WIDS-Dhahran @KFUPM

About

King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals is pleased to host Stanford Global Women in Data Science conference for the forth time in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia.

WiDS at KFUPM workshop is an independent event that is organized by the WiDS@Dhahran team led by Ambassadors, Mrs. Asma Yamani and Raghad Alzahrani, as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 200+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events

The forth annual WiDS @ Dhahran - KFUPM event will take place on May 4, 2023 in a hybrid format at KFUPM.This event will feature several professional and student female speakers.

WiDS-Dhahran @KFUPM Workshops

Computer Vision As a Service: Dataset Annotation and Model Building

Join Justine Braguy, CEO of Thya Technology, for an introductory workshop on computer vision. Learn to generate your own specific AI-driven detection model to answer scientific questions. Bring your own image dataset to build a personalized detection model.

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UX in Data Science: Improving the User Experience with Data-Driven Insights

Join Maha AlGhamdi, a software engineer at Aramco, for a workshop on user experience and data science. Learn the basics of UX and how to improve products with data-driven insights. The session will close with a case study that used data to enhance user experience.

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WiDS-Dhahran @KFUPM 2023 Team

Asma

Yamani

WiDS Ambassador

PhD candidate

KFUPM

Raghad

Alzahrani

Co-Ambassador

MASTER STUDENT

KFUPM

Motaz

alfarraj

Director

SDAIA-KFUPM JRCAI

Sharifah

Almarhoun

Adminstative assistant

SDAIA-KFUPM JRCAI

Nora

Alturayeif

PhD candidate

KFUPM

SALMA

ALBELALI

PhD candidate

KFUPM

Wadha

ALMATAR

PhD candidate

KFUPM

Dina

Alhamed

AI Developer

SDAIA-KFUPM JRCAI

Ruba

Alzahrani

Graphic Designer

WiDS-Dhahran @KFUPM Founding Team

RABEAH

AL-ZAIDY

WiDS Ambassador

Assistant Prof., ICS

Eman

AlMajdouie

Co-Ambassador

Lead of Planning

Manal

AlOtaibi

Assistant Professor

KFUPM MATH

IMANE

BOUDELLIOUA

Assistant Professor

KFUPM ICS

SULIMAN

ALHOMIDAN

Supervisor Female Education, KFUPM

ABDULAZIZ

ALNAIM

Support

KFUPM

fatima

almashan

KFUPM

hissa

almutlaq

support

KFUPM

Muzaffar

khan

KFUPM

Zainab

Alradwan

Support

KFUPM

Our Speakers

Ebtesam

Almazrouei

Director & Co-founder of the Al-Cross Centre Unit at Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII).

Latifa

ALABDULKARIM

Member of The Shura Council, Assistant Professor at KSU

Huda

Alamri

Researcher, SDAIA

Suymayah

Aljameel

Chair of Computer Science Dept., IAU

Malak

BaSliman

Assistant Professor and Advisor to the President, KFUPM

Duaa

Abaoud

Digital Environment Director, Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs, and Housing

Rema

Algunaibet

AI & Machine Learning Expert, Aramco

Bashayer

Al Nuhait

IT Strategy & Transformation Lead, Gulf International Bank

Justine

Braguy

CEO of Thya Technology, KAUST

Maha

Alghamdi

Software Engineer, Aramco

Nora

Alturayeif

PhD candidate, KFUPM

Sarah

Alyami

PhD candidate, KFUPM

Hussah

Albinali

PhD candidate, KFUPM

Ghada

Abdulsalam

PhD student, KFUPM

Reem

Alyami

Lecturer, KFUPM

Nadeen

AlAmoudi

Master Student, KFUPM

Event Schedule

09:00 - 09:30 AM

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

09:30 - 10:00 AM

KEYNOTE: Multimodal Conversational Agents: A Step Towards Multimodal Representation

Dr. Huda Alamri, Researcher, SDAIA

10:00 - 10:15 AM

FLASH TALK: Isolated Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using a Transformer-Based Model & Landmark Keypoints

Ms. Sarah Alyami, PhD candidate, KFUPM

10:15 - 10:45 AM

KEYNOTE: AI in Healthcare: A Healthier Future

Dr. Sumayah Aljameel, Chair of Computer Science Dept., IAU

10:45 - 10:52 AM

FLASH TALK: Faster R-CNN for Detecting Regions in Human-Annotated Micrograph Images

Hussah Albinali, PhD candidate, KFUPM

10:52 - 11:00 AM

FLASH TALK: Explainable Heart Disease Prediction Using Ensemble-Quantum ML Approach

Ghada Abdulsalam, PhD student, KFUPM

11:00 - 12:00 PM

POSTER SESSION, NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS

12:00 - 12:30 PM

KEYNOTE: The Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Latifa Alabdulkarim, Member of The Shura Council, Assistant Professor at KSU

12:30 - 01:00 PM

KEYNOTE: Building Large Language Models: Opportunity, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations.

Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei, Director & Co-founder of the Al-Cross Centre Unit at Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII).

01:00 - 01:07 PM

FLASH TALK: Ethical Considerations for AI- powered Natural Language Processing: A Case Study of Stance Detection Dataset

Nora Alturayeif, PhD candidate, KFUPM

01:07 - 01:15 PM

FLASH TALK: Resourcefulness for the Low- resourced: An Empirical Study of Weakly- and Semi-Supervised Learning for Arabic Text Classification

Reem Alyami, Lecturer, KFUPM

01:15 - 02:00 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION: Digital Transformation and Data Science - Journey to the Future.

Panelists:
Dr. Doaa Abaoud , Digital Environment Director, Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs, and Housing
Dr. Malak Baslyman , Assistant Professor and Advisor to the President, KFUPM
Rema Algunaibet , AI & Machine Learning Expert, Aramco

Moderator:
Bashayer Alnuhait , IT Strategy & Transformation Lead, Gulf International Bank

02:00 - 02:07 PM

FLASH TALK: Extracting Attractive App Aspects from App Reviews using Clustering Techniques based on Kano Model

Nadeen AlAmoudi, Master Student, KFUPM

02:07 - 02:15 PM

POSTER WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT & CLOSING REMARKS

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Computer Vision As a Service: Dataset Annotation and Model Building

Dr. Justine Braguy, CEO of Thya Technology, KAUST

3:00 – 4:00 PM

UX and Data Science: Improving the User Experience with Data-Driven Insights

Maha Alghamdi, Software Engineer, Aramco.

Speakers

200

Attendees

Workshops

Why You Should Join?

Great Speakers

Learn about prominent research endeavor conducted by renowned female data scientists.

Global Event

Participate in an internationally recognized initiative supporting women data scientists.

Networking Opportunity

Form new relationships and strengthen existing ones.

Innovation and Technology

Engage in high-level discussions and refine your ideas.

Personal Development

Sharpen your communication and critical thinking skills.

The Fun Factor!

Have fun interacting and mingling with your fellow attendees.