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AWS re:INVENT Whats in a name? The need to nip NIPS An i m a An a n d k u m a r Di r e c t o r o f M L Re s e a r c h NVI DI A Br e n Pr o f e s s o r, Ca l t e c h CM S The Authors Prelude: A Bit of History It all starts at


  1. AWS re:INVENT What’s in a name? The need to nip NIPS An i m a An a n d k u m a r Di r e c t o r o f M L Re s e a r c h NVI DI A Br e n Pr o f e s s o r, Ca l t e c h CM S

  2. The Authors

  3. Prelude: A Bit of History It all starts at Caltech.. Computation & Neural Systems 1986 John Hopfield Carver Mead Richard Feynman Neural Information Processing Systems 1987 Ed Posner Yaser Abu-Mostafa

  4. The Growth.. 2018: Open registration sold out in 11m38s! (faster than burning man)

  5. Fast forward 2017..

  6. The Board considered the name change

  7. Historic racist connotation

  8. The survey • Sent to conference attendees in the last five years. • Biased sampling: didn’t consider those who could not attend or had dropped out due to uncomfortable environment. • 13% of those who completed survey self-reported as female. • Majority were asked on issues that affected the marginalized. • Yes/no on name change. • Feeling of discomfort given equal weight as status quo. Picture credits: STEVEN LYLE JORDAN @RIGHTBRANE

  9. Non-change decision “After extensive discussions, the NIPS Board has decided not to change the name of the conference for now . The poll itself did not yield a clear consensus on a name change or a well-regarded alternative name.” "implement . . . concrete steps to improve the inclusiveness of the conference"

  10. The JHU Letter Championed by Dr. Elana Fertig

  11. The Change.org Petition

  12. Positive Engagements on Social Media

  13. Comments on Social Media • Both men and women have nipples, so why is NIPS sexist?

  14. Comments on Social Media

  15. Comments on Social Media

  16. In the media

  17. Comments Continue..

  18. THANK YOU!

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