The Eighth International Women in Data Science(WiDS) Conference will be organized by Prince Sultan University(PSU), Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics  (AIDA) Lab, in collaboration with Stanford University. The conference aims to foster women's interest and professional participation in data science, engineering, and computer science.  WiDS PSU 2025 will bring together high-profile international researchers and industry pioneers. Prince Sultan University (PSU) is the WiDS Ambassador for Stanford, and the conference aims to expose the latest data science research and practices in the Arab Middle East by promoting the exchange of ideas, encouraging mentorship, and interdisciplinary collaboration in line with technological advances in the Kingdom under the umbrella of the Saudi Vision 2030.

WiDS PSU 2025  will allow national and international researchers to present their novel research findings and exchange information with the research community. It will bring specialists, leading researchers, scholars, scientists, and professors from computer science, technology, engineering science, business, education and alternative connected areas to act and exchange ideas concerning the state-of-the-art technologies associated with artificial intelligence, IoT & big data analytics.WiDS PSU will comprise oral sessions, keynote speeches, technical workshops, panel discussions, best regular paper & poster awards, Poster shows, and video shows by specialists in AI, Data Science and IoT domains. WIDS PSU 2025 will be held in a HYBRID MODE from April 13-14, 2025, with LIVE INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS ONLY opened to REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS.

Submission Guidelines

• Full papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or related topics. Each manuscript will be reviewed by three reviewers with a blind review process. Authors are invited to submit their papers in English of up to 6 double-column pages in IEEE format, with up to 2 extra pages with additional fees. The format of the paper should follow IEEE guidelines for the two-column IEEE-sponsored conference proceedings. Templates for Microsoft Word and LaTeX are available here. Authors may use the online submission system hosted by EasyChair Conference System to submit their papers. The submission Web page for WiDS PSU 2025 can be found here Easy Chair Conference Submission System

• Authors can submit up to 6 pages for a full paper (including references) and up to 3 pages for a short paper (including references) per IEEE guidelines.

• Paper submissions can have multiple authors (of any gender). Still, at least one author of each accepted paper must be identified as a woman expected to present the paper at the conference aligned to SDG5.

• All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Accepted papers should not have more than 10% similarity and not more than 5% from a single source.

Registration 

Regular paper (6 pages): $200

Student paper/ IEEE Member: $150

All registrations are handled through the authors' EasyChair account

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Open: October 1st, 2024
• Full paper submission deadline: Jan 12, 2025
• Acceptance Notification: February 20, 2025
• Camera Ready Paper Submission: February 28, 2025
• Paper Registration: March 5, 2025
• Conference Dates: April 13-14, 2025

 Topics

We focus on challenges and applications of all fields: computer science, computational biology, cybersecurity, social sciences, medicine, physics, chemistry, law, engineering, mathematics, digital humanities, etc, in the fields of data science.

• Track 1: Data Science & Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability
• Track 2: Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-human Collaboration
• Track 3: Data Security, Cybersecurity, IoT 
• Track 4: Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing & Large Language Models
• Track 4: Big Data Analytics, Data Visualization & Forecasting
• Track 5: Data Science & AI Applications in Healthcare; Renewable Energy; Education; Smart Agriculture; Business; Interior Design; Architecture Engineering; Law & Digital Humanities

Honorary Program Chair

• Dr.Ahmed Al-Yamani      President, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA              

Program Executive Chair

• Dr.Heba Khoshaim         Vice President, Women Campus; Executive AIDA Lab Member, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA

Program Advisory Board

• Dr. Muhammad AlShara                Dean, College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prof.Mamodouh Alenezi                AI Academy Director, TAHAKOM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prof. Gwanggil Jeon                     Professor,  Xidian University, Xi'an, China
• Prof. Seifedine Kadry                    Professor, Noroff University College, Norway
• Prof.Robertas Damaševičius        Professor, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
• Dr. Layla Alfawzan                       Vice Dean, College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prof.Maysaa Al Qurashi                Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
• Prof. Hadeer Abouelnagah           Director of Translation & Authoring Centre, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prof. Hoshang Kolivand                Professor, Liverpool University, United Kingdom
• Dr. Connie Mitchell                       Vice Dean, College of Humanities & Sciences, Director of TLC, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
• Prof.Ali Kashif Bashir                   Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom
• Dr.Syed Ahmad Chan Bukhari      Director, Healthcare Informatics at St. John's University, New York, United States

Keynote Speakers

• TBA

• Panelists

  • TBA

  Program Chair

  • Prof.Tanzila Saba           Ambassador Prince Sultan University, Women in Data Science, Leader Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics(AIDA) Lab;          Associate Chair, Information Systems Dept, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Program Organizing Chair

  • Ms Fatima Khan         WiDS Co-Ambassador; Associate Director Evaluation and Academic Accreditation Center; Research Member AIDA Lab, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Publication Chairs

  • Dr.Amjad Rehman                 Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA) Lab, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Committees

  Technical Program Committee Chairs

  • Prof.Tanzila Saba            Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Anees Ara                 Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Tariq Mehmood           Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Khalid Haseeb            Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Technical Program Committee 

  • Prof.Mubashir Husain Rehmani  Munster Technological University, Ireland
  • Prof.Ali Kashif Bashir         The Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Prof.Usman Ghani          University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore,Pakistan
  • Dr.Izzat Alsamdi            Texas A&M University-San Antonio, USA
  • Prof.Shafry Rahim         University of Technology, Malaysia
  • Dr.Afraz Syed                McKeil School of Business, Mohawk College, Canada
  • Prof.Abbas Malik.           Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Deep Kothadiya         Charotar University of Science and Technology, India
  • Dr.Firdous Kousar          Fisk University, USA
  • Dr.Khalid Haseeb           Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  
  • Dr.Gabriella Casalino      Università degli Studi di Bari, Apulia, Italy
  • Dr.Jaber Jemai               Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
  • Dr.Ashir Ahmed             Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
  • Dr. Ijaz Ul Haq              Oakland University, USA
  • Dr Soumaya chaffered   CÈgep de la GaspÈsie et des Iles, Canada
  • Dr.Anis Zarrad                University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Dr.Majid Haroun            Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,USA

  Local Organizing Committee

  • Ms. Fatima Khan             Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Tanzila Saba               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Fatima Azmi              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    
  • Dr. Samha Al Ayoubi       Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Fadhah Alenezi          Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms. Somaiah Saeed Haif  Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms. Roaa Abid                 Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms.Fawzia Goni               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms.Fatima Ambreen         Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms Salma Idris                Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms Ishrat Khan                Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Yasir Javed                 Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Rehman Khan             Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

  Datathon Committee

  • Prof.Tanzila Saba              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia                    
  • Dr.Anees Ara                    Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

  Workshops & Posters Committee

  • Dr.Walaa Wmetwally       Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Maya John.                Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms Roohi Jan                 Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms.Jalila Zouhair            Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms Nermeen Hakim        Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Publicity Chairs

  • Mr. Mhanna Al-mhanna   Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabi

  IEEE Liaison Committee Chairs

  • Dr. Heba Khoshaim              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Ibrahim Nasar                IEEE Western Saudi Arabia Section, Saudi Arabia

  Logistics Committee

  • Ms Fetoun Alzahrani              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Publication

  WiDS PSU 2025 proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore. All cccepted papers will be submitted for possible inclusion into IEEE Xplore.

  Contact

  All questions about submissions should be emailed to widsriyadh@psu.edu.sa   

  Venue

   The conference will be held at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Presenters and attendees outside KSA can participate live online.