WiDS Houston 2020
WiDS Houston is an independent event organized to coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide. WiDS includes nearly 200 regional conferences in over 55 countries, an annual datathon and a podcast series.
WiDS Houston features an afternoon of engaging speakers from industry and academia, a panel discussion, a student poster competition and a cocktail hour for networking. Topics will reflect activities from the major industries driving Houston such as energy, health care, biomedical research & aerospace.
All genders are invited to attend WiDS regional events, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work.
WiDS Houston 2020 will be co-located with the 4th Ken Kennedy Institute Data Science Conference, which will be held virtually on October 26-28, 2020.
Associate Professor, ECE, Statistics & CS, Founder & Faculty Director, D2K Lab, Rice University
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Rice University
Director of Data Science, Bill.com
Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft
Data Science Analytics Team Lead, Chevron
Executive Director, Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University
UPDATE (Oct 22, 2020) - Due to a family emergency, Yan Xu from PROS will be unable to give her talk on "Dynamic Pricing in E-Commerce". Instead, we are happy to feature Vicky Yao as our second guest speaker.
Please contact the WiDS Houston Ambassador at widshouston@arundo.com for more details about the agenda / sponsorship opportunities or with any questions you may have.