5th International Conference on Analytical Proteomics

Organizers: Carlos Lodeiro Espiño and José Luís Capelo Martínez
Total speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 14 Men (13%)
Plenary speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 8 Men (0%)
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 6 Men (25%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17%

*Method of estimation: we searched NIH RePORTER with keywords “analytical” AND “proteomics” and counted the number of women among the unique researchers in pages 2, 5 and 8 of the 9 pages of results.

New Challenges in Neural Computation 2016

Organizers: Barbara Hammer, Thomas Martinetz and Thomas Villmann
Sponsored by: European Neural Networks Society and by the CITEC centre of excellence
Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 2 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-18%

Although there are only two invited speakers, over the years of the conference not a single woman was ever an invited speaker (11 invited speakers so far). This calculator suggests that in a field with 17% women, the chance of a sample of 11 not including a single woman is 13%, while the likelihood of over-representing women in an unbiased sample is 58%.

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate for women in computational neuroscience.

Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain 2015 Meeting

Invited speaker gender ratio: 5 Women : 30 Men (14%), of these:
full length talks – 1 Woman : 13 Men (7%)
    spotlight (brief) presentations – 4 Women : 17 Men (19%)
Simons Global Brain Investigators: 8 Women : 61 Men (12%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-18%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate for computational neuroscience (assuming the collaboration is focused only on computational approaches).

2016 European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (EWRL13)

Organizers: Gergely Neu, Vicenç Gómez and Csaba Szepesvari
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 10 Men (17%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24-25%

*Method of estimation: Established base rate from the inaugural conference on reinforcement learning and decision making (RLDM) in 2013

NeuroMath, Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience: cell, network and data analysis

Organizers: Giovanni Naldi, Claudio Canuto & Thierry Nieus
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 16 Men (13%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 18%

*Method of estimation: base rate in computational neuroscience as assessed through attendance at the annual COSYNE conference.

Gordon Research Conference: Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits & Behavior

Organizers: Karl Deisseroth (Chair) and Kay M. Tye (Vice Chair)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 11 Women : 31 Men (27%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 28%

*Method of estimation: we searched NIH RePORTER with text keywords “optogenetics” AND “neural circuits” AND “behavior” and counted the number of women among unique PIs in pages 1,3 & 5 of the 6 pages of results

6th Motivation and Cognitive Control (MCC) symposium

Organizers: Martin O’Neill , Redmond O’Connell, Jerome Sallet, Steve Kennerley, and Verity Brown
Invited speaker gender ratio: 6 Females : 18 Males (25%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 33%
[an artist in residence at MCC 2016, Claire Anderson, will be exploring gender bias in research in her project in residence at the conference]

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “motivation” OR “cognitive control”

Sense 2 Synapse 2015

Organizers:Tobias Bartsch, Christoph Kirst, Gonzalo Otazu
Invited speaker gender ratio: 1 Females : 3 Males (25%)
Contributed speaker gender ratio: 5 Females : 3 Males (62.5%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 37%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “neurobiology,” count number of female PI’s out of the first 200 results

CAJAL Course in Computational Neuroscience

Organizers: Giles Laurent, Christian Machens, Máté Lengyel
Invited speaker gender ratio: 5 Females : 22 Males (19%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 21%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “computational” and “neuroscience”, count number of female PI’s out of 135 results

Is the Brain Bayesian?

Organizers: Ned Block and David Chalmers
Invited speaker gender ratio: 3 Females : 12 Males (20%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 21%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “computational” and “neuroscience”, count number of female PI’s out of 135 results