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DESCRIPTION:Gender diverse teams make better decisions across a wide range 
 of settings\, including startups. Nevertheless\, investors make few invest
 ments in women\, especially female CEOs. This talk will share data-driven 
 research findings that shed light on the nature and extent of gender bias 
 in venture capital allocation. Solutions for lasting change will be discus
 sed.\n\nSpeaker: Researcher and entrepreneur\, Dr. Maya Ackerman\, is an e
 xpert on Machine Learning\, named “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon 
 Valley Business Journal. She is an Assistant Professor at the Department o
 f Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University\, and CEO/Co-
 Founder of musical AI startup\, WaveAI. Interviews with Dr. Ackerman appea
 red on NBC News\, New Scientist\, Sirius XM\, and international television
  stations across the globe\, and she has been an invited speaker at the Un
 ited Nations\, IBM Research\, Google\, and Stanford University\, amongst m
 any other venues. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from the Universi
 ty of Waterloo\, and held Postdoctoral Fellowships at Caltech and UC San D
 iego.\n\nHybrid event: @Santa Clara University and @virtual*\n\n* Zoom inf
 o will be sent shortly before the event to those who are registered. Regis
 tration ends at 3:25PM on Oct 25.\n\nSpeaker(s): Maya Ackerman\, \n\nRoom:
  SCDI 3301\, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation\, 500 El Ca
 mino Real\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95053
LOCATION:Room: SCDI 3301\, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovatio
 n\, 500 El Camino Real\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95053
ORGANIZER:taylor.winship@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:22
SUMMARY:Unpacking Gender Bias in Startup Investing: A Data-Driven Perspecti
 ve
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327211
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Gender diverse teams make better decisions
  across a wide range of settings\, including startups.&nbsp\; Nevertheless
 \, investors make few investments in women\, especially female CEOs.&nbsp\
 ; This talk will share data-driven research findings that shed light on th
 e nature and extent of gender bias in venture capital allocation.&nbsp\; S
 olutions for lasting change will be discussed.</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:</s
 trong> Researcher and entrepreneur\, Dr. Maya Ackerman\, is an expert on M
 achine Learning\, named &ldquo\;Woman of Influence&rdquo\; by the Silicon 
 Valley Business Journal. She is an Assistant Professor at the Department o
 f Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University\, and CEO/Co-
 Founder of musical AI startup\, WaveAI. Interviews with Dr. Ackerman appea
 red on NBC News\, New Scientist\, Sirius XM\, and international television
  stations across the globe\, and she has been an invited speaker at the Un
 ited Nations\, IBM Research\, Google\, and Stanford University\, amongst m
 any other venues. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from the Universi
 ty of Waterloo\, and held Postdoctoral Fellowships at Caltech and UC San D
 iego.</p>\n<p>Hybrid event: @Santa Clara University and @virtual*</p>\n<p>
 * Zoom info will be sent shortly before the event to those who are registe
 red.&nbsp\; Registration ends at 3:25PM on Oct 25.</p>
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