Women-in-Science (WinS)

• Bring awareness
• Seek for novel solutions
• Turn the echo chamber into real communication and education
• Education instead of propaganda
• Collective Story-telling

• Existing Problems
• Interviews and Analyses
  • Objectives
• Organizations and Programs
• Seeking for Better Solutions
  • Data-driven Approaches
• References
  • Books
  • Articles
  • Media
• Educational Resources Regarding Research Life

Existing Problems

• Power imbalance
• Invisible discrimination
• unconscious biases

Interviews and Analyses

Objectives

• talk about your experiences
• provide solutions/trials you have made
• suggest further strategies

Organizations and Programs

• Women in Machine Learning (WiML)
• PARITY MOVEMENT (focusing on academic bullying)
• WiML-ML4PS

Seeking for Better Solutions

• Diversity recruitment is not enough. Sexual harassment training is not enough.
• We need women in authority positions to speak up, to actively support junior females.
• Start from the beginning: provide equal training oppurtinities for female students; foster better media environment.
• Fight unconscious biases.
• Sharing is enpowring. Simply sharing experiences with colleagues or experienced professionals helps to overcome difficult situations.

Data-driven Approaches

References

Books

• Women and Leadership
• Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado-Perez
• The Second Sex, by Simone De Beauvoir

Online Courses

• Bias and Discrimination in AI

Media

• https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2018/06/to-prevent-sexual-harassment-academic-institutions-should-go-beyond-legal-compliance-to-promote-a-change-in-culture-current-approaches-have-not-led-to-decline-in-harassment
• Picture a Scientist, http://wise.nautil.us/feature/611/the-problem-in-the-lab?mc_cid=b380552a03&mc_eid=6c684bf2ed
• Picture a Scientist, Panel Discussion, Coolidge Corner Theatre
• Bullying in Academia

Educational Resources Regarding Research Life

• Effective Teamwork: https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/
• How to Protect the Intellectual Property
• Definition of Workplace Harassment

Contact

Email: wins.interview@gmail.com