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Latanya Sweeney keynote was awesome
The keynote by Latanya Sweeney was awesome. She spoke about how data science is saving the world. Back in the day she did an experiment about medical datasets that were anonymous with just zip codes and bithdate and gender. By comparing it to voter records she could pinpoint the govenor of Massachusettes. Now we have… Read More ›
Shuttling to the conference Day 1
Grace Murray Hopper said “a ship in a port is safe, but that is not what ships are made for…”. It is the first of a three days voyage to discover what we are made of and what terrain we must brave to realize our potential. Perhaps this too philosophical for 8:50AM. It just goes… Read More ›
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Dear Jamie’s diary. Today was really exciting. We all arrived in Houston and some of us got to go to the conference center and register. Check out the photo. I couldn’t believe how big the conference center was. It kind of all hit me how huge this thing was then. It’s so hot here that… Read More ›
The Hotel Check-in
The embassy suites had such fabulous staff. It’s unbelievable how congenial and accommodating they were. Although we had to wait an our and a half or so for our rooms, the friendly staff worked together to hold our luggage, supplied us water, and gave some great suggestions for where to eat. There are so many… Read More ›
Grace Hopper Celebration, here we come!
On October 18 a group from UMSL will go to Houston to join about 16,000 other people for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. We will have 15 people representing UMSL, and that does not count the alumnae who will be there representing their employers. The planning has started. GHC is a three-day… Read More ›
Grace Hopper Snippets … From Alexius Gandy
Opening Ceremony Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Meeting and enjoying fellow attendees (students) Keynote Speaker Hilary Mason, Founder and CEO of Fast Forward Labs (http://www.fastforwardlabs.com) The Company looks for emerging technologies (around data and machine learning) that may open up possibilities for a new product, new features, or new business. Take away:… Read More ›
Day 2 in Visuals!
While my roomie Sophia covered the day’s events eloquently with words, myself being the visual oriented person that I am, preferred to take pictures and snapchats, posting the occasional tweet about one thing or another. The keynote was amazing and pretty funny. Hilary Mason likes to play around and make software create artwork so we… Read More ›