Program
Friday November 8th
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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
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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
Click on titles to get more detailed information about each session.
10:15 - 11:00 AM
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Room |
Session Title |
Contributor |
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Orion B |
Freak Out. Breathe.
Coffee. Repeat." – Lessons from my early career in technology |
Morgan Klein-McNeil, TD Bank |
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Vela A |
An Extensible Cloud Based
Avatar: Implementation and Evaluation |
Enas Altarawneh York University |
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Vela B/C |
Blockchain:
Learn about the Real-World Application & Actual Use Cases |
Caroline Rudolph-Zbarsky
Accenture |
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Virgo |
Got Doubt? Staying
Committed to your Computing Major |
Rachelle Hippler
Baldwin Wallace University |
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Lyra |
Staying Main-Stream:
Creating Reactive Arcade Games using RxSwift |
Erin Gallagher & Katia Maeda Connected |
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Orion C |
Grad Forum (graduate students only) |
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Pegasus |
Inclusive Teaching (educators only) |
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11:15 - 12:00 PM
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Room |
Session Title |
Contributor |
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Orion B |
Technologies that
Empower People with Disabilities |
Maya Jones D2L |
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Vela A |
From Hype to Reality: The
Power of Immersive Experiences with XR |
Emily Wilson IBM |
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Vela B/C |
A Career in Gaming - Not
Just for Gamers |
Angela Labrune Daniela Correa Orozco Electronic Arts |
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Virgo |
Got Doubt? Staying
Committed to your Computing Major |
Rachelle Hippler
Baldwin Wallace University |
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Lyra |
How to Design and Build a
Great Voice Experience |
Shannon Klett &
Hilary Hayes Connected |
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Orion C |
Grad Forum (graduate students only) |
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Pegasus |
Inclusive Teaching (educators only) |
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2:00 - 2:45 PM
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Room |
Session Title |
Contributor |
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Orion B |
Improving the Efficiency and
Safety of Self Driving Testing Through Simulation |
Melinda Lu Uber |
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Vela A |
How To Add 'Computing
Educator' To Your Skillset and Why You'd Want To |
Gail Carmichael Shopify |
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Vela B/C |
Shalise Goffe IBM |
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Virgo |
Digital Darwinism:
Human + Machine |
Eily Hickson RBC |
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Lyra |
Build your first Machine
Learning Model with Python and SciKitLearn |
Susan Ibach AI Gaming |
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Orion C |
Grad Forum (graduate students only) |
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Pegasus |
Inclusive Teaching (educators only) |
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3:00 - 3:45 PM
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Room |
Session Title |
Contributor |
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Orion B |
AMD Interns Saadiya Desai, Waterloo |
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Vela A |
Machine Learning in Big Data
is a Team Sport |
Monica Maria Lozano Romero Unity Technologies |
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Vela B/C |
The Path to Career in
Cybersecurity |
Genevieve Lajeunesse, Morgan Stanley |
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Virgo |
Lessons in
Leadership: Leading the Way on Rocky Terrain |
Maura Grossman University of Waterloo |
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Lyra |
#SheTheNorth
vs. #WeTheNorth: A Data Driven Analysis of Our
Canadian Icons |
Alice Gibbons, Sarah Muma, Heather Grady Microsoft |
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Orion C |
Grad Forum (graduate students only) |
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Pegasus |
Inclusive Teaching (educators only) |
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