Jean Bartik Computing Symposium

Events Schedule

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Morning Reception - Bancroft Hall, Chesapeake Room 

• Registration (0800-0900)
• Breakfast (0800-0900)
• Opening Remarks (0900-0915)
• Keynote (0915-1015) - Jeanné Woodfin, President and CEO, XenaTech Software Integration Services, LLC
• Coffee Break (1015-1045)
• Panel (1045 -1200) - Diverse Pathways to Success in Computing
  Moderator: LtCol Traci Sarmiento, USAF
  Panelists:
  • Danielle Cummings, Department of Defense 
  • Kaitlin Fair, Air Force Research Lab
  • Bonnie Lucas, US Naval Academy 
  • Autumn Sand, Booz Allen Hamilton 
  • Katie Thompson, Capital One 

Lunch - Bancroft Hall, Chesapeake Room

• Lunch (1200-1330)

Workshops - Michelson Hall or Rickover Hall

• Workshop Session (1400-1530)
  • Designing Your User's Experience (Michelson 220)
    Danielle Cummings, Department of Defense
  • Reverse Engineering for CTFs (Michelson 221)
    ENS Kristina Bodeman, USN
  • This is the (An)Droid You're Looking For (Michelson 316)
    Katie Thompson, Capital One
  • Neuromorphic (Brain-inspired) Engineering (Rickover 112)
    Kaitlin Fair, Air Force Research Lab 

Break (on your own) (1530-1730)

Evening reception - Dahlgren Hall, Class of '53 Deck

• Dinner and Documentary (1730-1900)
• Cake and networking (1900-2000)

Friday, 28 February 2020

Morning Reception - Bancroft Hall, Chesapeake Room

• Registration (0800-0900)
• Breakfast (0800-0900)
• Student and Recent Graduates Presentations (0900-1100)
  • Handoff All Your Privacy 
    ENS Kristina Bodeman, USN
  • From Struggling to Code to Empowerment through Code: How I created an online business and created Bvudzi.com
    2ndLt Svetla Walsh, USMC
  • Chatbot 
    Lani Davis and Caroline Sears, USNA ‘20
  • Reinforcement Learning for Chemical Factory Control
    Chesley Krug, USNA ‘20
  • Mobile App Privacy Score
    Noelle, Garrett, USMA ‘20
  • Atomtronic Switches: Optimizing the Splitting of Bose Einstein Condensates
    MaryClare Cassidy, USMA ‘20
  • Exploring the Security Implications of Software Defined Radios
    Felix Zheng, USAFA ’22
  • Exploring Roots of Higher Order Polynomials Through Expanded Greek Ladders
    Jim Wang, USAFA ’22
• Coffee Break (1100-1130)

Lunch - Bancroft Hall, Chesapeake Room

• Lunch (1130-1200)
• Fireside Chat (1200-1300) -Technology, Leadership, and Inclusion in the Military
  • Guest: Colonel Ahmed Williamson, USMC, Military Assistant to the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
  • Moderator: 2ndLt Svetla Walsh, USMC

Workshops - Michelson Hall

• Workshop Session (1330-1500)
  • Technology Entrepreneurship: How to Develop a Business Plan for Your Next Great Idea (Michelson 202)
    Lori Sussman,University of Southern Maine 
  • Git Basics (Michelson 316)
    Capt Taylor Paul, USMC, United States Naval Academy
  • Augmented and Virtual Reality for DOD (Michelson 360)
    Frank Wakeham and Autumn Sand, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Michelson 392)
    Summer Rankin and Kate Dowdy, Booz Allen Hamilton 

Break (on your own) (1500-1630)

Speed Mentoring - Bancroft Hall, Chesapeake Room

• Speed Mentoring (1630-1800)

Evening reception - Dahlgren Hall, Class of '53 Deck

• Dinner, Awards, and Closing Remarks (1830-2000)