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. A computational method to uncover regulatory mechanisms of transcription factors during development
Perrimon Lab Group Meeting (collaborator), Harvard University, MA, USA.
October 2019 Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R. Its about time!
Epigenomics Club, Brown University, RI, USA.
August 2019 Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R - A method to uncover regulatory mechanisms over time
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 - A method to analyze how transcription factors influence development
Boston Area Drosophila Meeting, Brown University, RI, USA. Flash talk.
June 2019 Trajectory Inference and Mechanism Exploration with Omics Data in R - A method to analyze how transcription factors influence development
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 Student of Vision Abie Award
Grace Hopper Celebration, FL, USA. Moderator and panelist.
October 2018 Student of Vision Abie Award
Grace Hopper Celebration, 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 Determining winning SH3 coalition using Game Theory
Benelux Bioinformatics Conference, Belgium.
June 2015 Determining the winning SH3 Coalition with Game Theory
Regional Student Group, Belgium.
December 2014 Determining winning SH3 coalition using Game Theory
Benelux Bioinformatics Conference, Belgium.
May 2014 Chemical Inventory Database System and School-Wide Integration
DePauw University, IN, USA. Presentation and poster Learn more
January 2014 Essential Residues within Fyn SH3 Protein Domain using Game Theory
Indiana Women in Computing Conference (InWIC), IN, USA. Won 1st prize Learn more
January 2014 No Fomo - User Experience Challenge
Microsoft International Imagine Cup, DePauw University, IN. Honorable mention Learn more
May 2012 Coalitional Game Theory and Feature Selection to Describe the Dependencies Between Amino Acids Within the SH3 FYN Protein Domain
Chicago Women in Computing (ChiWIC), IL, USA.
May 2012 Synergistic & Antagonistic Dependencies Analyzed via Game Theory in FYN Protein Domain (Presented in French and English). Thesis in French.
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 from multiple expression and protein-DNA interaction information over time
Annual Drosophila Meeting, Virtual.
April 2020 TIMEOR: web-based tool to uncover regulatory mechanisms from temporal & multi-omics data
The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), Virtual.
November 2019 TIMEOR: method to uncover regulatory mechanisms from temporal and multi-omics data
Fulbright Association Conference, DC, USA.
May 2019 Method characterize how transcription factors influence development with RNA & ChIP-seq
RECOMB, DC, USA.
March 2019 Method characterize how transcription factors influence development with RNA & ChIP-seq
Annual Drosophila Meeting, TX, USA.
November 2017 Determining the winning SH3 coalition: how cooperative game theory reveals the importance of domain residues in peptide binding
Fulbright Association Conference, DC, USA.
October 2016 Coalitional Game Theory and Feature Selection to Describe the Dependencies Between Amino Acids Within the SH3 FYN Protein Domain
Grace Hopper Celebration, TX, USA.
July 2015 Determining the winning SH3 Coalition with Game Theory
International Society for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Ireland. Won RSCB PDB Prize Learn more
January 2015 Using a Big Data Database to Identify Pathogens in Protein Data Space
New England Database Day, MA, USA.
January 2014 Creation and Implementation of D4M Algorithm for Protein Analysis
Indiana Women in Computing Conference (InWIC), IN, USA. Won 1st prize Learn more
May 2012 Coalitional Game Theory and Feature Selection to Describe the Dependencies Between Amino Acids Within the SH3 FYN Protein Domain
OurCS Conference, Carnegie Mellon, PA, USA. Won 1st prize Learn more
Media
Harvard Biostats and AI Panel
Women in Tech AI Career Panel
November 2021 Women and People of Color Still Experience Difficulty Advancing in Technology
I assisted Grace Hopper Celebration co-Founder and former CEO of AnitaB.org, 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
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
December 2011 University farm to grow local food for campus, community
The DePauw
October 2015 All of the Above
DePauw University