4: within 2std above base rate

Systems & Computational Neuroscience Down Under (SCiNDU) 2017

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Systems & Computational Neuroscience Down Under (SCiNDU) 2017

Speaker gender ratio:  3 women : 5 men (38%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field:17-18%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience. Because of the similar conference topics, we specifically used the numbers based on attendance at COSYNE (Computational and Systems Neuroscience) 2016.

Adaptive and Scalable Nonparametric Methods in Machine Learning at NIPS 2016

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Adaptive and Scalable Nonparametric Methods in Machine Learning at NIPS 2016

Organizers: Aaditya Ramdas, Arthur Gretton, Bharath K. Sriperumbudur, Han Liu, John Lafferty, Samory Kpotufe and Zoltán Szabó
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 5 Men (29%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 15%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in neurally inspired machine learning.

Cognitive Computation: Integrating Neural and Symbolic Approaches at NIPS 2016

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Cognitive Computation: Integrating Neural and Symbolic Approaches at NIPS 2016

Organizers: Tarek R. Besold, Antoine Bordes, Artur d’Avila Garcez and Greg Wayne
Sponsor: Google DeepMind and Illuminoo BV
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 2 Men (50%)
Panelist gender ratio: 0 Women : 5 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 15%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in neurally inspired machine learning.

Keystone Symposium “Connectomics”

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Keystone Symposium “Connectomics“

Organizers: Olaf Sporns, Danielle Bassett and Jeremy Freeman
Sponsor: Takeda
Speaker gender ratio (incl. keynote):  15 Women: 27 Men (36%)
Keynote gender ratio: 2 Women: 2 Men (50%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 27%

*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “connectome” and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in pages 1, 3, 6 and 8 of 8 results pages. Double checking with our python script we got a base rate of 28% for this keyword.

BrainModes 2016

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BrainModes 2016 – Coordinated brain activity: foundations and applications

Organizers: Daniele Marinazzo, Dante Mantini, Marie Vandekerkhove, Wim Vanduffel and  Hannelore Aerts
Invited speaker gender ratio: 6 Women : 12 Men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 19%

*Method of estimation: Since the conference is advertised as “an annual conference in which methods and models to interpret brain activity, and their applications are discussed” we searched NIH RePORTER with keywords “brain activity” AND “interpret” and counting the ratio of women among the unique researchers in pages 2, 4 and 6 of 7 results pages.

BANCOM 2016 – Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement

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BANCOM 2016 – Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement 2016

Organizers: Daniel Ferris, Yasin Dhaher, Fran Gavelli, Rachael Seidler, Doug Weber, Paul Zehr
Invited speaker gender ratio: 17 Women : 28 Men (38%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 30%

*Method of estimation: Same as used for Neuromechanics 2016 conference. [Searching NIH RePORTER with the term “neuromechanics” brought 13 results, 12 unique PIs, out of them 2 women (17%). But since the conference included speakers from computational neuroscience, biomechanics, clinical gait analysis, and rehabilitation robotics, we searched with those terms (with an OR relationship) and obtained 34 pages of results. We then counted the percentage of women out of unique PIs on pages 10 and 20.]