & Time
Friday, May 16, 2025
11:00 am - 5:00 pm ET
Location
CUNY Graduate Center, room 9100 (Skylight Room)
WiDS New York City – Regional Event Agenda
Please use this link to register.
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
“Land Your Dream Data Science Job” Workshop
Moderated by Niki Karanikola, Astha Puri & Sheetal Borar
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch
Light sandwiches & Coffee/tea will be provided.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Technical Talks & Career Panel
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1:00 – 1:05 PM
Welcome note & WiDS intro video
1:05 – 1:30 PM
Agents and Advanced NLP – Jayeeta Putatunda
1:35 – 2:00 PM
Ecosystem of Recommendations in Industry – Dr. Yuqing Pan
2:05 – 2:30 PM
Challenges in Long Context LLMs – Tejaswini Pedapati
2:35 – 2:45 PM
Quick break & “What is Granite” – Vasanthi Gopal
2:50 – 3:15 PM
Dynamic Recommendation Engine – Cristina Colón
3:20 – 3:45 PM
Generative AI in Content Supply Chains – Jessica Criscione
3:45 – 3:55 PM
Break
3:55 – 4:30 PM
Career Panel
Moderators: Maria Alejandra Sanchez & Vanishri Murali
Panelists: Joyce Shen, Emily Koagedal, Deborah Shekinah Jacob, Calphurnia John
4:30 – 4:50 PM
Panel Q&A
4:50 – 4:55 PM
Community announcements & call to action
4:55 – 5:00 PM
Vote of thanks & closing
Organizers: Chuxin Liu • Vanishri Murali • Niki Karanikola • Sheetal Borar • Astha Puri • Vasanthi Gopal • Maria Alejandra Sanchez • Paulina Toro Isaza • Calphurnia John • Sneha Varghese • Angela Cao • Niharika Krishnan
Let’s celebrate, empower, and elevate women in data science—see you there!
