Name: 55. Paris Women in Machine Learning & Data Science @Hilti
Start: 2025-09-30T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-30T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Hilti

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 our 55th edition, and so glad to see you all again after the summer break!

All genders may attend our meetups.

**Agenda**
18:50 arrival to Hilti, 126 Rue Gallieni, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
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19:00 - Launch of the evening by Paris WiMLDS meetup team & Hilti
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19:15 - **Intelligent Marketing: Leveraging AI to Drive Personalized Customer Interactions, by** **Yashvi Chawla**, Data Scientist @Hilti

Abstract: In this talk, we will explore how AI is transforming personalized customer interactions - moving from traditional rule-based segmentations to intelligent, data-driven, behavioral journeys. Imagine predicting a customer’s growth potential or anticipating their next purchase before they even consider it. Through practical use cases, we will explore how AI is bringing intelligence and personalization to industries long driven by relationships and physical touchpoints.

19:45 - **How to choose the best image embeddings for your e-commerce business, by Urszula Czerwińska,** Research Engineer at Jasper.ai

Abstract: In this talk, we explore how to choose the most suitable image embedding models for real-world e-commerce applications such as visual search, product clustering, or duplicate detection. Based on a large-scale benchmark conducted at Adevinta (Leboncoin), we compare 20 state-of-the-art models (CLIP, DINOv2, ViT, etc.) across multiple domains and tasks. Full results are available in our paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07567, and we’ll share key insights to help practitioners make informed, task-specific model choices.

20:15 - **From data to startup: how data skills can take you to Y Combinator, by Claire Gouze,** Co-founder & CEO @nao Labs

Abstract: In this talk, Claire will share how she went from a career in data science to founding an AI startup backed by Y Combinator: what are the steps along this path? How do you find "the idea," how do you find a co-founder, how do you get your first clients and funding? How do you get into Y Combinator?
She will also share her vision on the next data skills to acquire: how to go from data science to AI engineering, and how to build and evaluate agentic AI.

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**20:45 - Cocktail & Networking**
The cocktail is sponsored by Hilti.
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After the meet-up, a summary be available on our Medium page : [https://wimlds-paris.medium.com/](https://wimlds-paris.medium.com/)
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Code of Conduct
WiMLDS & MLOps are 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](https://github.com/WiMLDS/starter-kit/wiki/Code-of-conduct)

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