Conference program
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or Sunday program!
Saturday, May 17
Time | Event |
9:45 | Space opens; breakfast; mingling |
10:30-11:15 |
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11:15-11:30 | Break! |
11:30-12:15 |
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12:15-1:15 | Unconferencing! |
1:15-2:30 | Lunch! |
2:30-4:00 |
- How I used my knowledge of code (and
music!) to help fight fires!,
by Bjorn
Roche
- Tasty Stacks!,
by Chloe
Weil
- Spying on your programs with
strace!!!,
by Julia
Evans
15 minute break!
- High Schoolers vs. Robots!!!!,
by Jennifer
Shin
- Computer vision and archeology!: Can
computers assemble ceramic artifacts?, by
Kamelia
Aryafar
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4:00-4:30 | Break! |
4:30-5:30 |
- A 1,500 line (!!) switch statement powers
your Python!,
by Allison
Kaptur
- Just LOOK at the humongous type that
Hindley-Milner infers for this tiny program!,
by Aki
Yamada
- Continuations; or, how to travel through
time!,
by Michael
Arntzenius
- Weaving and Programming: More Related Than
You (Probably) Realize!,
by Allie
Jones
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5:30-5:45 | Closing remarks! |
5:45 | Optional: find your dinner group! |
Sunday, May 18
Time | Event |
9:45 | Space opens; breakfast; mingling |
10:30-11:15 |
- Opening remarks
- Keynote
talk: Camille
Fournier, How to Stay in Love with
Programming
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11:15-11:30 | Break! |
11:30-12:15 |
- Serial! It's what's for breakfast., by Lisa Neigut
- Understanding Garbage Collection, through
Visualizing a One Pass Real-Time Generational
Mark-Sweep Garbage Collector!,
by Andrew
Gwozdziewycz
- L'Artiste et Le Programmeur!,
by Emily
Reese
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12:15-1:15 | Unconferencing! |
1:15-2:15 | Lunch! |
2:15-3:45 |
- Making music with floppy drives! An
exercise in yak shaving,
by Rafik
Draoui
- The terrible Yook monster! Slayed by the
grandson of Master Prolog!,
by Guillaume
Marceau
- Map, Reduce, Awk!,
by Mark
Wunsch
15 minute break!
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3:45-4:30 | Ice cream!!!! |
4:30-5:30 |
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5:30 | Closing remarks! |
!!Con wouldn't have been possible
without the support of our fabulous sponsors!!