Presentations & Media

Selected Presentations

Invited Talks

• September 2023
  A spectrum of explainable and interpretable machine learning approaches for genomic studies
  ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Comp. Biology, & Health Informatics (ACM BCB), TX, USA.

• November 2020
  BIOGRINN: Bayesian model to interpret and predict genomics features from multi-omics data
  International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA), Virtual.

• November 2020
  TIMEOR: a web-based tool to uncover temporal regulatory mechanisms from multi-omics data
  Biological Data Science Conference, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Virtual.

• March 2020
  TIMEOR: web-based tool to uncover regulatory mechanisms from temporal & multi-omics data
  Adelman-Bender-Cole-Kuroda-Larschan Joint Lab Meeting, Harvard University, MA, USA.

• January 2020
  Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R
  Perrimon Lab Group Meeting, Harvard University, MA, USA.

• October 2019
  Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R
  Epigenomics Club, Brown University, RI, USA.

• August 2019
  Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA, USA.

• August 2019
  Time course model of alcoholism in neural development of Drosophila melanogaster
  Kaun Lab Group Meeting, Brown University, RI, USA.

• June 2019
  Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R
  Boston Area Drosophila Meeting, Brown University, RI, USA. Flash talk.

• June 2019
  Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R
  Adelman-Bender-Cole-Kuroda-Larschan Joint Lab Meeting, Harvard University, MA, USA.

• March 2019
  KO or OK? A pipeline to analyze how the CLAMP transcription factors influences development
  Epigenomics Club, Brown University, RI, USA.

• October 2019 & 2018
  Student of Vision Abie Award
  Grace Hopper Celebration, FL & TX, USA. Moderator and panelist.

• October 2016
  Subclonal Driver Events Across 9 Cancer Types
  IB2 Student Day, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

• August 2015
  Applying for National and International Awards
  DePauw University, IN, USA.

• December 2014 & June 2015
  Determining winning SH3 coalition using Game Theory
  Benelux Bioinformatics Conference & Regional Student Group, Belgium.

• May 2014
  Chemical Inventory Database System and School-Wide Integration
  DePauw University, IN, USA.

• January 2014
  Essential Residues within Fyn SH3 Protein Domain using Game Theory
  Indiana Women in Computing Conference (InWIC), IN, USA. Won 1st prize.

• January 2014
  No Fomo - User Experience Challenge
  Microsoft International Imagine Cup, DePauw University, IN. Honorable mention.

• May 2012
  Coalitional Game Theory and Feature Selection…
  Chicago Women in Computing (ChiWIC), IL, USA.

• May 2012
  Synergistic & Antagonistic Dependencies…
  Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

• June 2011
  Censorship between China and Google
  Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC), OH, USA.

Posters

• March 2021
  XvsY: tool to identify shared and distinct genomic signatures…
  Annual Drosophila Meeting, Virtual.

• April 2020
  TIMEOR: web-based tool to uncover regulatory mechanisms…
  The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), Virtual.

• November 2019
  TIMEOR: method to uncover regulatory mechanisms…
  Fulbright Association Conference, DC, USA.

• May & March 2019
  Method to characterize how transcription factors influence development…
  RECOMB & Annual Drosophila Meeting, DC & TX, USA.

• November 2017
  Determining the winning SH3 coalition…
  Fulbright Association Conference, DC, USA.

• October 2016
  Coalitional Game Theory and Feature Selection…
  Grace Hopper Celebration, TX, USA.

• July 2015
  Determining the winning SH3 Coalition with Game Theory
  ISMB, Ireland. Won RSCB PDB Prize.

• January 2015
  Using a Big Data Database to Identify Pathogens…
  New England Database Day, MA, USA.

• January & October 2014
  Creation and Implementation of D4M Algorithm for Protein Analysis
  InWIC & OurCS Conference, IN & PA, USA. Won 1st prize.

• September 2011
  Male-Male Cricket Frog Aggressive Behavior
  DePauw University Summer Research, IN, USA.

• September 2011
  Parachuting Arboreal Frogs
  DePauw University Summer Research, IN, USA.

Teaching Experience

• Spring 2021
  Applied Math 2080, Inference in Genomics and Molecular Biology
  Brown University. Assisted in course content creation for Fall 2021.

• Spring 2019
  Applied Math 0650, Statistical Inference II
  Brown University. Lecture on causation and estimation calculations.

• Summer 2013, 2014
  Arduino Programming
  Created and led workshop for 40+ students at Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute.

• 2012–2014
  Biology 325, Bioinformatics Teacher’s Assistant
  DePauw University. Devised labs, graded, and tutored students.

• 2011–2014
  Tutor
  Personalized lesson plans for students in Chemistry, CS, Biology, French, and Spanish.

Media

• November 2021
  Women and People of Color Still Experience Difficulty Advancing in Technology
  Assisted Grace Hopper co-Founder Telle Whitney in report.

• July 2019
  Center for Computational and Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program
  Brown University.

• July 2019
  Remembering D-Day
  Fulbright Association.

• January 2019
  Alumni Profile: Ashley Mae Conard
  Fulbright Association.

• May 2017
  An Insider’s Look at Student Board Membership
  AnitaB.org.

• October 2016
  Grace Hopper Interview as AnitaB.org Board Member
  The Cube.

• October 2016
  Women Who Reign: Ashley Conard
  ReigningIt.

• November 2015
  Meet Ashley Conard, AnitaB.org’s New Student Board Member
  AnitaB.org.

• October 2015
  Putting women and computer science in every field
  SiliconANGLE.

• October 2015
  Grace Hopper Interview as AnitaB.org Board Member
  The Cube.

• October 2015
  Ashley Conard ‘14 Will Conduct Computational Biology Research in Belgium with Fulbright Award
  DePauw University.

• October 2015
  All of the Above
  DePauw University.