A Woman in AI

You'll immediately think of Francesca Rossi when discussing AI and ethics.

Francesca is not only the Global Leader for AI Ethics at IBM, but also the president of the worldwide association of AI (AAAI) and a fellow of the European one (EurAI).
She has been president of IJCAI (International Joint Conference on AI),
and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of AI Research.

Her research interests focus on artificial intelligence and specifically the areas of constraint reasoning, preferences, multi-agent systems, computational social choice, and collective decision making. She is also a champion and recognized global leader in addressing ethical issues in the development and behavior of AI systems, particularly for decision support systems for group decision making.

In this interview, she discusses her career history, interests in AI, and traveling from Italy to the United States to work for IBM. She shares her experience as an Italian professor and her recent meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican to continue advancing the Rome Call for AI ethics, an agreement established in 2020 by The Pontifical Academy for Life, IBM and Microsoft to support an ethical approach to AI.

An educational interview with a real role model for everyone!

Enjoy!

Get in touch with Francesca

LinkedIn

Julia Wiegel is one of a kind!

When you thought, weather is a topic you are not interested in, let me change your mind!

In her interview she is talking about her studies in meteorology and how actually businesses need to change to be sustainable, and how positively weather data, from a business point of view, will help the performance of almost every company. She also talks about her career steps and what actually made her move into the technology direction of meteorology.

Julia also talks about her struggles and how she copes with stress and the pressure of constantly performing in this area. She opens up about her depression and which steps she takes and also what kind of advice she gives to her mentees.

This episode is showcasing a very special human and it is totally a highlight of A Woman in AI! Have fun listening to it!

Get in touch with Julia

LinkedIn

Nina Fischer gehört zu den erfahrensten AI Application Consultants in Deutschland und hat ihr enormes Wissen oft in Use Cases umgewandelt. Eines ihrer erfolgreichsten Projekte ist Cimon, der AI Space Companion, der sich gerade auf der ISS befindet und Astronauten bei ihrer täglichen Arbeit unterstützt. Nina erzählt wie sie Cimon gebaut hat und welche Features ihn einzigartig machen.

Unter anderem gibt sie uns auch Einblicke welche Challenges sie entgegen treten musst und was man alles benötigt um einen Space Companion zu bauen.

Auf jeden Fall wieder ein sehr interessantes Interview mit wunderbaren Einblicken, wie wir AI für uns zu nutzen machen können und welches Potential in neuen Wegen der Mensch-Machine Interaktionen steckt.

Get in touch with Miriam

LinkedIn

Cimon and Nina

Miriam Oglesby is yet another inspiring woman in AI who is using her knowledge and skills to create new innovations. She is creating diverse ecosystems for developers, where everyone is able to be their full selves to engage the skills and potentials. Miriam is also part of the Women Who Code in Berlin, which is engaging a world where women are proportionally represented as technical leaders, executives, founders, VCs, board members, and software engineers.

In her interview she is especially talking about the importance of diversity in developer teams. She is reflecting the issue as well in her studies and thesis which is focusing on how the gender and diversity gaps in companies are effecting the outcome and business results. Miriam is also talking about how to improve this issue and how to start tackling it, as well as what is happening already.

Again another interview with an eye opening view and very motivational and inspiring to listen to Miriam.

Get in touch with Miriam

LinkedIn

Twitter

Favorite App

Anupama Ray is using AI to make the world a better place. Working from the IBM Indian research Lab in Bangalore, she is using Speech Services paired with Machine Learning and complex Natural Language Processes to create a tool that helps children who are recovering from child trafficking.

In her interview she is not only talking abut her inventions and AI but also about the current situation of women in India and how the “guilty“ question is quite present, especially among her fellow PhD colleagues.

An overall very learning and educational interview with a lot of insights for the understanding and usage of AI focusing on mental diseases.

Get in touch with Anupama

Favourite Book #1 - Option B

Favourite Book #2 - Lean In

LinkedIn

Publications

Anja Hendel is an inspiration for everyone looking for a real power woman with a very successful career. In her interview she reflects on her own career path, her studies in computer science, and how she became the managing director for diconium.

Anja refelcts about typical stereotypes and why some people and companies are afraid of AI. She is also giving advise on how to handle those critics and what she thinks is necessary to make sure AI is healthy implemented in our daily life, for example early education in schools.

Anja overall is a full Woman in AI, her view and her positioning on AI is important and also inspiring.

Get in touch with Anja

LinkedIn

diconium

Favorite App

Have you heard of CIMON yet?

Sophie Richter-Mendau, with a master’s degree in business psychology, talks about how she has created the personality of the first AI companion in space. She is an aspiring AI developer in natural language understanding on her way to an IT architects’ career and loves the diversity of AI use cases.

In the interview with her she also talks about how much she enjoys being on a stage to present her use cases and how this benefits her to grow in her career of being a successful consultant. She is trying out constantly new things to stay curious. Sophie is involved in many initiatives and she speaks confidently on the importance of good work environment for project opportunities and personal growth.

Maybe you want to know which latest language she is learning?

Get in touch with Sophie

LinkedIn

Cimon

Drops

Yunyao Li is changing the world of AI. From reading books in her local library to becoming a leading AI developer in visualising and exploring natural language as well as semantic extraction and abstraction.

In the interview with her she speaks about the difficulties to work with different languages and unique dialects with the focus on natural language processing. We hear about Yunuao’s newest inventions in NLP, Machine Learning and Knowledge Technologies.

Another important topic for Yunyao is work culture. Yunyao speaks passionately on the importance of creating a good work environment for self and team growth

Dalith Steiger is what you would call an inspiration for everyone. She started studying Mathematics because she wanted to speak a language the world speaks. Based on this fascination she kept growing into the mathematic and technical direction and believed always in herself. This is also very important to her and in the education of her kids.

In her interview she talks about finding her path and how she became a co-founder of SwissCognitive, as well as her work life balance and how she sees the opportunities in the modern world. She also gives us some great advices and some future trends to look out for

Marisa Tschopp is a power woman. She started her career in a non technical environment, but got inspired to change her career path and follow her passion after listening to an AI Keynote. Now she is a Researcher at SKIP especially focusing on the psychological side of AI and how humans interact with machines. In her interview she talks about the bravery she needed to change her career path and how she combines being a women in AI ambassador while juggling being a mom and a coach for the men’s volleyball team.