Registration
The NeurIPS workshop registration, as listed on neurips.cc, would be needed. Coverage of the registration fee for the NeurIPS workshops or conference may be offered for one author of an accepted paper based on availability.
If you want to attend Muslims in Workshop physically or virtually, please fill-up this form: Muslims in ML Workshop 2024: Participation Form. It will help us to plan the workshop better. Also, check Muslims in ML workshop in NeurIPS Virtual Portal for the latest updates and papers.
Schedule
Our workshop will host a mix of invited talks, contributed posters, and discussion sessions (tentative schedule below). The workshop is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 10, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC/GMT -8) (i.e., local time in Vancouver, Canada).
Here is a tentative schedule for the workshop:| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 1:00 pm-1:15 pm | Registration |
| 1:15 pm-1:30 pm | Opening remarks |
| 1:30 pm-2:00 pm | Invited talk 1 (Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid, Qatar Computing Research Institute) |
| 2:00 pm-2:30 pm | Invited talk 2 (Lama Ahmed, OpenAI) |
| 2:30 pm-3:00 pm | Lightning Talks (10 minutes x 3) |
| 3:00 pm-3:30 pm | Invited talk 3 (Dr. Abubakar Abid, HuggingFace) |
| 3:30 pm-4:00 pm | Invited talk 4 (Dr. Motahhare Eslami, Carnegie Mellon Universitye) |
| 4:00 pm-4:30 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:30 pm-5:00 pm | Internal Poster Session (In Person) |
| 4:45 pm | Virtual Posters Presentation (Youtube premiere of recorded video presentations) |
| 6:30 pm | Joint Affinity Poster Session (In Person) |
Keynote Speakers
Our 2024 workshop will include keynote addresses from engaging speakers:
Ahmed Elmagarmid Founder, Qatar Computing Research Institute Ahmed K. Elmagarmid is the Executive Director of Qatar Computing Research Institute Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Acting Vice President for Research at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University (US), and a former chief scientist at Hewlett-Packard HQ in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Elmagarmid received the ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award. In 2020, he was chosen to serve on the Washington Institute’s Council of Advisors and selected to be distinguished fellow. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, an ACM Fellow, and an AAAS Fellow. He received the Presidential Young Investigator Award from President Reagan in 1988. He is the co-chair of the AI National Committee.
Lama Ahmad Technical Program Manager, Trustworthy AI at OpenAI Lama Ahmad is a Technical Program Manager in Trustworthy AI at OpenAI, specializing in the safe development and deployment of AI models. She leads the Researcher Access Program, fostering responsible AI deployment and risk mitigation. With a background in technology research, product management, and policy, Lama has experience in roles such as Program Manager at Facebook's Open Research and Transparency Team and Fellow at Pulse Lab Jakarta. A graduate of NYU Abu Dhabi with a BA in Social Research and Public Policy, she is passionate about integrating ethics, inclusivity, and safety into AI and data-driven solutions.
Abubakar Abid Founder Gradio, acq'd by HuggingFace; PhD in ML from Stanford University Abubakar Abid is a senior machine learning engineer and team lead at Hugging Face. He founded Gradio, a platform for building machine learning applications now used by over 500,000 monthly users and acquired by Hugging Face. He is a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow recognized for his innovative research in AI applications in healthcare and education and serves as a mentor in the Fatima Fellowship. Abubakar holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Motahhare Eslami Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Motahhare Eslami is an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. She earned her Ph.D. at the UIUC and has received multiple awards, including a Google Ph.D. Fellowship and recognition as one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics. Her research is supported by NSF, CMU, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Cisco, and has been featured in major media outlets, including Time and The Washington Post.
Virtual Poster Presentation
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