ABOUT ME
I am a data scientist turned tech entrepreneur, investor, futurist and innovator. Throughout my career I have had the opportunity to explore many areas of data analytics and business strategy.
EXPERIENCE
I started my journey of entrepreneurship after 10 years as a data scientist in the marketing research and finance industries.
Currently, I am founder and CEO of PureStrategy.ai, a technology consulting company creating artificial intelligence software and advising companies on data science.
I am a frequent speaker and author on AI technology, data science, and machine learning.
Speaking
Writing
Press and Interviews
Projects
What's New
Wondering what's new? Here are a few things I've been up to lately. For more, check out my Press & Interviews page.
December 12, 2023
I'm thrilled to share that my latest work is in Time Magazine! In this special edition, you'll find two features penned by me:
A User's Guide to Generative AI - This comprehensive guide is your gateway to understanding the best ways to use LLMs like ChatGPT and image generators like Midjourney.
At Nearly 70, AI Comes of Age - The winding history of AI is one of my favorite topics. This feature was such a joy to write because I had the opportunity to interview some of the greats in AI and learn about their experience when the field was new.
Available on newsstands today until mid-March! (And on Apple News+)
July 13, 2023
If the Raft in Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash caught your imagination, or if you've always wondered how we'd create a mining operation on Mercury or Jupiter, I hope you'll check out this episode I co-wrote with Isaac Arthur on SFIA about Mobile Cities.
As many of you know, I've been fascinated by the economic and cultural reasons humans might decide to live in moving or moveable cities for some time, and this episodes does a deep dive into all of those topics, from the immediately practical to the far-future.
June 20, 2023
Last week was my first board meeting as League Data’s first independent board director — talk about a welcome wagon! They surprised me with an array of local treats including salt water taffy and chocolate.
Looking forward to contributing to this historic organization — League Data is one of Canada’s oldest fintech companies. It currently supports the technology underlying Atlantic Canada’s credit unions and was one of Verafin’s first investors before the Nasdaq bought it for almost $3 Billion in 2021.
June 14, 2023
“Risk is like water. It will find the cracks”: My favourite quote of the Institute of Corporate Directors conference in Montreal where I had the opportunity to spend the day with so many accomplished Canadian corporate board directors and learn about board governance, talent management, ESG, geopolitical trends and many other topics.
June 11, 2023
I was on the BBC last night talking about ChatGPT and generative AI. We used the chatbot to write a poem about the show and help the host solve a personal problem: buying a gift for his brother.
May 26, 2023
I was on Global National last night talking about the frothy AI space and what it means for investing in the startup space.
April 17, 2023
It was so wonderful to be one of the invited guests at the Nasdaq/Equilar Board Leadership Forum in New York at the Nasdaq Marketsite today. What a great event with thoughtful discussions of the future of board directorships with a gorgeous view of Historical landmarks like Times Square and the Paramount building.
December 13, 2022
If you pick up the Globe & Mail today you'll see my graduation photo for the Innovation Governance Program (iGP) Level 2.
It was a great time meeting and learning from all the fellow board directors and tech executives on how to be an effective board member and operator for high-growth tech companies.
October 25, 2022
I'm in the Globe and Mail today talking about my investment portfolio and how influential my dad was to building my confidence as an investor and shaping my perspective of personal finance.
December 22, 2021
I wrote an episode for the PBS show It's Okay to be Smart on Why we Dream. It was released this morning -- I hope you'll check it out!
November 8, 2021
My feature article with Jessa Gamble on how AI can unlock new possibilities for human creativity is now out in the fall issue of Root & STEM. Have a read!
July 16, 2021
So excited to accept VentureBeat's AI Entrepreneur award at Transform 2021's Women in AI awards.
It’s an honor to win this award and to be nominated alongside so many entrepreneurs doing amazing things in AI. I really believe that artificial intelligence will be one of the most important technologies in the future and will touch the lives of everyone around the world.
I’m thrilled to be some small part in this shared future.
Check out the Press Release Here
May 19, 2021
Thrilled that my video is included with TechGig’s 5 Must-watch TED Talks on Artificial Intelligence.
May 13, 2021
Listen to my first segment on Discovery’s Curiosity Daily. It’s about the smallest gravitational field ever measured — from a tiny gold ball. I’ll be contributing two weekly segments on physics and astronomy to the show so make sure you subscribe.
March 13, 2021
It was such fun to work with the TED team on this video about how artificial intelligence learns. I hope you’ll check it out.
December 9, 2020
I had a wonderful time attending the Forbes Power Women’s Summit and hearing from top leaders like Melinda Gates, Simone Biles, and Angela Duckworth. They had a really cool virtual swag room where I got this picture, which I thought was very cool!
December 2, 2020
I talk with Lioness magazine about my favorite book about a female entrepreneur: the “Veuve Clicquot,” Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin.
December 7, 2020
I was immediately impressed with DeepMind’s recent breakthrough in using neural networks to solve the protein folding problem, not because of the modeling technique itself, but rather the way in which the team set up the input and output so that a real-world problem could be effectively modelled with neural networks. I speak with IEEE Spectrum about the breakthrough.
November 12, 2020
What a thrill to get together with the TED community (albeit virtually) for the TED Women conference.
October 12, 2020
I talk with the Economist about my favorite “flower box metric” - an unusual indicator of how healthy your team dynamics are.
September 29, 2020
I’ve been passionate about art investing for many years and have collected a variety of pieces I love. Here I discuss art investing and how beginners can get started.
September 11, 2020
I had a very enjoyable chat with CBC's Manjula Selvarajah about what GPT-3 means for human creativity and the article the AI system "wrote" for the Guardian.
I believe these new AI-enabled tools will usher in a new era of human creativity and I'm excited to see what comes about.
Watch for it this week across Canada.
September 8, 2020
I had the pleasure of speaking with Neha Savanur for her podcast, Women Decode STEM a few months ago and I'm excited to share my interview for the first episode of season 2.
We talk about entrepreneurship, AI and how analytics is helping with the fight against COVID-19. I hope you'll have a listen!
August 16, 2020
I’m quite vocal about the styles of interview questions I like for data scientists. In this interview I talk about how I assess the way candidates talk about the projects they work on and what constitutes a great response.
August 6, 2020
I had a wonderful time contributing to Nathan Price’s Countdown to the Moon project yesterday. Nathan and I spent over an hour talking about a plethora of topics including humanity’s journey into space, how AI can help us talk to intelligent life, the history and future of technology and war, and what it might take to get humans into space. Have a listen!
July 30, 2020
We had a very enjoyable conversation about artificial intelligence in the insights sector during ESOMAR’s Community Circle event. AI is poised to help companies make better decisions from data and to get more meaningful insights into the data they already have.
July 14, 2020
I had such a great time chatting with Ganna Pogrebna, the host of The Alan Turing Institute's Data Driven Chat Podcast. We talk about some of my favorite projects, how to succeed in data science in industry and how COVID-19 has revealed some interesting learnings in data science applications. I hope you'll have a listen.
July 9, 2020
This morning (for me), afternoon and evening brought together dynamic group for the first of two Community Circles on AI, where I had the pleasure of speaking as a panelist. We had a lively chat about the most pressing questions AI ethics, whose role it is to ensure ethical technology development and how we might see AI evolve in the years to come.
June 5, 2020
COVID! Is there anything else on anyone’s mind? This morning I spoke at the Canadian Research Insight Council’s virtual event on AI’s impact on COVID-19, which featured me and other members of the AI and Innovation Thought Leadership Council.
June 2, 2020
I was so thrilled to be featured as a guest on the webshow 17 Minutes of Science yesterday.
We had a great conversation about some of the important insights that data science can bring to health care decision-making, including adding significant depth to understanding the patient journey and to empower physicians to provide the best care they can.
I hope you'll have a listen!
May 27, 2020
Up early to present at the Intelligent Health AI conference virtually about the exciting solutions that PureStrategy.ai's Automated Neural Intelligence Engine (ANIE) brings to health care.
With our tools, we can explore the patient journey in a scientifically robust and nuanced way that retains the richness of each patient's unique story and aggregates it to find trends that impact health outcomes.
Although I'm sad I didn't get to visit beautiful Bern, Switzerland for the talk, having the digital space to connect with everyone at the conference was definitely a worthwhile experience.
May 4, 2020
Delighted to share this summary of my discussion on Toronto’s 106.5 ELMNT FM about investing in these uncertain times.
April 29, 2020
The newest episode of Disrupting Good is out — Here we talk about technology trends and what might happen in the future.
April 14, 2020
Humbled an honored that my posts on Facebook are resonating with so many of you. Since I started the account in August, 2019, just 8 months ago, I’ve had the privilege to meet so many fascinating people who responded to the content about AI. It’s hard to believe that I’ve now reached over 1,000,000 of you through the posts.
April 9, 2020
What happens when machines seek personhood? Will humans ever marry an AI? What happens when an AI knows your better than you know yourself?
I had a wonderful time speculating about the far future of our interactions with AI with Kellee Marlow on the celebrated San Francisco KXSF.FM radio show and podcast Spark.
March 26, 2020
My comments in the CBC about how to get started video chatting.
March 5, 2020
I comment frequently about what I look for when hiring in data science roles.
In this article, I talk to the Muse about my favorite interview questions and what I am looking for in an answer.
March 2, 2020
I had a wonderful time giving the opening keynote for the Women in Data Science conference.
I especially loved talking about some of the history of data science.
For instance, did you know that least squares has a very noble history: In the 1800 Gauss used least squares to calculate the orbit of Ceres, the largest planetoid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Long live the linear regression we all love to malign!
The Mark 1 Perceptron, one of the first artificial neural networks, was built for image recognition. The input was an array of 400 photo cells. It was a physical machine made of wires and potentiometers that were moved by motors during training.
Isn't it amazing how quickly the field of data science has changed within the last few generations?
March 2, 2020
It was an absolute delight to sit down with Jen Quesnel at CBC Radio’s Saskatoon Morning and talk about AI. I hope you’ll have a listen.
February 28, 2020
This morning, I stopped in at CBC Radio to talk about what I love about artificial intelligence, careers in data science and my upcoming keynote at the Women in Data Science conference. I hope you'll listen in on Monday at 7:20am to hear it!
February 24, 2020
A week from now, I give the opening keynote at the Women in Data Science conference in Saskatoon. I can’t wait to share my thoughts on the state of the art in data science today and where the field is going in the future.
February 21, 2020
My comments in OZY on the democratization of AI-driven technology in the music industry.
February 8, 2020
Are smart home devices solving a real problem or are they still searching for that killer application?
I share my critique and hopes for voice activation with Hunker.
January 6, 2020
Fostering collaboration in scientific communities and exploring incentive structures that allow the world’s scientists to produce more impactful research has always been a passion of mine. That’s why I’m excited to be volunteering as an Ambassador for the Center for Open Science.
December 16, 2019
How important is fairness, bias, and accuracy in the design of modern analytical systems?
I had a wonderful time on the Brains Byte Back Podcast chatting about why the intersection of data science and social science is one of the most interesting areas in technology right now.
We're still figuring out the new processes, roles, and customer expectations for designing these kinds of technology systems.
December 6, 2019
I had a great time on the Brains Byte Back podcast discussing why tech companies, AI companies in particular, need social scientists on their teams in order to create better, ethical products.
December 6, 2019
My comments in Forbes about the challenges Apple has with their autocorrection features given their differing stance on privacy.
Access to data has a massive influence on the quality and reliability of these technologies, a very challenging factor to balance with privacy.
December 2, 2019
Unstructured data can be incredibly hard to work with -- things like website traffic, customer comments and conversations, images, audio, and the list goes on. But we need to make use of it -- unstructured data is exploding in volume and variety, and the insights that can be gained from it are poignant.
I was delighted to be included on a panel at the Toronto Refinitiv Summit discussing how to harness these kinds of alternative data sources, which I believe will become the most important insight generating sources in the future.
My key takeaway: invest in it. Don't make the mistake of underestimating the time it will take to make full use of these sources. Trust me, it will be worth the wait.
November 28, 2019
Some of my most cherished memories are from the two years I spent living in Ottawa to do my Masters degree in Economics. That’s why it was such a delight to be invited back to talk with current economics students about my career and how I ended up where I am. Well, it’s been a winding path! But the journey is always an interesting adventure, despite the many twists and turns.
November 19, 2019
When you go to see Bill Nye The Science Guy, you need to wear your best bow tie.
Early in my career, I worked on building our understanding of how humans understand and mitigate climate risk -- basically, we really struggle to understand it and how it could impact our lives. That's still true today, ten years later. Thankfully, people like Bill Nye are continuing to address these challenges and spark conversations like he did last night.
Like the rest of the audience, I loved Bill's interesting and funny discussion about the planets, human migration, climate change, and how scientists and technologists can change the world for the better. A very thought-provoking evening.
November 14, 2019
My discussion with Elliot Smith about AI-generated art and the possibilities this opens for creating new kinds of art as well as challenges with this new medium.
November 13, 2019
Absolutely honored to let you know that my content on my Facebook page has reached 500,000 people around the world!
If you haven’t already, you can follow me here.
November 8, 2019
A year ago I gave one of my favorite talks at TEDx Navigators in Calgary and haven’t stopped thinking about it since.
During the talk, I urged audiences to rethink bias and to consider the weird, wonderful and surprising ways our own brains work - like when mistakenly they see faces in rocks or other objects.
Bias, of course, can be a huge problem in exacerbating inequality and unintentionally harming people. But there’s another side we need to be talking about.
These quirks of our mind make our human experience uniquely human. In fact, it was one of these glitches that paleoanthropologists believe sparked the development of art. And when AI’s we build have an epiphany like our ancestors did, will we even recognize it?
If you haven’t already, I hope you’ll take a listen: http://bit.ly/AI_moon
October 31, 2019
Technical skills are not the only critical skills in IT. I speak with Harvard Business Review’s The Enterprisers Project about how important communication skills are to getting executive buy-in for innovative ideas.
October 18, 2019
Thrilled that Thrive Global picked up my profile from Authority Magazine. Have a look!
October 11, 2019
What can humans learn from artificial intelligence? It’s a compelling question. For decades many AI researchers and technologists believed that AI could never provide the insight into problems that humans could. But the counterexamples keep coming - AlphaGo, for instance, gave us a new way of thinking about the game of Go. Unsupervised learning can allow us to understand emerging patterns we wouldn’t know to look for. I think it’s time for us to consider how AI can augment human intelligence, insight and ingenuity.
October 11, 2019
After a week of intense meetings, we ended the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 committee on Artificial Intelligence plenary as Typhoon Hagibis descended on Tokyo. It was quite the send-off! But, the week was a great success in having meaningful discussion about the most important topics in standardization within AI.
October 10, 2019
I had a wonderful time sharing my story with Authority Magazine in their Women Leading the AI Industry series and talking about why I am passionate about standards in artificial intelligence.
October 7, 2019
Wow, what a fantastic group! The ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 committee on Artificial Intelligence met for its semi-annual meeting in Tokyo this week. The plenary had over 150 delegates from 41 countries discussing foundational standards, governance, big data, use cases, trustworthiness, and computational methods. Absolutely loved being a part of the conversation.
September 23, 2019
I was honored to speak at the AI for QI Symposium where I had the privilege to be part of a lively, nuanced discussion about the applications of AI to health care, improving patient outcomes, improving wellness in under-served communities, and how standards can build trust in technological systems.
September 10, 2019
How will technology like AI, transhumanism, and other important trends affect humanity in the future? I was delighted to be included in the 10 futurists to explore how these disruptive technologies will affect doing good on the new podcast Disrupting Good.
September 6, 2019
Delighted to have been invited to speak at the AI for QI event. I’m proud of the successes ANIE has had so far in health care and am looking forward to exploring the broader applications AI has to improve health outcomes and make systems smarter, better, and faster.
August 28, 2019
I spoke with Goldieblox about one of the women in entertainment who inspired me in STEM - Seven of Nine in Star Trek Voyager.
August 22, 2019
This week, I was asked to comment on the privacy issues with AI assistants and how standardization might impact them in the future. It’s a topic that concerns all of us and I hope that awareness will continue to increase.
August 19, 2018
Legal systems around the world at being challenged by the rapid pace of technology development in AI. I recently spoke with IT Pro Today about the key takeways from the recent G20 Summit and what the geopolitical landscape means for the future of AI.
August 15, 2019
I speak with Best Colleges about my career journey and what skills are needed to become a data scientist.
August 6, 2019
I had a great time speaking with Industry West Magazine about the many opportunities I see with AI in business, especially in marketing.
Using AI, you can discover game-changing emergent patterns in data and reach customers at a much more personal level.
Most of us don't yet use AI in our day-to-day work lives, but within the next decade I predict that most employees will have AI coworkers.
August 2, 2019
I recently spoke with SD Times Magazine about one of the greatest challenges we face in AI Ethics: No one knows whose role it is. Should ethics be a part of every practitioner's job description or should technology companies hire ethics experts to their teams? Right now it is unclear what will work.
July 18, 2019
My commentary in InformationWeek on the difficulty in incorporating human emotion in technology. Although our understanding of it is improving, we still have a long way to go.
June 14, 2019
Who says being in AI doesn't get you invited to the cool parties? A few months ago, when acclaimed folk musician Tom Kennedy asked me to create the cover art for his new album Eclecticism, I was thrilled.
Over the weekend I had the privilege to be invited to Tom's album release party, where he asked me to come on stage and talk for a few minutes about our collaboration on the album cover. We decided that we wanted it to evoke an "electric energy" to match his upbeat music style. I used a Deep Style Transfer to take an abstract image of stars and lights and transfer the style to a picture of Tom playing his guitar. I just love the way it turned out.
What a thrill to talk a little bit about AI to such an enthusiastic and lively crowd. I don't think I've gotten cheers for talking about AI before, but I can't say that anymore!
June 3, 2019
Delighted to announce that I have been elected Vice-Chair of Canada’s Mirror Committee to for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence. Looking forward to creating foundational standards for AI applications that will be used by businesses around the world.
June 3, 2019
I had a great time speaking with Anne-Marie Hardie about the use of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry. Nowadays, the increase in computing power is a game changer for optimization in planning, scheduling, and automation.
May 29, 2019
My latest feature article in Towards Data Science was featured by Medium’s Technology, Future and Artificial Intelligence curators. So glad that so many folks are finding the analysis insightful.
May 29, 2019
In this feature article for Towards Data Science, I reflect on the recent conversation at Stanford between two giants: Yuval Noah Harari, historian and author of Sapiens and Homo Deus; and Fei-Fei Li, engineer and professor, who is one of the most prolific researchers in AI today.
May 28, 2019
I believe that it’s critical to think about artificial intelligence as enhancing and augmenting the capabilities of humans. In this article, I speak with Forbes about Google’s Duplex and their use of human operators to validate and test results.
May 10, 2019
I had a great conversation with the folks at Dropbox about what artificial intelligence means for the future of work.
May 8, 2019
Absolutely honored to be among the many accomplished and visionary women nominated for a Women of Distinction Award.
April 25, 2019
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence is an imperative to anyone working in the tech industry. InformationWeek interviewed me to get my thoughts on Ethically Aligned design - something I truly believe is of the utmost imporance for any organization that prioritizes customer experience.
April 15, 2019
When Springboard asked me to comment about what I look for in a resume for Data Analyst and Data Scientist positions, I was happy to comment.
I want to see examples of the kinds of problems that the candidate has tackled and how well they are able to ask questions about the data source and analysis methods.
April 10, 2019
Absolutely thrilled to be a finalist for WESK's Innovation Award. I've always loved creating new things and I've been so proud of the new analytical methods, visualizations, and cognitive technology that my team and I have developed in data science. Most people don't think of data science and AI as a creative field but I disagree - it requires a great deal of originality and out-of-the-box thinking to create a new technology.
March 29, 2019
I had a wonderful conversation with BrainStation about what it’s like to be a data scientist and my views on the future of the field, including how companies can hire effectively and why I think Excel will never die.
March 6, 2019
Today I gathered with 100,000 other women worldwide for Stanford's Women in Data Science Global Conference. There were events held all around the world in cities such as Helsinki, La Paz, Riyadh, Perth, and London, where I attended.
It was humbling to be part of such a forward-thinking event where we discussed the state of the art in deep learning, techniques for validating natural language processing methodology, data visualization best practices, and hardware optimization for doing machine learning at scale.
March 3, 2019
My comments in Technotification on Narrow AI and why this presents a limitation on what AI can do.
March 1, 2019
CMS Wire asked me to comment about the state of the art in AI, including Narrow AI and transfer learning. Does this mean AI is “stupid” at most things? Yes, but it also means that it far exceeds human abilities at many others. Transfer learning holds the promise of being able to retain the success of an AI system and apply it to another domain. I’m excited to see the progress in this area of AI.
February 28, 2019
Doesn't the Canadian delegation at MWC Barcelona look sharp? So glad that PureStrategy.ai had a chance to be part of such a great conference and trade show.
February 25, 2019
Wow, what a whirlwind first day at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Me and over 100,000 others swarmed the pavilions for the latest in (mostly folding) smartphones, artificial intelligence, IoT and network technology. What I'm finding most exciting are the developments in smart cities and autonomous vehicles, both of which seem to be well on their way to changing the way we live our everyday lives.
February 3, 2019
The State of AI report was full of interesting insights. IT Pro Today asked me to comment on what I found to be some of the most interesting and compelling parts of the report. What really stood out to me is how quickly research teams keep exceeding the benchmarks in areas like image classification and speech recognition.
January 31, 2019
Creativity is an essential skill for any data scientist. While discussing the essentials of Big Data, Go Skills included my commentary on the topic.
January 25, 2019
I speak on a ton of panels, so when InformationWeek asked me to comment about the things I love and hate about being a part of a panel, I had a LOT to say. It’s hard to get right, but these tips are really crucial to having a great discussion and bring a lot of value to the audience at your event.
January 23, 2019
It’s always a pleasure to work with the TED organization so when I got the storyboard from the TED Ed animators in my inbox I was thrilled!
Although I can’t share it yet (Nope, that picture isn’t from the video), My TED Ed lesson on Machine Learning will be coming soon. Can’t wait!
January 13, 2019
Pure Strategy will be joining the TechWest Canada delegation at the Mobile World Congress in February 2019. What a great chance to see all the newest tech all under one roof — with 107,000 of your closest acquaintances.
January 9, 2019
Singular asked me to comment on the results of their survey of 200 CMOs. It’s time for marketers to focus on renew the trust that has been lost with the consumer and rebuild honest connections between brands and consumers: The biggest challenge in 2019 and beyond will be to create a new normal between marketers and consumers.
January 7, 2019
My article discussing my favorite 5 non-data-science books I read in 2018 really resonated with many members of AIDL, the largest online AI group which boasts almost 200,000 members worldwide. As a result, the article was featured in the group’s weekly newsletter. With hundreds of positive reactions and comments, a great discussion followed, and I loved seeing all the messages telling me that they picked up some of these picks on my recommendation.
December 31, 2018
Most of you know I'm a voracious reader - and I love to read books in a wide variety of fields. I find that the more I read out of my areas of expertise, the easier it is to piece things together within it.
With that in mind, I wrote a feature for Towards Data Science reviewing five books I read in 2018 that helped me as a data scientist.
December 20, 2018
I had a delightful conversation with Dataquest about the job market in data science and how, while technical skills might get you in the door, it's really your communication skills that will make you succeed in data science as a career.
Data science teams within organizations risk becoming marginalized if they can't communicate their value to the C-suite and if they collaborate poorly with other functional areas in the enterprise.
December 17, 2018
Delighted to announce that Pure Strategy has been invited to be part of Harvard University’s Innovation Lab which, as they put it “assembles the world's most prestigious data and analytics talent.”
Through this partnership we have the opportunity to solve analytics challenges with top brands like Duracell, Macy’s, Keurig Green Mountain and many others.
November 10, 2018
I had a great time presenting at The International Future Computing Association’s Immersed 2018 Conference about AI use cases for customer experience in media and entertainment companies. I believe the future of AI is especially bright in this area.
And, of course, what about XR? AI as it has to do with XR technology is going to be all about generative methods, and not just taking a backseat and filling in the details.
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November 6, 2018
That red circle looks little from this picture but it was HUGE for me. Not only did I meet many fascinating people at TEDx Navigators, but I got to present with my mom, my husband, and many friends in the audience.
This is the first time my mom has seen me speak at an event, and the smile on her face after the talk made it unforgettable on a deeply personal level.
After all, our lives are profoundly meaningful both inside and outside of the workplace, and the best moments are the ones we can share with those important to us.
October 24, 2018
My collaboration with fashion brand Shenova is out! It shows the hidden layers of a fully connected artificial neural network.
I am so excited to be wearing this custom-made dress for my TEDx Navigators talk about artificial intelligence on November 3rd.
It will be available in Shenova's fall collection soon for the stylish, smart women in your life.
October 18, 2018
Delighted to have been chosen from over 300 applicants to receive an award from Evolocity’s Women Founders Fund for Women-led businesses in STEM, not to mention having the opportunity to tell everyone at Startup Canada Day on the Hill why I am so positive about the future of AI in Canada!
October 13, 2018
Had a wonderful time celebrating with WIRED magazine for their 25th anniversary! Especially enjoyed hearing Jill Tarter’s insights about the SETI program and her thoughts on space exploration.
October 11, 2018
Soaking in the last bit of the 2nd Plenary of the JTC 1/SC42 on Artificial Intelligence in beautiful Sunnyvale, California. With almost 150 delegates from over 20 countries it was fascinating to work with people around the world who are passionate about AI.
Excited that over the coming years, I will be a liaison to the JTC 1/SC 37 Biometrics committee, where we will discuss AI as it applies to facial recognition, fingerprint and retina scanning, and prevention of identity theft.
October 9, 2018
What an amazing discussion about women on corporate and non-profit boards of directors tonight at the Silicon Valley Capital Club. Here we are toasting to the passing of SB 826 which will give many women the opportunity to be an important part of the success of California companies through board work.
What a wonderful night with a fantastic and inspiring group of women!
October 5, 2018
My cover story for the October issue of Quirk’s Magazine is on newsstands now!
In it, I discuss the technical side of natural language processing, including how computers understand human language, challenges in the state of the art technology, and why natural language understanding is essential for large companies.
June 15, 2018
Thrilled to have been invited to spend a week in Silicon Valley as part of the Canadian Women’s Network inaugural launch cohort of the top female-founded Canadian tech companies.
