Leaders In AI

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed everyday lives. Our eCommerce and retail experience will never be the same as companies build new forms of connecting with consumers, delivering products, and managing eCommerce supply chains. From tailored product recommendations and 24/7 chatbots to cashier-less grocery stores and virtual fitting rooms, AI has created enormous value and transformed eCommerce and retail industries.

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This virtual meetup co-hosted by Women in AI, Robin.ly, and TalentSeer on April 30, 2020, gave valuable insights on career advice as well as the impact of AI in the eCommerce & retail industries. Our featured guest speakers include:

Bindu Reddy: CEO & Co-Founder @ RealityEngines.AI; Former General Manager, AI Vertical Services @ Amazon Web Services

Yuqian Dong: Senior Research Lead @ Wormpex AI Research

This episode features Kelly Perdew, a Co-Founder and Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital, an early-stage VC fund that invests in tech companies leaning heavily on veteran founded companies. Kelly shared his entrepreneurship experience starting from winning Trump's “The Apprentice” Show and practical advice for startup leaders during the challenging times, like the COVID-19 pandemic. View full interview at Robin.ly: https://bit.ly/3cgDEns

As numerous companies around the globe shifted to mandatory remote working amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes more critical to effectively engage and manage a remote engineering team and start developing a remote-friendly culture for the future. View transcripts & more leadership talks: https://bit.ly/2V0BWki

Robin.ly and TalentSeer co-hosted the special Tech Leadership Webinar on April 9, 2020, to offer timely expert insights and pro tips for the tech community during this challenging time. Our featured guest speakers include:

Rong Yan: CTO @ Verishop; Former Sr Director of Engineering @ Snapchat

Omar Rahman: Senior Manager of AI & ML @ Adobe

This episode is a live recording of our interview with Rob Toews. He shared inspiring thoughts on deep learning applications' impact on AI commercialization. Additionally, he talked about investing in the future of AI and current industry trends. Visit Robin.ly to view the video: http://bit.ly/2TzV9su

Rob Toews is a venture capitalist at Highland Capital Partners. The company's HQ is in Boston, MA. However, they have been in the Bay Area for more than 20 years and invests in 6 to 8 companies a year. Also, Toews writes about AI in his column on Forbes.

Liwei Wang is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of EECS at Peking University. In this episode, Professor Wang highlighted his research papers accepted at NeurIPS 2019, shared his perspectives on data privacy, and the differences in the trends and challenges of AI research between China and the US. Learn more at Robin.ly: http://bit.ly/2wzlCgu

Prof. Wang’s main research interest is machine learning theory and has published more than 100 papers on top conferences including NeurIPS. He was the first Asian researcher who was named among “AI’s 10 to Watch”. He served as the Area Chair of NeurIPS and the Associate Editor of PAMI.

Charles Onu is a PhD student and Machine Learning Researcher at Mila (the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute) and the Reasoning and Learning Lab (RL Lab) at McGill University. He is also a Co-Founder and AI Research Lead of Ubenwa Health, a social enterprise using AI to save newborn lives through inexpensive diagnostic technologies based on babies’ cries. In this interview, he shared his interest in both machine learning and health care, his motivation behind pursuing social innovation by founding Ubenwa, as well as his vision on the future direction of AI. View full transcripts at Robin.ly: http://bit.ly/38mNu4W