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Malikeh Ehghaghi
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Machine Learning Research Scientist, MScAC | ML Researcher at Vector Institute | Co-Host of Women in AI Research (WiAIR) Podcast | 5+ Years of Industry Experience | University of Toronto Alumnus
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💡 Should LLMs reason in natural language or symbolic language? Why not both?
In our latest WiAIR episode, we sit down with Simeng Han to discuss HYBRIDMIND: Meta Selection of Natural Language and Symbolic Language for Enhanced LLM Reasoning. (1/8 🧵)
#WiAIR
September 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We’re thrilled to congratulate Dr. Abhilasha Ravichander (@lasha.bsky.social) and her team for receiving the Outstanding Paper Award at #acl2025 for their work titled "HALoGEN: Fantastic LLM Hallucinations and Where to Find Them"! 🏆✨

#ACL #LLMs #Hallucination #WiAIR #WomenInAI
August 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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🎙️ New WiAIR Podcast Ep is LIVE!

We dive deep into the future of decentralized AI, scaling beyond scaling laws, and building inclusive, multilingual LLMs with Wanru Zhao.

#WiAIR #DecentralizedAI #FederatedLearning #WomenInAI
June 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Let's talk robotics!💜🤖
🎙️ New Episode Out Now!
We’re thrilled to announce that the latest episode of the
@wiair.bsky.social is live!
This week, we sit down with Dr. Angelica Lim, Ph.D., to talk about "Robots with Empathy".
#AI #EthicalAI #SocialRobotics #HumanCenteredAI #WiAIR
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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What if you could automatically detect and remove mislabeled image-caption pairs?🤯
🎙️ In our new WiAIR episode, we sat down with Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee about LEMoN, a method that detects label errors in image-text datasets AUTOMATICALLY. 🧵(1/10)
#WiAIR #WomenInAI
May 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🎓 Is research in industry really that different from academia?

In this short video, Aparna - a current PhD student at MIT - shares the most valuable insights she gained from doing research in industry, and how it affected her career path💡

#PhDLife #AIResearch #WomenInTech
May 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Achieving Failure" in ML for Healthcare? 🩺 💊 🥼
#WiAIR #WomenInTech #MLforHealthcare
Machine learning has advanced rapidly, but its real-world impact in healthcare remains limited. Why?
🎙️ In our NEW EPISODE, @aparnabee.bsky.social shares insights on why technical progress hasn't translated into meaningful clinical outcomes.
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#WiAIR #MLforHealth
April 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🚀 Our new episode is LIVE! 🎙️
In Episode 3, we talk with @aparnabee.bsky.social about:

🏥⚠️ Unique challenges of applying AI in medical contexts
📊🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Data quality and bias
👩‍⚕️🩺 Importance of collaboration with clinicians

Watch and subscribe!
youtu.be/DEdJltlFg4I

#MLforHealth #WiAIR #WomenInAI
Responsible AI for Health, with Aparna Balagopalan
YouTube video by Women in AI Research WiAIR
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April 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We are back with the third episode of the
Women In AI Research (WiAIR) podcast, launching Wednesday, April 23rd. This week, we’ll be joined by @aparnabee.bsky.social to discuss the topic of "Responsible AI for Health".

#WiAIR #ResponsibleAI #AIforHealthcare
April 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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💡If AI rewrites your voice, is it still your voice?
We had the pleasure of hosting
@CurriedAmanda
in our latest episode, where she walked us through her impactful research on “Impoverished Language Technology: Social Class in NLP.”

#WiAIR #SocialBias #AIFairness
April 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Misleading Empathy:
AI can reflect your emotions — even the dark ones.
It might cheer for pride…
Even when it’s pride in something terrible. 😶‍🌫️

That’s misleading empathy. And it’s dangerous. ⚠️

#ResponsibleAI #WiAIR #WomenInAI #AIEthics
April 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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🎙️ In our latest WiAIR episode, we had the pleasure of diving into the thought-provoking work of our brilliant guest Amanda Cercas Curry, “Angry Men, Sad Women: Large Language Models Reflect Gendered Stereotypes in Emotion Attribution”

#WiAIR #GenderBias #WomenInAI #AIEthics
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Who defines the "standard" in AI? And what if you don’t fit in?

In our upcoming episode, we join Dr. Amanda Cercas Curry to explore the power dynamics shaping AI development and language - don’t miss it.

#WiAIR #WomenInAI
March 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚀 Exciting news! The second episode of the WiAIR Podcast is dropping soon! We’ll be talking about the social and ethical impact of biased AI—why it matters and how researchers are working to build fairer, more inclusive systems. Don’t miss this important conversation! 🎙️✨
The next episode of 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐀𝐈𝐑 is coming - it will be released on Wednesday, April 2nd! This time, we will speak with Amanda Cercas Curry.

📍 When: April 2nd at 11am EST
🌐 Where: youtube.com/@WomeninAIRe...

#WomenInAI #WiAIR
March 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Nouha Dziri speaks about the reasoning capabilities of transformers. "Is it true reasoning?"

Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/SL8reoM8pGE

#WomenInAi #WiAIR #AIResearch
March 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The wait is almost over! Our teaser is out, and there's just 1 day left until the big launch! ⏳💜

#womeninai
Only one day left - tomorrow, in celebration of International Women's Day, we’ll be launching our podcast, 'Women in AI Research'!

Watch our teaser, subscribe and stay tuned for inspiring stories
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#WiAIR #PodcastLaunch #IWD2025
The new WiAIR podcast - Trailer
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March 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Following up on my last post - it's time for the big reveal! 🎉

Thrilled to announce that @j-novikova-nlp.bsky.social and I are launching a podcast called Women in AI Research! We're excited to bring you inspiring stories from women in AI.

Follow @wiair.bsky.social for all the updates!

#womeninai
March 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📢 Big announcement coming up later this week!
My friend @j-novikova-nlp.bsky.social and I have been working on something very special. Can't wait to reveal what we have been up to. Stay tuned! ✨

#WomenInAI
March 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM