Saying the nominees for VentureBeat’s fifth Annual Girls in AI awards

With VentureBeat’s flagship occasion VB Rework proper across the nook, we’re excited to announce the nominees for the fifth annual Girls in AI Awards.

The winners will likely be introduced throughout lunch on the primary stage of Rework on July 12 in San Francisco. The announcement may also be live-streamed on our homepage VentureBeat.com. 

Rework is a two-day in-person occasion happening on July 11 and 12. Business consultants and friends will come collectively to offer complete insights and greatest practices on enterprise knowledge journeys. As an added bonus, individuals could have quite a few alternatives to forge significant connections and develop their networks.

On the July 12 in-person occasion at San Francisco’s Marriott Marquis, VentureBeat will acknowledge and honor girls leaders and changemakers within the area of AI. The winners will likely be within the following classes: Accountability and Ethics of AI, AI Entrepreneurship, AI Analysis, AI Mentorship and Rising Star.

The nominees had been submitted by the general public and winners are chosen by a VentureBeat committee. Winners are chosen primarily based on their dedication to the business, their work to extend inclusivity within the area and their constructive affect in the neighborhood. 

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This award will honor a lady who has began corporations displaying nice promise in AI. Consideration will likely be given to issues like enterprise traction, the expertise answer, and influence within the AI area.

• Maria Telleria, cofounder and CTO at Canvas.
• Might Wang, CTO of IoT safety at Palo Alto Networks.
• Barr Moses, cofounder and CEO at Monte Carlo.
• Kathy Hickey, head of product at Accelerant.
• Mitra Goswami, senior director, knowledge science, at PagerDuty.
• Marcie Apelt, managing VP for AI and machine studying and Innovation Lab at Capital One.
• Rudina Seseri, founder and managing accomplice at Glasswing.
• Deborah Yang, CEO cofounder at Daizy AI.
• Lana Feng, CEO and cofounder at Huma.ai.
• Azul Garza Ramirez, CTO and cofounder Nixtla.
• Vannia Gonzalez, senior supervisor for machine studying engineering at Capital One.
• Mona Rakibe, CEO and cofounder at Telmai.
• Liz Tsai, CEO and founder at HiOp.

This award will honor a feminine chief who has helped mentor different girls within the area of AI, offering steerage and help and/or encouraging extra girls to enter the area of AI.

• Chenxi Wang, founder and common accomplice at Rain Capital.
• Priya Vijayarajendran, CTO and head of engineering and safety at ASAPP.
• Grishma Jena, knowledge scientist at IBM.
• Marily Nika, AI product lead at Meta.
• Bela Labovich, vice chairman of engineering at Athena Well being.
• Zohra Ladha, senior director of information science at Tredence Inc.
• Penny Li, SVP of very giant scale integration (VLSI) at SambaNova Programs.
• Sujatha Sagiraju, CPO at Appen.
• Fathima Minha Farook, skilled mentor, recreation developer, recreation designer, QA tester {and professional} gamer on the Worldwide Sport Builders Affiliation.
• Gabriella Barros, senior member of technical employees at modl.ai.
• Neychelle Fernandes, director for options and technical presales at Elucidata.

This award will honor a lady who has made a big influence in an space of analysis in AI, serving to speed up progress both inside her group, as a part of educational analysis, or impacting AI.

• Karen Myers, lab director for the bogus intelligence heart at SRI Worldwide.
• Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, senior director and head of tech analysis at Spotify.
• Natalia Vassilieva, senior director of product for machine studying at Cerebras Programs.
• Heather Reed, knowledge scientist at ASAPP.
• Himani Agrawal, principal supervisor for knowledge science at Walmart.
• Divya Saxena, graduate analysis assistant, PhD pupil at  Florida Worldwide College.
• Lisa Seacat DeLuca, senior director of product and engineering at Unstoppable Domains.
• Fallon Farmer, principal knowledge scientist at  FiscalNote.
• Mariko Wakabayashi, machine studying lead at OpenZeppelin.
• Cindy Xu, senior employees software program engineer at Zoox.

This award will honor a lady who demonstrates exemplary management and progress within the rising scorching subject of accountable AI.

• Cansu Canca, affiliate analysis professor at Northeastern College.
• Carol McCall, chief well being analytics officer at ClosedLoop.
• Diya Wynn, senior follow supervisor at Accountable AI at AWS.
• Rebecca Gorman, CEO at Aligned AI.
• Jane Scowcroft, director of conversational AI, knowledge technique, at Nvidia.
• Dilek Karasoy, product and advertising director at Picovoice.
• Kavya Pearlman, founder and CEO of XRSI.
• Namrita Mahindro, chief digital officer at Aditya Birla Chemical substances.
• Vidhi Chugh, VP at Wells Fargo.
• Amy Okereke, senior director for digital values at Walmart.
• Victoria Vassileva, director of AI efficiency and accountability at Arthur.
• Natalie Pierce, chair of employment and labor follow at Gunderson Dettmer.

This award will honor a lady at first stage of her AI profession who has demonstrated exemplary management traits.

• Mahsa Ghafarianzadeh, engineering supervisor for habits prediction at Zoox.
• Ti Zhang, senior supervisor and knowledge science at Walmart. 
• Daria Soboleva, senior machine studying engineer at Cerebras Programs.
• Natalie Abeysena, CEO and cofounder at Shopwise AI.
• Supreet Kaur, AVP at Morgan Stanley.
• Catherine Hansen, director of selling at Sway AI Inc.
• Cristina Scheau, senior director of engineering at Cruise.
• Kleida Martiro, accomplice at Glasswing Ventures.
• Kanchan Bahirat, senior pc imaginative and prescient analysis engineer at Simbe.
• Karolina La Fors, post-doc in accountable design at DesignLab College of Twente.

We’d wish to congratulate all the girls who had been nominated to obtain a Girls in AI Award. Because of everybody for his or her nominations and for contributing to the rising consciousness of ladies who’re making a big distinction in AI.