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Rebeccah Hunter

Associate Software Engineer at Ansible
by Red Hat and Berea College Alumni

Come eat some lunch and join us in celebrating the kickoff of our conference! Rebeccah Hunter started working at Red Hat on the Ansible Tower team shortly after she turned 26. This may not seem very early, but in reality this is only her second job out of college. Why is it her dream job? She will tell us all about why it is, how she got the job, and what happens now. She’ll also briefly cover what it means to be a woman in open source and why you should care about that too.

Need mentoring? Reach out and seek advice from other women who
have had experience in the field of Computer Science.

Panel 1: Truth Talks from Young Women in Tech- Room 221

Panelists: Bria Williams and Shadia Prater

Panel 2: Moms in Tech- Room 229

Panelists: TBA

Job Fair-Quads

Come meet employers, recruiters, and schools to receive information about
different learning and career opportunities. Learn about real life graduate school and job experiences as well
gaining new perspectives from a variety of tech talks.

Tech Talk 1: Room 221

Presenters: Judy Goldsmith, Jasmine Jones, and Jennifer Partin

Using Science Fiction to Teach Ethics
Socially Embedded Computing
Introduction to Agile Software Development

Tech Talk 2: Room 229

Presenters: Sheri McGuffin, Jacqueline Boggs, Amy Justice

How Computer Science Fits Into the Manufacturing and Maker Mindset
How To Negotiate Salary for Women in Technology
Women in Cybersecurity - Are You on the Fast Track?

Panel 3: Queer in Tech

Panelist: Jan Pearce

Margaret Burnett

Distinguished Professor and Software Engineer
Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction
ACM Fellow

How can software professionals assess whether their software supports diverse users? And if they find problems, how can they fix them? Although there are empirical processes that can be used to find “inclusivity bugs” piecemeal, what is often needed is a systematic inspection method to assess software’s support for diverse populations. To help fill this gap, we developed GenderMag, a method for finding and fixing “gender inclusivity bugs" -- gender biases in software interfaces and workflows. We then introduced InclusiveMag, a generalization of GenderMag that can be used to generate systematic inclusiveness methods for other dimensions of diversity. In this talk, Margaret will present the latest results of her work to bring inclusiveness to software itself.

Come join us for games, crafts, and a movie. Meet new people,
join the fun, and make your own crafts.

Workshop 1: GenderMag Workshop-Margaret Burnett

Location: Quads

At its core, GenderMag pinpoints ways software can be intolerant of certain problem-solving styles. To learn GenderMag by doing, in this one-hour workshop we’ll work together to do a GenderMag evaluation on a system in wide use in universities. Attendees will leave with the ability to do GenderMag evaluations on the software and other IT that they create as part of their professions or personal lives.

Workshop 2: Programming Wearable Lights using Arduino Neopixel Librar-Jaimie Kelley

Location: Room 221

In this workshop, participants will learn how to use the Arduino Neopixel Library to program sequentially connected Adafruit Neopixel RGB LEDs. This workshop will also discuss project design for wearables in context of fashion and circuitry design.

Tech Talk 3: Room 221

Presenters: Ambareen Siraj and Sheikh Ghafoor

Cybersecurity in Research: Keeping Us Safe Today and Tomorrow
It Takes a Village to Make a Difference: Increasing Diversity in Cybersecurity
Dwelling in the Dark Web

Tech Talk 4: Room 229

Presenters: Eun Mi Kim, Sally Ellingson, and Jennifer Partin

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science! So What?
Machine Learning Obstacles to Improve Drug Binding Predictions
Developing Young Engineers

Panel 4: Computer Science Career Paths – Sharing Our Journeys, Hearing Yours

Panelist: Eva Bradshaw
Location-Quads

Panel 5: First Jobs

Panelist: Maureen Doyle
Location-Quads

Presented By: Alisa Neeman

Let's mingle! Meet new people through quick conversations. Have lunch and listen to our guest speaker Alisa Neeman.

Maureen Doyle

Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Northern Kentucky University,

Dr. Doyle will discuss here career in algorithms and share success stories in computational computing.

Wrap up and say our goodbyes until TRIWiC 2022.