2016 Pocket Guide PROGRAM SCHEDULE SPONSORED BY: #GHC16 October 19-21, 2016 ghc.anitaborg.org Check out our Clusters, which physically group similar tracks to help navigate and explore topics. CAREER ORGANIZATION CAREER TRANSFORMATION ORGANIZATION WEDNESDAY, COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION CRA-W PRODUCTS A TO Z FACULTY PRODUCTS A TO Z EMERGING TECH/ OCTOBER 19 BEST OF TECHNOLOGY BEST OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IoT/ WEARABLE TECH COMPUTER SYSTEMS GENERAL SESSIONS ENGINEERING KEYNOTES DATA SCIENCE PLENARIES GAMING, GRAPHICS & ANIMATION SPECIAL SESSIONS SPECIAL SESSIONS HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION OPEN SOURCE WORLD SECURITY/PRIVACY OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LOCATION LEGEND: GRB: GEORGE R. BROWN CONVENTION CENTER HILTON: HILTON AMERICAS SESSIONS DAY 1: WEDNESDAY SESSIONS DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. KEYNOTE PLENARIES ORGANIZATION TRANSFORMATION Women and the Future of Tech Quiet: How to Harness the Strengths of Introverts Toyota Center Ginni Rometty (IBM), Latanya to Transform How We Work, Lead and Innovate Sweeney (Harvard University; Technology Science; GRB General Assembly Susan Cain (Author, Chief Data Privacy Lab) and more Revolutionary and Co-Founder of Quiet Revolution) 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PLENARIES TECHNOLOGY Featured Speaker: Astro Teller (Captain of EXPO Moonshots for X) Career Fair GRB Hall E GRB Halls B-D PLENARIES PRODUCTS A TO Z 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Product Announcements GRB Hall A3 EXPO Interviews 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. GRB Hall A SPECIAL SESSIONS SPECIAL SESSIONS Student Node sponsored by D.E. Shaw & Co. Want to be a Bias Interruptor? GRB Balcony D GRB 360 A Valerie Barr (Union College), Latanya Sweeney (Harvard University), Brad McLain (NCWIT), Tracy Camp (Colorado School of Mines), Lucy Sanders (NCWIT) SESSIONS DAY 1: WEDNESDAY SESSIONS DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS WORKSHOP PLENARIES SPECIAL SESSIONS Become a Person of Influence Featured Speaker: Telle Whitney (CEO ABI) and GRB Grand Ballroom A Jo Miller (Women’s ABIE Award Winners #ABIEWINNER Leadership Coaching Inc.) GRB Hall E SPECIAL SESSIONS WORKSHOP PLENARIES PRODUCTS A TO Z Communicating for Influence and Impact GRB Grand Ballroom B Product Announcements Denise Brosseau (Thought Leadership Lab) GRB Hall A3 PLENARIES ORGANIZATION TRANSFORMATION SPECIAL SESSIONS WORKSHOP Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public Speaking Insights from Top Companies Leadership Index GRB Grand Ballroom C Karen Catlin (Karen Catlin GRB General Assembly Consulting), Poornima Vijayashanker (Femgineer) 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS POSTERS BRAID Research - New Insights on Introductory ACM Student Research Competition and Computer Science Course Students GHC General Poster Session GRB 360 A Linda Sax (UCLA), Kate Lehman (UCLA) GRB Hall C SESSIONS DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. RECEPTIONS THURSDAY, Arab Women in Computing Reception #ABIMEETUP Hilton 340 A-B Asian Women in Computing Reception #ABIMEETUP Hilton 343 A-B OCTOBER 20 Black Women in Computing Reception #ABIMEETUP Hilton Ballroom of the Americas B Latinas in Computing Reception #ABIMEETUP Hilton Lanier Grand Ballroom A 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Join us for receptions celebrating diversity SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS SECURITY/PRIVACY PRESENTATION Student Node sponsored by D.E. Shaw & Co. Beyond Passwords: Challenges and Opportunities GRB Balcony D in Strong Authentication for the Web GRB 332 A Iulia Ion (Google) 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Beginner/Intermediate SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRESENTATION EXPO Interviews Neuromorphic Computing: Introduction, GRB Hall A Motivation, and Research Challenges GRB 330 A Catherine Schuman (Oak Ridge 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. National Laboratory) Beginner/Intermediate IOT/WEARABLE TECH PRESENTATION CAREER PRESENTATION Blockchain and the Internet of Things Rock Your Career: Core Skills for Increased GRB 370 A Carole Corley (IBM), Valerie Lampkin Effectiveness (IBM), Sumabala Nair (IBM) Beginner/Intermediate GRB 361 A Sarah Henrikson (Amazon) Students/Early Career 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. DATA SCIENCE PRESENTATION CAREER PANEL Accurate Physics-Based Models for Doing it Our Way - Reflections on the Journey to Biomolecular Simulations Senior Leadership GRB 310 B-C Tasha Arvanitis (D. E. Shaw Research) Beginner/Intermediate GRB 352 D-F Jen Fitzpatrick (Google), Aicha Evans (Intel Corporation), Ning Li (Facebook, Inc.), Joy Chik (Microsoft), Megan Kiester (Expedia) All SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. CAREER WORKSHOP CAREER Learn to Sell Your Big Idea through Storytelling Transitioning Between Careers GRB Grand Ballroom B Caryl Kruse (Cisco GRB 360 A Jeanine Cook (Sandia National Systems, Inc.), Connie Dudum (Cisco Systems, Inc.). Labs), Cheryl Swanier (Claflin University), Quincy Karen Franks (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Mid/Senior/ Brown (Bowie State University), Cecilia Aragon Executive (University of Washington) All CAREER BIRDS OF A FEATHER CRA-W WORKSHOP Shattering the Old Boys’ Club: Redefining Balancing the Demands in Academia (Teaching, Mentorship for Young Women in Tech Research, and Service) GRB 351 A Anastasia Efremkina (University GRB 340 A Amy Csizmar Dalal (Carleton of Pennsylvania), Natasha Shah (Verizon), Nisha Dua College), Maria Gini (University of Minnesota) All (#BUILTBYGIRLS - BBG Ventures - AOL), Susan Kelly (Verizon) Early/Mid-Career COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PANEL Cache Me If You Can COMMUNITY GRB 310 A Ashley Jin (Paxata), Alice Yeh Expanding Systers Communities Globally and (Eventbrite), Vartika Agarwal (Google), Renu Tewari Culturally (IBM Almaden) Beginner/Intermediate GRB 371 A-C Maral Khosroshahi (Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago), Roshni GAMING, GRAPHICS & ANIMATION Chandrashekhar (Google), Alma Castillo-Antolin Invited Speaker: TBD (Google), Anh Tu Quach (Lawrence Livermore GRB General Assembly B All National Laboratory) All SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION TRANSFORMATION Creating Natural User Interactions for Emerging Technical Executive Forum (Invite Only) Technology Hilton Ballroom of the Americas E-F Mid/ GRB Grand Ballroom C Charlene Jeune Senior/Executive (Microsoft), Gwynneth Leece (Microsoft), Shana Bryant (Microsoft) Beginner/Intermediate 9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. PRODUCTS A TO Z BIRDS OF A FEATHER CAREER PRESENTATION Building Product Mindset Through Ideation Hilton Lanier Grand Ballroom A-B Thogori Powerful Body Language: Small Mannerisms Karago (LinkedIn), Charu Jangid (LinkedIn), Alexa with Big Impact Roman (Carbon Five), Priya Sheth (Fitbit), Teresa GRB 361 A Lauren Janas (Microsoft) Aguilera (Spindle Desco) Beginner/Intermediate Students/Early Career SPECIAL SESSIONS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRESENTATION Featured ACM Speaker: Jakita Thomas From ELIZA to SIRI and Beyond - Evolution of GRB General Assembly C Jakita Thomas (Auburn Intelligent Virtual Assistants University) All GRB 330 A Andrea Sahli (noHold Inc.) 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Beginner/Intermediate SPECIAL SESSIONS DATA SCIENCE PRESENTATION Tech Node sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. Multilevel Stress Classification from ECG Signals GRB 372 A GRB 310 B-C Isabelle Bichindaritz (State Tech Node sponsored by Verizon University of New York at Oswego) Advanced GRB 362 A SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY 9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. SECURITY/PRIVACY PRESENTATION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRESENTATION A Modern Approach to Microservice Authentication Deep Learning for Text Recognition GRB 332 A Jasmine Schladen (Workday) GRB 330 A Manjari Akella (IBM) Beginner/ Beginner/Intermediate Intermediate SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRESENTATION CAREER PRESENTATION Web Applications Hackathons: A Survey of Talking while Female: Lessons Learned from Two Frameworks and Tools Years of Technical Podcasting GRB General Assembly A Sarah Chmielewski GRB 361 A Katie Malone (Civis Analytics) (MIT Lincoln Laboratory) Beginner/Intermediate Students/Early Career IoT/WEARABLE TECH PRESENTATION DATA SCIENCE PRESENTATION Threat Modeling the “Smart” Watch - Seven Computer Simulations for Drug Discovery Things Every Smart Watch User Should Know GRB 310 B-C Heidi Koldsø (D. E. Shaw GRB 370 A Michele Guel (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Research) Beginner/Intermediate Beginner/Intermediate IoT/WEARABLE TECH PRESENTATION 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. From Individual to Collective: Redefining User Privacy in the Internet of Things SPECIAL SESSIONS GRB 370 A Haiyan Jia (The Pennsylvania State Fall Partner Meeting (Invite Only) University) Beginner/Intermediate Hilton Ballroom of the Americas A SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY SESSIONS DAY 2: THURSDAY 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. SECURITY/PRIVACY PRESENTATION CAREER PRESENTATION Insecure Thoughts: Biometric EEG for the Real Growing with the Company: Working at a World Startup GRB 332 A Amanda Danko (USAA) Beginner/Intermediate GRB 351 A Mary Holstege (MarkLogic) Early/Mid-Career SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRESENTATION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRESENTATION ‘Pre-chopped-onions’ Approach to Building Progressive Web Apps Personalized Content Blending in the Pinterest GRB General Assembly A Margaret Mary Homefeed Kearney (Google) Beginner/Intermediate GRB 330 A Stephanie deWet (Pinterest) Beginner/Intermediate 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. GAMING, GRAPHICS & ANIMATION PRESENTATION EXPO Analytics Engineering for Game Development Career