Check out the nominees for the 2022 VentureBeat Women in AI Awards!

Since 2019, VentureBeat has honored women leaders, mentors, researchers, and entrepreneurs who are transforming the AI ​​industry by making it more equitable, ethical, and revolutionary for everyone. The VentureBeat Women in AI Awards were created to highlight how critical the voices, work and experiences of these women are to AI as a field and a technology, and to shine a light on some of these leaders.

This year, more than 200 women were nominated in five categories, and we are delighted to present our potential winners. Each was selected based on their commitment to the industry, their work to increase inclusivity in the field, and their positive influence in the community. Winners will be announced and their praises sung at Transform 2022.

And don't forget to register for the 4th Annual Women in AI Breakfast presented by Capital One. Panelists will delve into the unconscious biases of AI and how the gender gap in data-centric and AI-centric fields can make or break app development, during the live panel discussion , “How Women in Data and AI Are Leading to Greater Diversity in Workforces and Candidates.”

You'll see leading industry experts of all genders discuss topics ranging from ethics to equality in their research, as well as deep insights and actionable insights from the vice president of the engineering and chief data officer at LinkedIn, Ya Xu; Chief Data Officer at Mastercard, JoAnn Stonier; and Molly Parr, Vice President, Products, Digital Customer Experiences, Enterprise Products and Platforms at Capital One. Register now for the live breakfast!

Responsibility and ethics of AI

This award honors a woman who demonstrates exemplary leadership and a commitment to progress in promoting accountability and ethics in the field.

Beena Ammanath, Executive Director, Global Deloitte AI Institute, Deloitte Diya Wynn, Senior Practice Manager, Responsible AI, Emerging Technologies & Intelligent Platforms, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Kathy Baxter, Principal AI Ethical Practice Architect, Salesforce Minerva Tantoco, Director of AI, NYU MCSilver Mirka Snyder Caron, Senior Counsel, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data and Fraud, TD Bank Muthumari S., Head of Data Science, Brillio Nikki Pope, Senior Director, AI and Legal Ethics, NVIDIA Saiph Savage, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Susan Gonzales, CEO, AIandYou (www.aiandyou.org) Triveni Gandhi, Head of AI, Dataiku AI entrepreneur

This award honors a woman who launched a very promising AI company. Factors such as commercial traction, technological solution and impact in the field of AI were taken into account.

Aleksandra Kazantseva, Business Development Manager, BizzClick Anu Shukla, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, Botco.ai Aparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder and Product Manager, Arize AI Denise Leaser, President, MyInnerGenius Devaki Raj, CEO and Co-Founder, CrowdAI Dr. Michelle Perugini, CEO and Co-Founder, Presagen Dr. Somdutta Singh, Founder and CEO, Assiduus Gila Hayat, Co-Founder and CTO, ReBlonde Dr. Maya Said, Founder, CEO, Outcomes4Me Dr. Rachita Navara, Co-Founder and CEO, SafeBeat Rx Rama Chakaki, COO, aiXplain Vaysh Kewada, CEO and Co-Founder, Salience Labs AI research

This award recognizes a woman who has made a significant impact on AI research, either by helping to accelerate the progress of her organization, through academic research, or by impacting innovation in AI .

Cristina Gorrostieta, Principal Data Scientist, Cogito Corp Dr. Ranit Aharonov, Chief Technology Officer, Pangea Biomed Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Head of Technology Research for Personalization, Spotify Nicole Jiang, Director of Product and Design, Abnormal Security Victoria Muradyan, machine learning, researcher, Picsart Amy Steier, Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Gretel AI mentoring

This award honors a woman leader who has mentored other women in the field of AI by providing guidance...