A Pakistani woman was ranked number 10 on ReWork’s list of Canada’s top 25 women in the artificial intelligence industry. ReWork is a creator of artificial intelligence and deep learning content.
About Maria Abrar:
Maria Abrar is a senior data scientist at Meta’s Reality Labs in Toronto with 14 years of expertise in her area. Along with building and educating a group of data scientists, she has also offered her skills to other nations.
Expertise:
She has experience using data science for Above The Line and Below The Line marketing efforts, working with marketers, product managers, and other relevant professionals.
She has expertise in developing product recommendation engines, mapping social networks, calculating client usage and revenue, and conducting in-depth behavioral profiling.
Here is the full list of the Top 25 Women in Canadian AI, according to ReWork:
| Rank | Name | Profession | Organization |
| 1 | Doina Precup | Research Team Lead | DeepMind |
| 2 | Joelle Pineau | Director | Meta AI Research Labs |
| 3 | Sharon Shahrokhi Tehrani | Product Manager (Machine Intelligence Retention) | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |
| 4 | Hakimeh Purmehdi | Senior Data Scientist | Ericcson |
| 5 | Natalia Bailey | Research Manager | FinRegLab |
| 6 | Jekaterina Novikova | Director of Machine Learning | Winterlight Labs |
| 7 | Helene Deschamps Marquis | Partner, Data Privacy and Cyber Security Law | Deloitte Legal |
| 8 | Nataliya Portman | Senior Data Scientist | Cineplex Digital Media |
| 9 | Frincy Clement | Ambassador for Canada and Manager (Data Science and Analytics) | TELUS Business |
| 10 | Maria Abrar | Senior Data Scientist | Meta’s Reality Labs |
| 11 | Shiyamali Paranirupasingam | Lead and Founder | L’Amour Pearls |
| 12 | Paige Dickie | Head of AI | Layer 6 |
| 13 | Mehrnaz Shokrollahi | Senior Data Scientist | PureFacts |
| 14 | Sedef Akinli Kocak | Director (Professional Development) | Vector Institute |
| 15 | Olga Tsubiks | Director (Strategic Analytics and Data Science) | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) |
| 16 | Serena McDonnell | Lead Data Scientist and Quant Researcher | Delphia |
| 17 | Yuanhui Lang | Director (Data Science and Advanced Analytics) | Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan |
| 18 | Shingai Manjengwa | Director (Technical Education) | Vector Institute |
| 19 | Angela Schoellig | Assistant Professor (Robotics) | University of Toronto (UoT) |
| 20 | Roxana Sultan | Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Vice President (VP) (Health) | Vector Institute |
| 21 | Sanja Fidler | Associate Professor and VP of AI Research | UoT and NVIDIA |
| 22 | Raquel Urtasun | Professor and Founder & CEO | UoT and Waabi |
| 23 | Anna Goldenberg | Senior Scientist (Genetics and Genome Biology) | SickKids |
| 24 | Foteini Agrafioti | Chief Science Office (CSO) and Head | RBC and Borealis AI |
| 25 | Gillian Hadifeld | Director and Professor | Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRITS) and UoT |
