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Contributions are greatly appreciated! Feel free to reach out via email at [email protected]
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Application and event dates may vary each year. Please refer to the specific details for the corresponding year. Candidacy is a general guideline and can be flexible.
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This is a non-exhaustive list of (rising star/young researcher) opportunities that are valuable for young researchers in AI/data science/IEOR (updated Feb, 2025).
| Events | Application date | Event date | Candidacy |
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| Women in Machine Learning | / | During conferences (ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR,…) | Women |
| Grace Hopper Celebration for Inclusion Scholarships | / | Opportunities happen at different dates | Women and nonbinary individuals |
A useful list from Prof. Rebecca Willett — I wish I had known about it when I was a Ph.D. student.
| Events | Application date | Event date | Candidacy |
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| Joint Gatech ISyE- Stanford MS&E- Michigan IOE Rising Star Workshop | February | April | Anyone |
| Rising Star at Stanford MSE | / | April | Anyone |
| Cornell Young Researcher Workshop | Need nomination by faculties | October | Anyone |
| Duke Workshop in Operations Research and Data Science | Invited by Duke | November | Priority for underrepresented groups |
| Event | Application date | Event date | Candidacy |
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| UT Austin Rising Stars in Computational and Data Sciences | January | April | Priority for underrepresented groups |
| ICASSP Rising Star Workshop (Signal Processing Community) | April | June | Anyone |
| The EAS Trailblazing Young Researcher Award at Caltech | March | October | Anyone |
| Rising Stars in EECS | June | October | Priority for underrepresented groups |
| The Rising Stars in Data Science at Uchicago (UCSD + Stanford) | July | November | Anyone |
| Rising Stars In Machine Learning by University of Maryland | October | December | Priority for underrepresented groups |