Four Ph.D students shared their current research in seven-minute lightning talks with the aim of communicating complex methodologies to general audiences.
The annual event, featuring and uplifting outstanding women doing outstanding work, marked the first WiDS held at the new School of Data Science building.
The 2025 FAIR Symposium featured Mona Sloane and Tom Hartvigsen presenting recent research on their respective topics of AI in recruiting and online toxicity.
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A Seattle native, Zack Gottesman chose UVA's Data Science Ph.D. for its supportive environment. He is currently researching NLP/AI for social impact with applications in health and sports.
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Eileanor LaRocco hopes to combine her biology background with AI to improve medical research. She’s passionate about ethical AI and machine learning explainability—and she’s even assisted in porcupine surgery.
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Originally from Lima, Peru, Ph.D. student Marco Gutierrez is interested in using natural language processing to improve public policy and exploring the field of language-to-vision and computer vision.
Ph.D. in Data Science student Madelyn Mathai talks about how she became interested in data science and how she wants to use her degree to create civic technology and drive equity.
Hartvigsen, who joined the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science in 2023, leads a research group focused on responsible AI in ever-changing environments.
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