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    AI4Good: Canadian Lab Empowers Women in Computer Science - Ep. 103

    AI4Good: Canadian Lab Empowers Women in Computer Science - Ep. 103

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    AI4Good: Canadian Lab Empowers Women in Computer Science - Ep. 103

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    Length:
    28 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 13, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Doina Precup is applying Romanian wisdom to the gender gap in the fields of AI and computer science.

    The associate professor at McGill University and research team lead at AI startup DeepMind spoke with AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about her personal experiences, along with the AI4Good Lab she co-founded to give women more access to machine learning training.

    Growing up in Romania, Precup attended a high school that specialized in computer science and a technical university. She didn’t experience gender disparity in these learning environments.

    “If anything, programming was considered a very good job for women, because you did not need to be working in the fields,” she explained.

    It made the gap in Canadian universities and companies even more noticeable. At McGill, Precup saw that female students were hesitant to speak up or pursue graduate studies.

    Together with Angelique Mannella, CEO of AM Consulting and an Amazon employee, Precup was inspired to start the AI4Good Lab in 2017.
    Released:
    Nov 13, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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