WiMLDS NYC: January 2023 Newsletter
Special Announcements
New WiMLDS NYC Event with BrainStation & women.nyc
Please register on Eventbrite to join our in-person Soho event on Thursday, February 9th: Networking & Salary Negotiation: hosted by BrainStation ,WomenNYC, WiMLDS Tickets, Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
📣BrainStation Bootcamp Scholarships Available for WiMLDS
To support the WiMLDS community, BrainStation will be providing up to 3 individuals with a full scholarship to complete a Software Engineering, UX Design, or Data Science bootcamp in New York starting April 11th!
If you’re interested in this opportunity, you can sign up here to learn more and a BrainStation Learning Advisor will be in touch with you regarding next steps.
About BrainStation
Founded in 2012, BrainStation works with industry leaders from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge digital education that has empowered more than 100,000 professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world.
Inspiration Corner
By Manya Wadhwa
🏆 This month, we feature Cortnie Abercrombie, CEO and Founder of AI Truth, and author of “What you don’t know”.
Cortnie Abercrombie is a top advisor to Fortune 500 companies on responsible Artificial Intelligence. She is also Founder and CEO of AI Truth, a nonprofit dedicated to responsible creation and use of AI. She led a Shark Tank–style AI solutions incubator at IBM and created one of the world’s largest Chief Data and Analytics Officer communities. She uses tech to protect underdogs, empower survivors, and improve women’s health.
In her book she makes it easy to understand how AI works and unveils what companies are doing with AI that can impact people the most. Most importantly, she offers practical advice on what one can do about it today and the change one should demand for the future.
WiMLDS Chapters Event Summary
🙌The WiMLDS chapters for Paris, France and Poznan, Poland came together to support the inaugural meetup for Kyiv, Ukraine!
“…WiMLDS Kyiv plans to promote Ukrainian female machine learning and data science practitioners.
Additionally, the Kyiv chapter will create a mentoring program for women currently serving in the Ukrainian Military to help them in transition back to civilian life after the war and to start a career in data science. Excellent initiative, count us in!”
Please see Inaugural Meetup of WiMLDS Kyiv, jointly with WiMLDS Paris & Poznan for the complete summary✨
External Events
Resume Support with a Startup Leader ($13M Raised) & Ex-Bain Consultant via NYC Career, Tech & Networking Skills Bootcamps
Date and Time: Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
“Bring your job hunting questions, challenges, resume, or a job posting, and our facilitator will answer questions and advise on how to best approach your job hunt.
Facilitated by Izzy Ramano describes herself as a chronic seeker of hard problems, asker of hard questions, and doer down to the last detail, with a deep background in consulting and experience building early- and mid-stage, high-growth startups. She is currently the Chief of Staff at Rootine, a startup optimizing health and human performance with precision nutrition. They have raised over $13M in VC funding. Before that, she led special projects at On Deck and was a Strategy Consultant at Bain. In addition, she has supported many people in fine-tuning and improving their resumes for their tech and consulting jobs.
Class Details/FAQ
- Who should attend this? Job hunters across technical or non-technical roles
- What is the event format? Guided Q&A and Open Discussion with resume review
- What will I leave with? (1) career and/or job-hunting skills, (2) Resume support
- Are there job opportunities? Yes — Engineering and Marketing roles at Rootine Careers”
Webinar: Side-Stepping Into Tech by BBC Product Leader via Product School New York
Date and Time: Monday, February 13 at 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST
“Product Managers come from all kinds of backgrounds. Those who want to pursue this path often stumble upon it by chance or discover it during their well-established careers. If you are one of those looking to make a conscious transition, there are a few things you must consider first!Main Takeaways:
- What is a Product Manager
- Transferable skills if you don’t have direct experience in Product
- My non-linear path into Product
- Steps I took to sidestep into tech during my job search
Meet the Speaker: Merina Khanom — Merina is a user-focused professional with experience in Product and Service Management. Currently, she is a Product Manager at the BBC.”
MLOps Community Meetup in NYC @ Etsy via NYC MLOps Community
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 13 at 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST
Location: 117 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY
“The MLOps Community is back this year with our first meetup hosted by Etsy at their office in Dumbo!”
Conferences
- RE.WORK AI Summit West — San Francisco, California, February 15–16
- DSS Austin Hybrid: AI & Machine Learning in the Enterprise — Austin, Texas & Virtual, February 21–22
- Convergence Conference 2023: The new frontiers of Machine Learning — Virtual, March 7–8
- The European Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit — Edinburgh, Scotland & Virtual, March 15–16
