Fifth 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 the interest and professional participation of women in not only data science but also in engineering and computer science as a whole.  WiDS PSU 2022 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 2022  will provide an opportunity for national and international researchers to present their novel research findings and exchange information with the research community. It will bring along specialists, leading researchers, scholars, scientists, professors from fields of 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 of oral sessions, keynote speeches, technical workshops, panel discussions, best regular paper & poster awards, Poster shows, video shows by the specialists in AI, Data Science and IoT domains.

Submission Guidelines

• Full papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or related topics. All manuscripts will be reviewed by three members of the program committee. Authors are invited to submit their papers in English of up to 6 double-column pages 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 2022 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) as per IEEE guidelines.

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

• All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Accepted papers should not have more than 15% of similarity.

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Open: November 21, 2021
• Full paper submission deadline: February 10, 2022
• Acceptance Notification: February 25, 2022
• Camera Ready Paper Submission: March 5, 2022
• Paper Registration: March 10, 2022
• Conference Dates: 28-29 March, 2022

 Topics

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

• Track 1: Artificial Intelligence: Current Applications & Future Challenges
• Track 2: Big Data Analytics, Data Visualization & Forecasting
• Track 3: Data Science & Data Analytics Applications 
• Track 4: Data Science Application in Healthcare; Renewable Energy; IoT, Cybersecurity; Education; Smart Agriculture; Business; and Digital Humanities

Honorary Program Chair

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

Program Executive Chair

• Dr.Heba Khoshaim         Vice President, Female Campus; Acting Vice Dean, Deanship of Admission & Registration; Executive AIDA Lab Member, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA

Distinguished Speaker

• Dr.Rimah Al-Yahya      Member of the Shura Council; Former Vice Rector (Female Campus),Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA

Program Advisory Board

• Dr.Mohamed Alkanhal              Dean, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler     CTO AI, Chief Data Scientist MEA, IBM Academy of Technology member, UAE
• Dr. Hoshang Kolivand               Associate Professor, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
• Dr. Wafa Al-Nasrullah.              Vice-Dean-College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prof. Maysaa Al-Qurashi           Vice President of Planning, Development and Quality at Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Connie Mitchell                   Vice Dean, College of Humanities & Sciences, Director of TLC, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Gabriella Casalino                Università degli Studi di Bari, Apulia, Italy

Keynote Speakers

• Dr.Sharifa Alrajhi                     General Manager for Education Statistics Center and Decision Support at Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Najwa Alghamdi                  Analytics Innovation, Corporate Analytics and Data, Saudi Telecom Company(STC)
• Dr. Mona Al-Fedily                    Director of Policy & Legislative Development, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology(MCIT)
• Dr. Alia Omar Bahanshal.         Director of the National Center For Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence(KACST)
• Dr.Fatimah Alakeel.                  Cybersecurity Consultant, Founder and CEO of CIAG Information, KSA 
• Dr.Salma Alsinan                       Research Geophysicist, Aramco, KSA

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

Committees

Datathon Committee

• Dr.Tanzila Saba                Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia        
• Dr.Dr.Amerah AlGhanim    Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Ms Erum Afzal                  NUST University, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Ms Sumaira Asif               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

Local Organizing Committee

• Dr.Amerah AlGhanim       Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Souad Larabi              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Suliman Fati               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Rehman Khan             Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
• Ms Farah Obeid               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

Logistics Committee

• Ms Nora Al-Mohaya               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Publication Chairs

• Dr.Rehman Khan            Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Tanzila Saba              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Nor Shahida Jamail        Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Rabia Latif                Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Workshops & Posters Committee

• Dr.Nor Shahida Jamail      Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr.Rabia Latif                  Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Ms Nermeen Hakim         Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Ms Aisha Dawood            Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Publicity Chairs

• Dr.Fahdah Thunyan       Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabi

IEEE Liaison Committee Chairs

• Dr. Mohammad Almuhini                    King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Rehman Khan                              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Publication

WiDS PSU 2022 proceedings will be published in 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, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.