Sixth 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 both data science and engineering and computer science as a whole.  WiDS PSU 2023 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 2023  will allow 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, 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 2023 will be held in a HYBRID MODE from March 14-15, 2023, 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• Full papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or related topics. 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 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 2023 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). Still, at least one author of each accepted paper must be identified as a woman who is 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 overall more than 10% of similarity and not more than 5% from a single source.

Registration 

Regular paper (6 pages): $150

Student paper/ IEEE Member: $100

All registrations are handled through the authors' EasyChair account

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Open: September 10, 2022
• Full paper submission deadline: December 30, 2022 , January 20, 2023
• Acceptance Notification: January 30, 2023
• Camera Ready Paper Submission: February 10, 2023
• Paper Registration: February 12, 2023
• Conference Dates: 14-15 March 2023

 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: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision & Natural Language Processing
• Track 2: Big Data Analytics, Data Visualization & Forecasting
• Track 3: Data Security, Cybersecurity, IoT 
• Track 4: Data Science & AI for Sustainability 
• 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 bin Ali AlShara  Dean of the College of Computer Science, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prof. Maysaa Al-Qurashi            Vice President of Planning, Development and Quality at Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia
• Professor Seifedine Kadry         Professor, Noroff University College, Norway
• Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler      EY MENA Data & AI Consulting Leader, UAE
• Prof. Hadeer Abouelnagah        Director of Translation & Authoring Centre, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Hoshang Kolivand               Professor, Liverpool University, United Kingdom
• 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. Reem J Alattas ,    Director, Value Advisory @ SAP | Techpreneur | Inventor | NASA Datanaut
•    Dr. Hayat Sindi,           CEO and Founder, The Institute for Quality “iQ”
•    Prof. MAYSAA' BINT MOHAMMED AL-QURASHI, VICE PRESIDENT FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY, Saudi Electronic University, KSA
•    Dr. Lamya Alomair ,  Head of AI & Bioinformatics at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (كيمارك KAIMRC) (KSA), Faculty affiliated at       George Mason University (USA).
•    Dr.Amal Shuqair, Deputy Minister of Education for Scholarship

• Panelists

  • Zahra Al-Kaf,       Cloud Customer Engineer, Google
  • Zainab Alamin,       VP Digital Transformation & Sustainability  
  • Dr. Sarah Ghaleb,    Founder-The KEYSS Project

  • 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 Chair

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

  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
  • Dr.Rehman Khan             Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
  • Dr.Ashir Ahmed               Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
  • Mr. Deep Rameshbhai      Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

  Datathon Committee

  • Prof.Tanzila Saba              Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia        
  • Dr.Souad Larabi                Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms Aisha Dawood             Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
  • Ms Erum Afzal                  NUST University, Islamabad, Pakistan

  Workshops & Posters Committee

  • Dr. Amerah Alghanim      Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr.Walaa Wmetwally       Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms. Hanaa Al-Ahmari      Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ms Nermeen Hakim         Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Publicity Chairs

  • Dr. Nof Al-Sufyani            Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabi

  IEEE Liaison Committee Chairs

  • Dr. Sami Alghamdi                            King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Ibrahim Abu Nadi                        Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Logistics Committee

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

  Publication

  WiDS PSU 2023 proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore. Extended high-quality selected papers will be published in the Scopus-indexed (Q2) "Journal of Advances in Information Technology".

  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, location "Auditorium Building 101, PSU''. There will be online live participation for presenters and attendees outside KSA.