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== Projects == | == Projects == | ||
There are a bunch of project ideas [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=1 here]. Most of them need someone to volunteer to be the point of contact. | |||
== Schedule == | == Schedule == | ||
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'''Friday''' | '''Friday''' | ||
*7 pm: Hackathon starts, Yan probably says some words and asks for money. | *7 pm: Hackathon starts, Yan probably says some words and asks for money. | ||
*8 pm: | *8 pm: Keynote talk on Aaron's life and work by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_O'Brien Danny O'Brien] | ||
'''Saturday''' | '''Saturday''' | ||
*4 pm: | *4 pm: ''Step 1: FOIA, Step 2: ??, Step 3: Profit'', [http://zesty.ca/ Ka-Ping Yee]. How to write Freedom of Information Act request letters to do good things for the world. | ||
*5 pm: ''Hacktivism: On social justice movements'', [http://www.linkedin.com/in/djabbour Daniel Jabbour]. A brief history of social justice movements, and my own experience with policy reform and hacktivism. | |||
*6 pm: ''Principles of Low Power Design'', [http://dolemite.wuli.nu/ Alex Newman]. Hardware you have never heard of for more low power. | |||
*5 pm: | *7 pm: ''Improving the Scientific Process through Software'', [http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellows/fellow_profile.aspx?d=1205 Jacob Steinhardt]. Learn about existing open source projects to improve science, and others that should exist but don't. | ||
*8 pm: ''Towards Open Access in the Sciences'', [http://web.mit.edu/open Yan Zhu]. Why open journal access is important for scientific progress and what we can do to make that shit happen. | |||
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'''Sunday''' | '''Sunday''' | ||
*4 pm: | *4 pm: ''Data hacking: Machine learning + NLP'', [https://twitter.com/turian Joseph Turian]. I will answer questions about machine learning, NLP, scraping, data hacking etc. | ||
*5 pm: ' | *5 pm: Closing remarks by Danny O'Brien | ||
* | *5:15 pm - end: Project demos! Show us what you've worked on this weekend. | ||
'''Unscheduled / Unconfirmed Events''' | '''Unscheduled / Unconfirmed Events''' | ||
*DJ set by [http://www.chromatest.net/ Chromatest J. Pantsmaker] | *DJ set by [http://www.chromatest.net/ Chromatest J. Pantsmaker] | ||
*Workshop on how to write letters for FOIA requests | |||
*DIY Book Scanner workshop | *DIY Book Scanner workshop | ||
*Field trip to look for hidden cameras in public places around the Mission | *Field trip to look for hidden cameras in public places around the Mission | ||
If you'd like to give a talk/workshop, add it to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=2. | If you'd like to give a talk/workshop, add it to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=2. | ||
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