CAN-CWIC 2019

Toronto, ON
November 8/9, 2019
CAN-CWIC 2022
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Program

Friday November 8th
5:00 - 6:00  
6:00 - 6:15
6:15 - 7:30
7:30 - 8:00


8:30 - 10:00
9:00 - 9:30
Registration
Welcome Remarks
Dinner
Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning and Computer Science for Everyone
Dr. Carla Brodley, Professor and Dean Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Northeastern University
Poster Session
The importance of Negotiation in Your Career - (in Vela B/C)
Saturday November 9th
9:00 - 9:15
9:15 - 10:00
10:15 - 11:00
11:15 - 12:00
12:00 - 2:00
12:30 - 1:45
2:00 - 2:45
3:00 - 3:45
4:00 - 4:15
4:15 - 5:15
Doina Precup - CS-CAN/INFO-CAN
Imposter Syndrome - Panel Session
Parallel Sessions 1 (see below)
Parallel Sessions 2 (see below)
Lunch and Career Fair
Sexism Response Workshop (Lyra)
Parallel Sessions 3 (see below)
Parallel Sessions 4 (see below)
NCWIT Aspirations Awards Presentation
Implicit Bias - Panel Session

Parallel Sessions - Saturday

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10:15 - 11:00 AM

Room

Session Title

Contributor

 

 

 

Orion B

Freak Out. Breathe. Coffee. Repeat."  â€“ Lessons from my early career in technology

 

Morgan Klein-McNeil,

TD Bank

Vela A

An Extensible Cloud Based Avatar: Implementation and Evaluation

 

Enas  Altarawneh

York University

Vela B/C

Blockchain: Learn about the Real-World Application & Actual Use Cases

 

Caroline  Rudolph-Zbarsky

Accenture

Virgo

Got Doubt?  Staying Committed to your Computing Major

 

Rachelle  Hippler

Baldwin Wallace University

Lyra

Staying Main-Stream: Creating Reactive Arcade Games using RxSwift

 

Erin  Gallagher & Katia Maeda

Connected

Orion C

Grad Forum (graduate students only)

 

Pegasus

Inclusive Teaching (educators only)

11:15 - 12:00 PM

Room

Session Title

Contributor

 

 

 

Orion B

Technologies that Empower People with Disabilities

 

Maya Jones

D2L

 

Vela A

From Hype to Reality: The Power of Immersive Experiences with XR

 

Emily Wilson

IBM

 

Vela B/C

A Career in Gaming - Not Just for Gamers

 

Angela Labrune

Daniela Correa Orozco

Electronic Arts

 

Virgo

Got Doubt?  Staying Committed to your Computing Major

 

Rachelle  Hippler

Baldwin Wallace University

 

Lyra

How to Design and Build a Great Voice Experience

 

Shannon Klett & Hilary Hayes

Connected

 

Orion C

Grad Forum (graduate students only)

 

Pegasus

Inclusive Teaching (educators only)

2:00 - 2:45 PM

Room

Session Title

Contributor

 

 

 

Orion B

Improving the Efficiency and Safety of Self Driving Testing Through Simulation

 

Melinda Lu

Uber

Vela A

How To Add 'Computing Educator' To Your Skillset and Why You'd Want To

 

Gail Carmichael

Shopify

Vela B/C

Social Media Rock Star- How to up your social media game!

Shalise Goffe

IBM

 

Virgo

Digital Darwinism: Human + Machine

 

Eily Hickson

RBC

 

Lyra

Build your first Machine Learning Model with Python and SciKitLearn

 

Susan Ibach

AI Gaming

 

Orion C

Grad Forum (graduate students only)

 

Pegasus

Inclusive Teaching (educators only)

3:00 - 3:45 PM

Room

Session Title

Contributor

 

 

 

Orion B

How to Land Your Dream Internship

AMD Interns

Saadiya Desai, Waterloo

Vela A

Machine Learning in Big Data is a Team Sport

 

Monica Maria Lozano Romero

Unity Technologies

Vela B/C

The Path to  Career in Cybersecurity

 

Genevieve Lajeunesse,

Morgan Stanley

 

Virgo

Lessons in Leadership:  Leading the Way on Rocky Terrain

 

Maura  Grossman

University of Waterloo

 

Lyra

#SheTheNorth vs. #WeTheNorth: A Data Driven Analysis of Our Canadian Icons

 

Alice Gibbons, Sarah Muma, Heather Grady

Microsoft

 

Orion C

Grad Forum (graduate students only)

 

Pegasus

Inclusive Teaching (educators only)

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