Upcoming Public Speaking Engagements:
Past Talks & Workshops
July 4, 2022 – SHAD program at TMU, opening keynote, Toronto
March 29, 2022 – Deloitte Women in Analytics – fireside chat
March 26, 2022 – Google Developer Student Club Women in Tech conference – keynote
March 19, 2022 – Scientista conference – keynote
November 28, 2021 – WISE 2021 High School Conference – keynote
April 26, 2021 – Odyssey Program – invited talk
April 11, 2021 – IASA Alumni Event – invited talk
March 25, 2021 – Women of TIER – invited talk
March 21, 2021 – Queen’s University annual Empower conference – keynote
March 6, 2021 – Canadian Undergraduate Conference on AI (CUCAI) – keynote
Dec 18, 2020 – Deloitte – invited talk
Dec 4, 2020 – Ryerson University – invited talk
Dec 2, 2020 – UofT EngSci ML – invited talk
Nov 13, 2020 – IEEE Toronto AGM – keynote
October 8, 2020 – Lessons from Productionization of DNNs for Self Driving Cars – McKinsey AI Council – invited talk
October 8, 2020 – CAMDEA AI/ML Mastermind – invited talk
October 6, 2020 – AI in Canada – Global Affairs Canada – invited talk
October 3, 2020 – Shift STEM Web conference – invited talk
September 29, 2020 – DL for Self Driving at Scale – AI Toronto – keynote
March 10, 2020 – UofT Data Science MsC Program – guest lecture, Toronto
March 3 – Sun Life Financial Analytics Academy – invited talk, Toronto
January 24, 2020 – Engineering Science Education Conference (ESEC) – invited talk, Toronto
January 21, 2020 – York University, invited talk, Toronto
November 8-9, 2019 – CANCWIC – Conference Chair + Faculty mentorship panel + implicit bias panel, Mississauga
November 5, 2019 – CASCON x Evoke, Talk + Panel, Markham
October 24, 2019 – DL Summit – Talk, Montreal
October 17, 2019 – AI Accelerator Summit – Talk, Boston
October 1, 2019 – Invited Talk, Bell’s Big Data & AI Summit, Montebello
August 15, 2019 – DMZ Sandbox – Invited Talk, Toronto
August 12, 2019 – BMO AI lab – Invited Talk, Toronto
August 7, 2019 – AIGeeks meetup – Invited Talk, Toronto
April 30, 2019 – Shopify – Invited Talk, Toronto
March 24, 2019 – Scientista Conference – Presentation, Toronto
March 15, 2019 – WISE Int’l Women’s Day Gala – Keynote, Toronto
March 5, 2019 – AI World Forum – Keynote, Toronto
February 19, 2019 – TYSI – STEM conference for youth – Keynote, Toronto
December 5, 2018 – AI World – Keynote, Boston
December 4, 2018 – Canadian Consulate Boston Dinner Presentation, Boston
November 22, 2018 – IDC – Deep Learning for Self Driving – Invited Talk, Israel
November 13, 2018 – Women’s College Hospital – Women’s Xchange Event – Leading Women in Science – Presentation, Toronto
October 18, 2018 – TD Analytics Summit – Invited Talk, Toronto
October 10, 2018 – Machine Intelligence Stream EngSci – Invited Talk, Toronto
August 22, 2018 – DMZ Youth Accelerator Program Presentation Day – Keynote, Toronto
August 2, 2018 – NextAI – Intelligence in Practice series – Invited Talk, Toronto
June 12, 2018 – Deep Learning for Self-driving – AI Toronto – Toronto
June 5, 2018 – Career Path – FutureMakers Talks – Toronto
Jan 24, 2018 – ML for Self Driving – Toronto ML Summit – Toronto
Sept 13, 2017 – Robots in the Age of AI – Elevate Toronto – Toronto
August 31, 2017 – Design+AI – Toronto
July 17, 2017 – NextAI Intelligence in Practice series – Toronto
June 21, 2017 – Keynote – The Future of AI – 48Hrs in the Valley – San Francisco, CA
June 15, 2017 – Canadian Tech@Scale – Toronto
May 31, 2017 – Get-Your-Bot-On Women in Robotics Series – Toronto
March 10, 2017 – A Quick & Dirty Machine Learning Into – SXSW, Austin, TX
January 20, 2017 – Opening Keynote – On The Path to AI – Queen’s Conference on Business and Technology – Queen’s University, Kingston
January 19, 2017 – Workshop – Filling The Gap, Toronto
November 29, 2016 – Identity-Driven Loyalty – Data Marketing TO, Toronto
October 18, 2016 – Applied Machine Learning & Big Data Stories – Georgian Partners Portfolio Conference, Toronto
July 11, 2016 – Uncovering Business Opportunities with Big Data – Ryerson University, Toronto
June 21-22, 2016 – Product Optimization through Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning – Chief Analytics Officer Forum, Toronto
June 8-9, 2016 – How People Read – Women in STEM Summit, San Francisco, CA
June 8-9, 2016 – Machine Learning & Big Data for eReading – Machine Learning Innovation Summit, San Francisco, CA
April 1st, 2016 – Using Big Data for eReading Personalization – BookNet Canada’s Annual TechForum (Minutes 14:22 – 25:16), Toronto
February 17th, 2016 – Kobo Case Study Presentation – 2nd Annual Big Data & Analytics Summit Canada, Toronto
February 11th, 2016 – Dean’s Distinguished Visitor Talk – Big Data for eReading – Ryerson University, Toronto
November 2015 – How Do People Read? – Predictive Analytics Innovation Conference, Chicago, IL
Sept 2015 – Big Data and Machine Learning [Video] – Computer Fundamentals Plenary Talk, University of Toronto
April 2015 – Career Path presentation – Girls in Tech Toronto
March 17, 2014 – Big Data and Machine Learning at Kobo – Guest Lecture – Knowledge Media Design Program, UofT
November, 2014 – Big Data for eBooks and eReading [Video] – Rakuten Technology Conference, Tokyo, Japan
November 2014 – Big Data and Machine Learning [Video] – Computer Fundamentals Plenary Talk, University of Toronto
March 2014 – Machine Learning Research and Big Data at Kobo – CPAMI invited talk, University of Waterloo, Waterloo
September 2012 – Getting to Grips With Algorithms – Girl Geeks Toronto, Toronto
Past Panels & Mentorship Event
February 24, 2023 – United Women Singapore STEMentorship Launch Event Virtual Panel Discussion
March 24, 2022 – FemSTEM Pitch Competition judge
November 9, 2021 – Queen’s Women in Leadership Summit – panel
March 24, 2021 – Big Data and Analytics Summit Canada – panel
Mar 13, 2021 – WISE Int’l Women Day Gala – panel
Mar 10, 2021 – The College of William & Mary MSC Business Analytics Program – fireside chat
Feb 18, 2021 – UofT CS Career event – panel
Dec 7, 2020 – TKS – fireside chat
Nov 19, 2020 – WomINclusive – fireside chat
Nov 18, 2020 – Women in AI ReWork – panelist
Nov 18, 2020 – Toronto ML Summit – panelist
Oct 14, 2020 – See It, Be It, Stem It calendar launch event – panelist – webinar
October 8, 2020 – SAS Analytics panelist
June 9, 2020 – Women in AI Summer Edition – Panel
March 11, 2020 – Toronto Life Future of Automotive – Panel, Toronto
January 25, 2020 – WISE National Conference – Panel, Toronto
October 24, 2019 – Deep Learning Summit – Fireside Chat, Montreal
October 16, 2019 – To The Top Summit: STEM Panel, Toronto
September 17, 2019 – Fortune Most Powerful Women Int’l Summit – Panel, Toronto
September 9, 2019 – CavCanada – Panel, Ottawa
September 6, 2019 – CD Howe Institute – Panel, Toronto
July 10, 2019 – VentureBeat Transform – Women in AI breakfast – Panel, SF
June 12, 2019 – AI Toronto – Panel, Toronto
June 11, 2019 – Toronto Region Board Of Trade – Innovation Corridor Summit – Panel, Toronto
October 25, 2018 – Canada AI Summit – Panel, New York
October 17, 2018 – The Scale Tech Conference – Panel, Toronto
September 25, 2018 – Elevate AI – ElevateR Pitch Judge, Toronto
September 26, 2018 – Elevate AI – Why Canada Panel, Toronto
October 1, 2018 – PhD Career Paths, Panel – UofT, Toronto
September 8, 2018 – TIFF TECH Top of the NewsFeed – Panel, Toronto
Sept 4, 2018 – MScAC Program Orientation Day – Panel, Toronto
June 27, 2018 – Women Leaders in Tech panel – Brain Station – Toronto
July 3, 2018 – ML in production panel – Toronto
April 23, 2018 – AI – The Future or Now panel – Branksome Hall, Toronto
March 27, 2018 – Design Strategists: The Exchange meetup – Toronto
March 8, 2018 – Int’l women’s day event @ Capgemini – Women in AI – Toronto
March 1, 2018 – Filling The Gap – Toronto
Feb 26, 2018 – Mentoring Event – The Living Library – Toronto
Jan 23, 2018 – Girl Geek Toronto – Ethical AI – Toronto
Jan 21, 2018 – Engineers Without Borders – Hamilton, ON
Nov 2, 2017 – Go North – Toronto
Sept 26, 2017 – Lean In Toronto – Toronto
June 17, 2017 – Canadian Undergraduate Computer Science Conference – UofT, Toronto
May 16, 2017 – CIBC Technology & Innovation Conference – Toronto
March 29, 2017 – Industry Panel for Computer Science undergraduate students – Ryerson, Toronto
February 2, 2017 – Mentorship Event – Backpack to Briefcase (b2B) – UofT, Toronto
January 26, 2017 – How Will Deep Learning Change Manufacturing and Industry? – RE:WORK Deep Learning Summit – San Francisco
October 11, 2016 – How to Apply for Jobs in Computing – University of Toronto
June 14-15, 2016 – Disrupting Industries – Big Data Toronto, Toronto
June 2, 2016 – Innovation – Canadian Tech @ Scale, Toronto
January 14th, 2016 – Success Stories from PhD Engineers and Scientists, UofT, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, Toronto
May 6th, 2015 – Career Transitions: What Is My Next Move? – IEEE Young Professionals Toronto, Toronto
May 5th, 2014 – Career Panel – Connections Conference, UofT
March 2012 – Women Innovate Series – Life After Graduation, WISE, UofT
Academic Research Presentations
Beyond Affinity Propagation Machine Learning and NLP seminar, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, February 2012.
Learning Better Image Representations Using ‘Flobject Analysis’- Learning Workshop (“Snowbird”) Presentation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2011. Machine Learning Seminar, University of Toronto, Toronto, November 2010.
Improving Classification and Regression by Estimating Global Parameters Microsoft Research Cambridge Presentation, Cambridge, UK, August, 2010.
Hierarchical and Semi-Supervised Affinity Propagation Grace Hopper Celebration, Technical Poster Session, Tuscan, AZ, October, 2009. Learning Workshop Poster Session (“Snowbird”), Clearwater, FL, April, 2009. Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, January, 2009.Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) summer school, Toronto, August, 2008.
Learning to Match Unstructured Text to Structured Records – Microsoft Research Presentation, Mountain View, CA, August, 2009.
Using Online Social Networks for Recommendation Systems – Microsoft Research Tech Talk, Mountain View, CA, June, 2009.
Multi-Way Clustering of Chemical-Genetic DataPoster – CIFAR Genetic Networks Annual Meeting, Banff, January 2007.
Matrix Tile Analysis – 1st Women in Machine Learning Workshop, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2006, Machine Learning Seminar, University of Toronto, Sept. 2006.