Symposium on Women in Services Computing
Speaker Highlights

Date/Time (UTC)	Session	Presentation
Mon 10/19 11:00 - 12:00 China time: 19:00 - 20:00	WISC Symposium I Session Chair: Lorraine Herger IBM Research, TJ Watson Research Center	Opening Welcome from the General Chair Lorraine Herger, IBM Research, TJ Watson Research Center
		Reflections on the History of IEEE SERVICES and the WISC Community Jia Zhang, Southern Methodist University Rong Chang, IBM Research, TJ Watson Research Center
		Presentation and Acceptance Speech of the 2020 IEEE TCSVC WISC Awardee
Mon 10/19 12:00 - 13:00 China time: 20:00 - 21:00	WISC Symposium II Session Chair: Vajayanthi Desai IBM Global Delivery Services Bangalore	Accelerating the Journey to Cloud with AI Abstract: In this speech, Gargi will share with audience the opportunities in front of us as part of the cloud and digital transformation, and the role of AI in enabling that transformation as well as enable new breed of applications on top. She will also share her thoughts on how fundamental breakthroughs in AI Research will be needed as we address some of the core problems of cloud computing. Gargi Dasgupta, Lab Director IBM Research, India Bio: Gargi B. Dasguptais the Director for IBM Research in India and the CTO for IBM India/South Asia. In her role as Director, Gargi is responsible for establishing and executing the technical agenda of IBM’s India Research Lab in collaboration with IBM’s worldwide research labs and business units. In her role as CTO, Gargi is responsible for representing and communicating IBM’s overall technical vision & strategy with key stakeholders across the India/South Asia ecosystem -from developers and start-ups to key clients, analysts, media, and industry experts. Prior to this role Gargi was the Senior Manager at IBM Research-India leading the work in AI for Automation driving both deep technology innovations and real impact into IBM’s enterprise solutions. Gargi serves as a strategist for IBM Research, working closely with IBM’s Hybrid Cloud business and global services businesses to take innovative solutions to clients across the globe. She helped establish new research directions at the intersection of service science, text analytics, and AI. Gargi has been with IBM since 2004 when she joined as a Research Staff Member. In 2019, Gargi was recognized as one of IBM’s Distinguished Engineer for her exemplary technological achievements. Gargi is an ACM Distinguished Speaker and an alumnus of Jadavpur University, Kolkata and University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Mon 10/19 13:00 - 14:00 China time: 21:00 - 22:00	WISC Symposium III Panel Discussion Panel Chair Kaoutar El Magraoui IBM Research, TJ Watson Research Center	Presentations: Zhi Jin - Women Servicing Women in Computing and Beyond Jing Fan - WISC Panel Panelists: Zhi Jin, Professor of Peking University Bio: Zhi Jin is a professor of Computer Science at Peking University and the deputy director of Key Lab of High Confidence Software Technologies (MoE) at Peking University. Her research work is primarily concerned with requirements engineering and knowledge-based software engineering. Recently, she pays more attentions on the modeling of self-adaptive systems. She is/was principle investigator of over 15 national competitive grants including the chief scientist of a national basic research project (973 project) of the MoST of China and the project leader of three key projects of NSF China. She is co-author of four books and author/co-author over 150 journal and conference publications. She serves for IEEE RE 2016, KSEM 2010 as General Chair, IEEE SERVICES 2020 as Program co-Chair in Chief, as well as IEEE COMPSAC 2011 and KSEM2009 as Program co-Chair. She is executive editor-in-chief of Chinese Journal of Software (2013-), Associate Editor of IEEE TSE (2018-) and IEEE TR (2019-). She also serves in the Editorial Board of JCST (2010-),REJ (2014-) and EMSE(2020-). She is ACM member, IEEE Senior Member, ISPMA Fellow and CCF Fellow Jing Fan, Professor of Zhejiang University of Technology Bio: Jing Fan is a Professor of School of Computer Science and Technology, and Director of Institute of Computer Software at Zhejiang University of Technology, China. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Zhejiang University, China. She is a member of China Computer Federation (CCF) Council, Outstanding Member of CCF, and Executive Member of CCF Technical Committee on Service Computing (CCF TCSC). Her research interest includes Business Process Management, Intelligent Service Matching, Data Analysis and Visualization. Prof. Fan has published more than 100 papers in journals and conference proceedings. She has been PC Chair of CCF NCSC 2016, General Chair of CBPM 2016, PC Vice-Chair of IEEE SOCA 2017, and PC Chair of IEEE SOCA 2018. She serves as PC Chair for IEEE ICWS 2020. Frances West, Former Chief Accessibility Officer, IBM CEO, FrancesWestCo Bio: Frances West is an internationally recognized thought leader, speaker, strategy advisor, and women-in-technology executive known for her work in innovation, technology, and business transformation. Her human-first approach to leadership and focus on digital inclusion come from her journey as a first-generation, non-English speaking immigrant and her career as a technology executive including IBM's first Chief Accessibility Officer. Frances is an appointed faculty instructor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Massachusetts in Boston in recognition of her work in accessibility, research, and digital inclusion. She is author of "Authentic Inclusion™ Drives Disruptive Innovation" and founder of FrancesWestCo, a global strategy advisory company focused on operationalizing inclusion as a business and technology imperative. Houda Elmimouni, Graduate student of Drexel University Bio: I am a doctoral candidate at Drexel University's College of Computing and Informatics, advised by Andrea Forte. My research interests are centered around human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communication. I seek to understand how humans use technology to communicate and how culture and gender influence such use. I also study to what extent designs align with social values and how to make the process of design a value sensitive one. I am a mother of two, striving continuously to strike a balance between family and academic lives. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houdaelmimouni/
Wed 10/21 11:00 - 12:00 China time: 19:00 - 20:00	WISC Symposium IV Session Chair Kaoutar El Maghraoui IBM Research, TJ Watson Research Center	Digital Transformation of Industrial Companies in China Abstract: In this speech, Dr. Wei Lu will share with audience the challenges industrial companies in China are facing and why digital transformation is essential, and several typical digital transformation use cases conducted with leading industrial companies in industries such as energy & utilities, electronics, steel manufacturing. She will also share the underlining technologies used and technical challenges addressed. Besides the work conducted by her company, Dr. Lu will share her learning in the journey of founding a tech startup as well. Wei Lu, Founder and CEO of K2Data Bio: Dr. Wei Lu is founder and CEO of K2Data. K2Data is a technology company focusing on using big data and AI to help industrial companies in their digital transformation journey. Customers of K2Data include leading industrial companies in China, such as GoldWind, State Grid, Petro China, SDLG, PAN Steel. K2Data was named "Technology Pioneer" by World Economy Forum in 2020. Before founding K2Data, Dr. Lu was a technology executive responsible for the middleware and cloud technologies research in IBM Research - China, with a focus on cloud service for data driven solutions.
Wed 10/21 12:00 - 13:00 China time: 20:00 - 21:00	WISC Symposium V Lightning Talks Session Chair: Mari Abe IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software	What are the 2-3 New Emerging Areas of New Industries in Services Computing that You Believe Will Be Most Important/Impactful? Shubhi Asthana, Research Sr. Software Engineer of IBM Almaden Research Center
		How Has COVID-19 Changed Your Personal and/or Professional Life and How Do You Maintain Mental and Physical Health? Lin Liu, Professor of Tsinghua University
		What Are the 2-3 New Emerging Areas of New Industries in Services that You Believe Will be Most Important/Impactful? Zhi Jin, Professor of Peking University
		What Life Advice Would You Offer to Your Younger Self, if You Could Go Back in Time? Yanmei Zhang, Professor of Information School, Central University of Finance & Economics