Katherine Gorman makes complex ideas accessible. As the Executive Producer for Collective Next she helps groups to communicate about the issues that matter to them. She specializes in digital mediums with a focus on podcasting and digital information curation. She is a subject matter expert on communication in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. She is also the founding Executive Producer and co-host of the machine intelligence podcast, Talking Machines. She has served as press co-chair for both the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference and the International Conference on Machine Learning.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 2004-2008 University of Michigan
Professional Experience
Executive Producer, January 2016 - Present
Collective Next, LLC
Collective Next, LLC is a consulting alternative that specializes in design and creative inventions that spark the imagination. Through the power of collaboration we empower our clients to be creative, especially in the areas of design, strategy, communication and execution. Our overall goal is to propel our customers to find ways of helping their organizations move forward.
Founder, Creative Director, April 2014 - Present
Tote Bag Productions
Founder and creative director of a full service podcast production company. Working with clients to take ideas all the way through to full production. Worked with leadership at start up Whetlab to create the hit podcast “Talking Machines”.
Associate Producer, August 2012 - April 2014
NPR’s “Here and Now”
Part of the team of producers, hosts, and engineers that produces NPR’s daily mid-day news magazine show, “Here and Now”, the first collaboration between NPR and a member station to create flagship daily news programming.
Producer, June 2008 - August 2012
WYPR’s “Maryland Morning”
Producer for the station’s regional news magazine, “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast”, covering a variety of topics with special attention on science, gender issues and military beats. Also served as fill-in local host, director and engineer for broadcasts of “Morning Edition” and “Maryland Morning”. Created a website and a social media presence for the show which is now a mandatory part of daily production. Independently created a four part series on the lives of women in American military service.
Apprenticeship, April 2006 - May 2008
Michigan Radio
Produced for “The Jack Lessenberry Show,” local broadcasts of “Morning Edition” as well as in Michigan Radio’s newsroom. Reported, voiced and edited a three minute feature report on the mortgage foreclosure crisis which was part of an award winning series that aired during “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered”.
Professional Service and Outreach
Co-Press Chair, NeurIPS 2020
Co-Press Chair, NeurIPS, 2019
Communications Advisor to the Board, ICLR 2019
Co-Press Chair, ICML, 2019
Co-Press Chair, NeurIPS, 2018
Co-Press Chair, ICML , 2018
Co-Press Chair, NeurIPS , 2017
Press and Media Consultant, AAAI, 2017
Selected Appearances and Workshops
Moderator and Curator for Heidelberg Laureate Forum’s Hot Topic: Deep Learning, 2022
NeurIPS EXPO MC, 2019
ODSC West Keynote MC, 2019
Invites Speaker, Duke Undergraduate Machine Learning Day, 2019
Moderator for the Swift Institute AI Conference, 2019
Speaker IBM Think, 2019: Preparing Industry and Society for AI
Broad Institute MIA speaker series, 2019: Inviter Speaker and Workshop: Communicating and Collaborating around AI
WiML Boston @ IBM: Understanding the Public AI Conversation and Communicating your research
Host for Uber’s What Moves Us Series, 2018
Brown University Invited Seminar, 2018: Science Communication in AI
Duke University Invited Seminar, 2018: Science Communication in AI
Women in Machine Learning 2018: Invited Mentor, Science Communication
NeurIPS 2018: Invited Mentor, Science Communication
DARPA IARPA Intrinsically Motivated Artificial Intelligence (IMAI) Workshop Invited Expert, 2018
Royal Society and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Technology and the Future of Work Symposium Invited Participant, 2018
ODSC East Keynote MC, 2018
ODSC West Keynote MC, 2018
NeurIPS 2018 Organizer and Presenter Science Communication Workshop
Host and Curator TedX Boston, 2017
Women in Machine Learning 2017: Invited Mentor, Science Communication
Host and Curator TedX Boston, 2016
Women In Machine Learning 2016: Organizer and Presenter: Communicating Your Research
DALI Conference 2016 Presenter: How to Squash the Hype, Communicating about the Reality of Research
MEGAPOLIS contributor, 2014
Leadership
Participant, NIH, 2011 Medicine in the Media Training
Regional Director for Megapolis, 2010, Baltimore
Society of Professional Journalists, 2009, Young Reporters Institute
Head Page for Senate Democrats, Jan-Jun 2003 as a page for Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)