Women in Machine Learning

WiML is at ICLR! 🌟

➡️ Luma registration (not required)

Women in Machine Learning (WiML) hosts its signature social at ICLR 2025 - grab lunch, meet fellow researchers, and hear perspectives on navigating academia vs. industry.
🍽️ Lunch provided!

SCHEDULE:

12:30 - 12:35 PM: Opening Remarks

• Melis Ilayda Bal (MPI-IS), Vasiliki Tassopoulou (U Penn)

12:35 - 1:20 PM: Networking & Lunch

• Icebreaker game (12:35 – 12:55 PM)
• Lunch is served (up to capacity; \~1 PM)
• Roundtable discussions (12:55 – 1:20 PM)

1:20 - 2:00 PM: Panel Discussion
"Papers, patents, or products? Making the right career call across academia & industry"

The panel explores key career decisions in today's ML landscape: choosing between research publications and product development, weighing academic freedom against industry resources.

Panelists:

• Reyhane Askari (FAIR)
• Katherine Driscoll (Graph Therapeutics)
• Nouha Dziri (AI2)
• Claire Vernade (University of Tübingen)

Moderator: Erin Grant (WiML; UCL)