26. Milan & Paris WiMLDS online meetup

The Women in Machine Learning & Data Science (WiMLDS) Meetup aims to inspire, educate, regardless of gender, and support women and gender minorities in the field.

We are back for a special online meetup : a joint meetup between the Milan & Paris WiMLDS chapters!

Our meetups will keep on happening online in order to keep you safe until further notice.

All genders may attend our meetups.

A Zoom link will be provided prior to the meetup.

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Agenda

19:00 – Introduction by the Milan & Paris WiMLDS team

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19:10 – “Emotion Recognition in Artificial Intelligence” by Valentina Franzoni, Ph.D. in Engineering for Computer Science, Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence, adjunct professor in Operative Systems

Abstract : Affective computing and social robotics study Emotion Recognition to improve the emotional interaction between humans and machines, but also how to design cognitive architectures which included biomimetic elements related to emotions. It is difficult to find any field related to robotics and AI which is not directly or indirectly related to the implementation of emotional values. This revolution is not only about formal heuristics, or the called "algorithmic society", but is also explicitly related to the creation of strong interactions between humans and machines, considering roles and ethics. The complex problem needs a multidisciplinary approach, ranging from computer science to psychology, neurology, and life sciences.

19:40 – “In production in one week: forecasting affluence in supermarkets during lockdown” by Chiara Biscaro, Senior Data Scientist @ Carrefour-Google AI Lab

Abstract: The Coronavirus and the lockdown that have been implemented in many countries have drastically changed people's shopping habits in a matter of hours or days. Restrictions on movements and limitations on gatherings have created a challenge for our supermarkets, that quickly needed to know whose hours would attract the most customers. I'll share how we quickly designed and put in production an affluence prediction with ~80% forecast accuracy in a matter of days, and its limitations.

20:10 - Quick interactive session

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During the event, you can share content using #WiMLDSParis, @WiMLDS_Paris & @WiMLDS_Milan

After the meet-up, all the slides will be available on our Medium page : https://medium.com/@WiMLDS_Paris

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Online meetup information :

WiMLDS is strongly inviting you to read our guidelines about organizing pleasant and successful online meetups : https://github.com/WiMLDS/online-meetups

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Code of Conduct

WiMLDS is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.

Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.

Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all. All attendees should read the full Code of Conduct before participating: https://github.com/WiMLDS/starter-kit/wiki/Code-of-conduct