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Workshops offered during WiDSPSU are listed
below and approximately 75 participants attended
“The workshops were very informative and we
would like to attend more in future” said Badia Al "In 2020 we
Turdi, Ground Operations Fly Nass Airlines will end up with
I. An Introductory Workshop on Qualitative Data 40 trillion gigabytes
Analysis Using NVivo Dr. Amira Khattak,, PhD of data"
International Business, Certified Trainer for NVivo
by QSR International Australia, College of Business Mashael alMuhanna, IBM
Administration, PSU "Data is the fuel of

II. SPSS Exploratory Workshop for Quantitative digital economy"
Research and Techniques. Saima Rashid, IBM R. Maagi, SAP
Certified Specialist, SPSS, Deanship of Education
Services & Director Center of Statistics, PSU

III. Applied Machine Learning in Python: “If we know
Introductory Session. Dr. Souad Larabi, Assitant
Professor Computer Science, PSU how data
flows, we can help
Athoug AlSoughayer, Faculty PSU, Front End people build better
Developer | UI/UX Designer | Game Designer,
Researcher New York University Game Innovation knowledge.”
Lab Marie Wallace, IBM

"WiDS Riyadh at Prince Sultan University is
bringing the latest data science research and
applications to the Kingdom, inspiring students,
faculty, and industry participants," said Dr. WOMEN IN DATA "INNOVATION
Mohammed Al Kanhal Dean College of Computer SCIENCE FORUM
and Information Sciences. = CREAVITY X

Students taking predictive analytics course at the @PSU EXECUTION"
department of Information Systems participated Noura Al Aquil, Innovation
in the WiDS Datathon challenge under the Lead, SAP
supervision of Ms. Hind Al Askar and were
rewarded during the conference. It is important to
note that all colleges at PSU actively participated
thus strengthening the strategic goal of promoting “Machine
interdisciplinary research at the university. learning and re-
imagine the world”
Dr. Iman Al Moumani, Associate Director of
Research and Initiatives Center during her closing “Predictive Dr. Tanzila Saba, PSU
speech thanked Stanford and PSU management Analytics –
for their extensive support in organizing PSUWiDS
and highlighted the role of Industrial and Improving health
community partners such as SAP, IBM and Saudi and Business
Aramco in making the forum a success. #WiDS2018
Outcomes”
Fatima Khan Dr. Hala Shamlan, KSU #PSUWiDS
Organizing Chair, WiDS RIYADH
Prince Sultan University