Women in Tech Forum, Meetup #4

If you love technology, are passionate about coding and empowering diversity in the tech world - come join us for our 4th “Women in Tech Forum” meetup. ** Please notice the meetup's location: Shaul HaMelech 4 (London Ministore), Tel Aviv – WeWork London MiniStore, 3rd floor. (Microsoft) You can also watch the videos from our 1st & 2nd Diversity meetup - in a special YouTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_dMh3xjQSU9jQQgmE0WdVn8a36lNBErl). Schedule: 18:00 - 18:30 - Gathering, drinks and food 18:30 - 19:20 - Where Are the Girls? / Dana Shoushan-Whol - Initiator of the Citizenship field, the global R&D center for Microsoft in Israel 19:20 - 19:30 - Break 19:30 - 20:10 - Personal Brand: The Day I Stopped Being Afraid and Started Owning It / Dan-ya Shwartz - Data Scientist, Alooma 20:10 - 20:50 - 17 Lines of Code That Got Me My Dream Job / Dalya Gartzman, Algorithm Researcher, Via Where Are the Girls? --- We keep hearing the mantra, calling out for equality between men and women in the high-tech industry. But when trying to run backwards down each gender’s career funnel, we realize the one that women go through just isn’t wide enough, and to be honest, it never was. How can we change that equation? Does it require a different set of actions and activities than the ones implemented on the boy’s group? Microsoft is investing in both research and field operated programs to locate the genome of this challenge. We’re consolidating our activities to fit girls in all age groups starting at the age of 8 and up. Working hard to bring into the room a mixture of career paths, motivation criteria, high end technology, and a lot of honesty via personal relationships. In this lecture, we will get to know Microsoft’s efforts to change the equation. We will also understand how we can work side by side, parents, educators, and future employers to jointly promote answers to this complex situation. The Day I Stopped Being Afraid and Started Owning It --- What is a personal brand? Should I have one? Where can I get it? What is it good for? Do I have to write content / speak publicly? Are we there yet??? These are some of the questions I've been asking myself for the past 5 years, ever since I've decided to step out from behind my desk and come out as a person with opinions and professional experience. In this talk, I'll share my journey with you and try to give some general tips on how to do it yourself. TeMS: 17 Lines of Code That Got Me My Dream Job --- Solving a textual math problem is a complicated task, requiring both mathematical understanding and language proficiency. Well, what if we could train a neural network to do both? And what if we could use existing tools to do it in just a few lines of code? In this talk I will share with you the "behind the scenes" of my project, where I constructed a neural network that reads a textual math problem and outputs the underlying equation, and how this side project helped me strengthen my skills and get to my dream job.