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<title>ML4ALL - A machine learning conference for the rest of us.</title>
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<p class="has-text-centered">Everything you need to know, day by day.</p>
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<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
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<li><a href="#venues">Venues</a></li>
<li><a href="#workshops">Workshops</a></li>
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<li><a href="#sunday">Sun 4/28</a></li>
<li><a href="#monday">Mon 4/29</a></li>
<li><a href="#tuesday">Tue 4/30</a></li>
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<h3 class="has-text-centered">→ <a href="#calendar">Google Calendar</a> | <a href="#sunday">Full Schedule</a> <a href="#talk-abstracts">Talk Abstracts</a> ←</h3>
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<h2><a href="schedule.html#sunday">SUN 4/28</a></h2>
<h3><a href="#workshops">Workshops</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a>
<br/> Doors @ 9:00am</p>
<p>9:30am-11:30am<br/><a href="#abstract-paige-bailey">Workshop: TensorFlow Docs Sprint</a></p>
<p>9:30am-11:30am<br/><a href="#abstract-nicolle-merrill">Workshop: How to Have Curious Conversations</a></p>
<p>12:30pm-4:30pm<br/><a href="#abstract-andrew-ferlitsch">Workshop: Getting Started w/ Keras/OpenCV</a></p>
<h3><a href="#bike-ride-details">Bike Ride</a></h3>
<p>2:00pm @ <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></p>
<p>Join your fellow attendees for a <a href="schedule.html#bike-ride-details">leisurely ride</a> around Portland.</p>
<h3><a href="schedule.html#welcome-reception">Welcome Reception</a></h3>
<p>7:00pm @ <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></p>
<p>Get your badge and mingle. Open bar, special guest speakers, live entertainment, and more!</p>
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<h2><a href="schedule.html#monday">MON 4/29</a></h2>
<h3><a href="schedule.html#monday">Conf Day 1</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a><br>Doors @ 8:00am</p>
<p>Talks from 9:00am-5:00pm</p>
<p><a href="schedule.html#model-building-yoga-mon">Model Building: Refreshing Yoga Session</a> @ 10:15am</p>
<p>Lunch @ Noon</p>
<p><a href="schedule.html#lightning-talks-mon">Lightning Talks</a> @ 1:00pm</p>
<p><a href="schedule.html#hiring-speed-networking-mon">Hiring Speed Networking</a> @ 3:00pm</p>
<p><a href="#family-photo">Family Photo</a> @ 5:00pm</p>
<h3><a href="schedule.html#official-party">Official Party</a></h3>
<p>7:00pm-11:00pm @ <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kzJKJP8EZRF2">Pips & Bounce</a></p>
<p>NOTE: Minors are welcome, but only until 9pm!</p>
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<h2><a href="schedule.html#tuesday">TUE 4/30</a></h2>
<h3><a href="schedule.html#tuesday">Conf Day 2</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a><br>Doors @ 8:00am</p>
<p>Talks from 9:00am-5:00pm</p>
<p><a href="schedule.html#model-building-yoga-tue">Model Building: Refreshing Yoga Session</a> @ 10:15am</p>
<p>Lunch @ Noon</p>
<p><a href="schedule.html#lightning-talks-tue">Lightning Talks</a> @ 1:00pm</p>
<p><a href="schedule.html#hiring-speed-networking-tue">Hiring Speed Networking</a> @ 3:00pm</p>
<h3><a href="#mingle">Dinner and Mingle</a></h3>
<p>The conference has ended, but we're all still here. Find some friendly faces and invite them to dinner or <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd">#relaxml</a> brunch before you leave the venue!</p>
<p>Find your tribe <a href="https://join.slack.com/ml4all/shared_invite/MTk1MjUwNzgyMDgyLTE0OTY5OTgwODUtNTU1MTZhMjA0Zg">on Slack</a>, or on Twitter using the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23ml4all&src=typd">#ml4all</a>.</p>
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<h2><a href="schedule.html#wednesday">WED 4/30</a></h2>
<h3><a href="schedule.html#wednesday">#relaxml</a></h3>
<p>Self-organize brunch, hacks, and chill-outs with other attendees using the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxML&src=typd">#relaxml</a> or the <a href="https://ml4all.slack.com/messages/CJ42WPHEY">#relaxml</a> Slack channel.</p>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">9:00am</div>
<div class="column" id="workshops-doors-open"><strong>Workshops: Doors Open</strong> @ <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></div>
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<div class="column" id="paige-bailey"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-paige-bailey">Workshop: Paige Bailey ‐ TensorFlow Docs Sprint</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column" id="nicolle-merrill"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-nicolle-merrill">Workshop: Nicolle Merrill ‐ How to Have Curious Conversations</a></strong></div>
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<em><strong>Morning Workshops End</strong></em>
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<div class="column" id="andrew-ferlitsch"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-andrew-ferlitsch">Workshop: Andrew Ferlitsch ‐ Getting Started with Keras and OpenCV for Computer Vision </a></strong></div>
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<strong><a href="#bike-ride-details">Bike Ride Starts</a></strong> - @ <em><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></em>
<p></p>
<p>Join your fellow attendees for a <a href="#bike-ride-details">leisurely ride</a> around Portland.</p>
<p>Meet in the <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a> parking lot. Click here for <a href="#bike-ride-details">more info</a>...</p>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">4:00pm</div>
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<em><strong>Bike Ride Ends</strong></em>
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<em><strong>Afternoon Workshop Ends</strong></em>
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<strong>Welcome Reception Doors Open</strong> @ <em><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></em>
<p></p>
<p>Get your badge and mingle. Open bar, special guest speakers <a href="#oz-du-soleil">Oz du Soleil</a> and <a href="#wendy-bukoski">Wendy Bukoski</a>, <a href="#the-dark-mother">live entertainment</a>, pool tables, and more! Minors are allowed the entire evening, so feel free to bring your kids and +1s (or +2s, we've got room).</p>
<p>In the upstairs lounge at the <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a>.</p>
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<div class="column" id="oz-du-soleil"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-oz-du-soleil">Oz du Soleil ‐ Rattlers</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column" id="wendy-bukoski"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-wendy-bukoski">Wendy Bukoski ‐ Data Collection On the Streets</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">9:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="the-dark-mother"><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thedarkmother.hexthepatriarchy/">The Dark Mother (live music)</a></strong>
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<p>Enjoy the powerful and thoughtful music of local band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thedarkmother.hexthepatriarchy/">The Dark Mother</a>.</p>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">11:00pm</div>
<div class="column"><strong>Welcome Reception Doors Close.</strong> See you tomorrow!
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">8:00am</div>
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<strong>Doors Open, Coffee/Breakfast</strong> - @ <em><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></em>
<p></p>
<p>Come grab a light breakfast snack, handmade coffee or chai. Bling out your badge, mingle with other attendees, and find your perfect spot to camp out in for the day.</p>
<p class="box"><em><b>NOTE</b>: While we know that "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_early_bird_catches_the_worm">the early bird catches the worm</a>", please DO NOT arrive early. We will be setting up in the morning, and will not be able to allow access to the building until 8:00am. If you get there early, you'll be waiting around on the sidewalk out front...</em></p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">8:45am</div>
<div class="column" id="organizer-intro-mon">
<strong>ML4ALL Introduction</strong>
<p></p>
<p>The ML4ALL Team will introduce the conference, and share some important info with the crowd.</p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">9:00am</div>
<div class="column" id="dr-melissa-santos"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-dr-melissa-santos">Dr. Melissa Santos ‐ YOU Can Predict The Future</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">9:45am</div>
<div class="column" id="wale-akinfaderin"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-wale-akinfaderin">Wale Akinfaderin ‐ The Creative Art of Engineering Bespoke Features</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">10:15am</div>
<div class="column" id="model-building-yoga-mon">
<strong id="abstract-allison-krug">Morning Break / Model Building: Refreshing Yoga Session with Allison Krug</strong>
<p></p>
<p>Take some time between talks to stretch out and get your body comfortable. The one and only Allison Krug will lead a short yoga session, suitable for all levels of skill and fitness.</p>
<p>Or if you prefer just grab a pastry, and discuss the first two talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated <em>Introducer</em> if you need help saying hello for the first time.</p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">10:45am</div>
<div class="column" id="sachi-parikh"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-sachi-parikh">Sachi Parikh ‐ My Journey Learning ML and AI through Self Study as a High School Student</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">11:30am</div>
<div class="column" id="tyrone-poole"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-tyrone-poole">Tyrone Poole ‐ Creating Access to Housing in America</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">12:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="lunch-mon">
<strong>Lunch Break</strong>
<p></p>
<p>Lunch will be provided. Head downstairs to the parking lot for food carts and <strong>#FREEHOTSOUP</strong>. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options included in the standard menu. Drinks available from the bar inside.</p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">1:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="lightning-talks-mon">
<strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk">Lightning Talks</a></strong> - A series of short 5min talks. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fml4all.us16.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D71e48387a8d6ff3798a79e8a3%26id%3D783ee797ff%26e%3Dac2fbd4f9e&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNGyn3n7UpJ6BHXdTLGjH0c4JskSUA">Sign-up online</a> or at the registration desk!
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">1:45pm</div>
<div class="column" id="erika-pelaez"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-erika-pelaez">Erika Pelaez ‐ Building a Machine Learning Classifier to Listen to Killer Whales</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">2:30pm</div>
<div class="column" id="dr-catherine-nelson"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-dr-catherine-nelson">Dr. Catherine Nelson ‐ Practical Privacy in Machine Learning Systems</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">3:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="hiring-speed-networking-mon">
<strong>Hiring Speed Networking / Afternoon Break</strong>
<p></p>
<p>Looking for a job? Looking to hire someone? Head up to the upstairs lounge and take part in <b>Hiring Speed Networking</b>! This event pairs potential employeers with job seekers for quick 1min chat. Everyone gets to talk to everyone! :)</p>
<p>Of course, if you're not interested in any of that, you can always grab a discuss, and discuss the previous talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated <em>Introducer</em> if you need help saying hello for the first time.</p>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">3:30pm</div>
<div class="column" id="amy-hodler"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-amy-hodler">Amy Hodler ‐ Improving ML Predictions with Connected Feature Extraction</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">4:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="aeva-van-der-veen"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-aeva-van-der-veen">Aeva van der Veen ‐ Gaming Rigs and ML Pipelines: Getting Started with the Tools You Already Have</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">4:45pm</div>
<div class="column" id="maria-khalusova"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-maria-khalusova">Maria Khalusova ‐ Machine Learning Model Evaluation Metrics</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">5:15pm</div>
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<strong>ML4ALL Family Photo</strong>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">7:00pm</div>
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<strong>Official Party @ <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kzJKJP8EZRF2">Pips & Bounce</a></strong>
<p></p>
<p>Pips & Bounce is an awesome adult and kid-friendly ping-pong focused venue. With 10 tables, unlimited amounts of ping-pong balls, snacks, and a full bar, we dare you not to have fun. Drinks and light snacks will be provided, and you're welcome to invite as many of your friends and family as you'd like!</p>
<p>Make sure someone in the group has a ML4ALL badge with them, to gain access. If you are over 21 and want to drink, please remember to bring ID. Under 21 guests are welcome and encouraged, but only before 9pm!</p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">11:00pm</div>
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<strong>Official Party Ends</strong> - Bar tab closes, but you're welcome to stay! See you tomorrow morning!
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">8:00am</div>
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<strong>Doors Open, Coffee/Breakfast</strong> - @ <em><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></em>
<p></p>
<p>Come grab a light breakfast snack, handmade coffee or chai. Bling out your badge, mingle with other attendees, and find your perfect spot to camp out for the day.</p>
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</div>
<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">8:45am</div>
<div class="column" id="organizer-intro-tue">
<strong>ML4ALL Introduction</strong>
<p></p>
<p>The ML4ALL Team will introduce the conference, and share some important info with the crowd.</p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">9:00am</div>
<div class="column" id="dr-sarah-kaiser"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-dr-sarah-kaiser">Dr. Sarah Kaiser: What is Quantum Machine Learning, and Is It A Thing?</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">9:45am</div>
<div class="column" id="seth-juarez-siyu-yang"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-seth-juarez-siyu-yang"><span id="seth-juarez">Seth Juarez</span> & <span id="siyu-yang">Siyu Yang</span> ‐ Deep Learning for Computer Vision with Applications for Wildlife Conservation</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">10:15am</div>
<div class="column" id="model-building-yoga-tue">
<strong>Morning Break / Model Building: Refreshing Yoga Session with Allison Krug</strong>
<p></p>
<p>Take some time between talks to stretch out and get your body comfortable. The one and only Allison Krug will lead a short yoga session, suitable for all levels of skill and fitness.</p>
<p>Or if you prefer just grab a pastry, and discuss the first two talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated <em>Introducer</em> if you need help saying hello for the first time.</p>
</div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">10:45am</div>
<div class="column" id="hannes-hapke"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-hannes-hapke">Hannes Hapke ‐ MLOps for Non-DevOps Folks, a.k.a. “I have a model, now what?!</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">11:30am</div>
<div class="column" id="jules-damji"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-jules-damji">Jules S. Damji ‐ MLflow: Infrastructure for a Complete Machine Learning Life Cycle</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">12:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="lunch-tue">
<strong>Lunch Break</strong>
<p></p>
<p>Lunch will be provided. Head downstairs to the parking lot for food carts and <strong>#FREEHOTSOUP</strong>. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options included in the standard menu. Drinks available from the bar inside.</p>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">1:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="lightning-talks-tue">
<strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk">Lightning Talks</a></strong> - A series of short 5min talks. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fml4all.us16.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D71e48387a8d6ff3798a79e8a3%26id%3D783ee797ff%26e%3Dac2fbd4f9e&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNGyn3n7UpJ6BHXdTLGjH0c4JskSUA">Sign-up online</a> or at the registration desk!
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">1:45pm</div>
<div class="column" id="anushka-nair-charu-nair"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-anushka-nair-charu-nair"><span id="anushka-nair">Anushka</span> & <span id="charu-nair">Charu Nair</span> ‐ Scaling Human(e)ity in AI</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">2:30pm</div>
<div class="column" id="zhi-yang"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-zhi-yang">Zhi Yang ‐ Hierarchical Topic Modeling in Cancer Research</a></strong></div>
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<div class="columns">
<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">3:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="hiring-speed-networking-tue">
<strong>Hiring Speed Networking / Afternoon Break</strong>
<p></p>
<p>Looking for a job? Looking to hire someone? Head up to the upstairs lounge and take part in <b>Hiring Speed Networking</b>! This event pairs potential employeers with job seekers for quick 1min chat. Everyone gets to talk to everyone! :)</p>
<p>Of course, if you're not interested in any of that, you can always grab a discuss, and discuss the previous talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated <em>Introducer</em> if you need help saying hello for the first time.</p>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">3:30pm</div>
<div class="column" id="karl-weinmeister"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-karl-weinmeister">Karl Weinmeister ‐ Build, Train, and Serve Your ML Models on Kubernetes with Kubeflow</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">4:00pm</div>
<div class="column" id="damon-danieli"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-damon-danieli">Damon Danieli ‐ Time-Series Behavioral Analysis for Churn Prediction</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">4:45pm</div>
<div class="column" id="speaker-name"><strong><a href="schedule.html#abstract-speaker-name">TBD</a></strong></div>
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<div class="column is-narrow schedule-time">5:15pm</div>
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<strong>Mingle, Organize Dinner and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd">#relaxml</a> Brunch Plans</strong>
<p></p>
<p>The conference has ended, but we're all still here. Find some friendly faces and invite them to dinner before you leave the venue!</p>
<p>Find your tribe <a href="https://join.slack.com/ml4all/shared_invite/MTk1MjUwNzgyMDgyLTE0OTY5OTgwODUtNTU1MTZhMjA0Zg">on Slack</a>, or on Twitter using the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23ml4all&src=typd">#ml4all</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd">#relaxml</a> Brunch</strong>: Around Wednesday? Organize <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd">#relaxml</a> brunch plans with other attendees for Wed morning. It's a great way to decompress before heading back home. Post photos and invites until the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd">#relaxml</a> hashtag!
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<strong>Main Event: Doors Close</strong> - See you next year! <3 <3 <3 <3
<p></p>
<p>P.S. Don't forget to <a href="https://join.slack.com/ml4all/shared_invite/MTk1MjUwNzgyMDgyLTE0OTY5OTgwODUtNTU1MTZhMjA0Zg">join us in Slack</a> to keep the conversations going until the next conference!</p>
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<h1 id="wednesday" class="has-text-centered">Wednesday 4/30</h1>
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<div class="column" id="doors-open-tue">
<a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd"><strong>RelaxML: Eat Brunch and Take it Easy</strong></a></em>
<p></p>
<p>Still hanging around Portland after the conference? Make plans to meet up with your fellow attendees, on Twitter under the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23relaxml&src=typd">#relaxml</a> or in the <b>#relaxml</b> <a href="https://ml4all.slack.com/messages/CJ42WPHEY">Slack channel</a>.</p>
<p>P.S. If you post pics under the hashtag, you'll get a special offer for next year! ;)</p>
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<h2 class="has-text-centered"><a name="venue-info"></a>MAIN VENUE</h2>
<h3><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a>, on Portland's East Side!</h3>
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<p><br><br>The <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a> is ADA accessible, with some restrictions.</p>
<p>For more info, <strong>contact the venue</strong> at <a href="tel:5032067630">(503) 206-7630</a></p>
<h2 class="has-text-centered"><a name="venue-info"></a>PARTY VENUE</h2>
<h3><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kzJKJP8EZRF2">Pips & Bounce</a>, just a 10min walk from the main venue!</h3>
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<p><br><br>The <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kzJKJP8EZRF2">Pips & Bounce</a> is ADA accessible, with no restrictions.</p>
<p>For more info, <strong>contact the venue</strong> at <a href="tel:5039284664">(503) 928-4664</a></p>
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<h1 class="has-text-centered">Exploring The City Neural Network by Bike</h1>
<h3 class="has-text-centered">by <a href="http://twitter.com/adron">Adron Hall</a></h3>
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<li><strong>When: </strong><a href="#bike-ride">2-4pm, Sunday 4/28</a></li>
<li><strong>Where: </strong>Meet in the parking lot of <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342">Bossanova Ballroom</a></li>
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<p>The ride will be what I'd call a "slow ride", which is a super chill, easy going, roll through neighborhoods on the east side of Portland, down through the hip inner south east, and then back up around the waterfront.</p>
<p>I'll also provide a run down of a little Portland information about its wonky history, the neighborhood layout (check out point 2 on the map for instance, it's called Ladd's Addition), the awesome bridges the city has (two are unique in north America to Portland!), and more.</p>
<p><img src="images/ml4all-ride.png"/></p>
<p>In addition we'll also make a number of stops for photos, a coffee, and prospective a beer if the crew is up for it. We'll leave at 2pm, and wrap up at 4pm in time to swing by our respective hotels and such before the evening reception.</p>
<p>Our starting point is shown above, it's a little hard to see but is denoted by a green dot! Basically we're going to start at the Bossonova Ballroom Parking Lot and depart from there.</p>
<p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VGMZrw3aQ342"><img src="images/ml4all-ride-parking.png"/></a></p>
<p><h4>BIKES @ Biketown!</h4>
You may ask, but what if I don’t have a bike, I'm coming into town for this? Well, Portland has you covered! The easiest way is to pick up one of Portland’s many bike share bikes via <a href="https://www.biketownpdx.com/">Biketown</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.biketownpdx.com/"><img src="images/ml4all-ride-biketown.png"/></a></p>
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<p class="title is-4">Paige Bailey</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/DynamicWebPaige">@DynamicWebPaige, Google</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#paige-bailey"><em>Workshop: TensorFlow Docs Sprint</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#paige-bailey"><em>Sunday, 4/28 @ 9:30am</em></a></h5>
<p>This workshop, led by Paige Bailey, will focus on improving the documentation for TensorFlow, a popular open-source ML framework. You will learn how to document an API symbol, and how to make your first pull request to the TensorFlow repo. Beginners are welcome: new to TensorFlow, or new to open-source!</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Nicolle Merrill</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/pdxnicolle">@pdxnicolle, Future Skills</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#nicolle-merrill"><em>Workshop: How to Have Curious Conversations</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#nicolle-merrill"><em>Sunday, 4/28 @ 9:30am</em></a></h5>
<p>In this workshop, led by Nicolle Merrill, participants will learn techniques and strategies to find collaborators, strike up conversations with strangers, ask curious questions, and exit dying conversations. Together, you will embrace awkwardness and experiment with different conversational styles. Introverts strongly encouraged to attend.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Andrew Ferlitsch</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ferlitsch">@andrew-ferlitsch, Google</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#andrew-ferlitsch"><em>Workshop: Getting Started with Keras and OpenCV for Computer Vision</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#andrew-ferlitsch"><em>Sunday, 4/28 @ 12:30pm</em></a></h5>
<p>In this 4hr workshop, led by Andrew Ferlitsch, you will learn how to use Keras (and openCV) from Python, for Computer Vision. This is an in-depth hands-on exercise intended for software engineers that are interested in expanding their skills to include machine learning.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Oz du Soleil</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/OzExcel">@OzExcel, Microsoft Excel MVP</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#oz-du-soleil"><em>Rattlers</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#oz-du-soleil"><em>Sunday, 4/28 @ 8:00pm</em></a></h5>
<p>Oz du Soleil will share a deeply personal narrative describing his path from rebelious teen to one of a handful of Excel MVPs world-wide.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Wendy Bukoski</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://katu.com/features/everyday-heroes/everyday-heroes-wendy-bukoski">Everyday Heroes, FISH Vancouver</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#wendy-bukoski"><em>Data Collection On the Streets</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#wendy-bukoski"><em>Sunday, 4/28 @ 8:30pm</em></a></h5>
<p>Wendy Bukoski will discuss the challenges of data collection on the streets, and her experience conducting our regional Point-In-Time Survey of the homeless population this year.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Dr. Melissa Santos</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/ansate">@ansate, Pingboard</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#dr-melissa-santos"><em>YOU Can Predict the Future</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#dr-melissa-santos"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 9:00am</em></a></h5>
<p>Let’s get started with forecasting! We’ll look at simple linear trends, polynomial fits, ARIMA models, and using Facebook’s Prophet library. The goal is to introduce you to forecasting and help you try modeling the future. We will also look at goodness-of-fit measures so we can compare our models.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Wale Akinfaderin</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/WaleAkinfaderin">@WaleAkinfaderin</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#wale-akinfaderin"><em>The Creative Art of Engineering Bespoke Features</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#wale-akinfaderin"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 9:45am</em></a></h5>
<p>Feature engineering is rudimentary to applying machine learning models to raw and messy data. From multiple imputations for missing data to filtering in feature selection for issues like information redundancy, crafting bespoke features can be used to understand the underlying patterns in a dataset, facilitate the machine learning processing pipeline and improve model evaluation metrics.</p>
<p>In this talk, we will explore feature extraction and representation techniques for numeric, categorical and spatio-temporal features. We’ll also highlight other advance feature engineering methods like non-linear encoding for linear algorithms, topological filters, data leakage and best practices.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Sachi Parikh</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://medium.com/@parikhsachi">@parikhsachi, Student</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#sachi-parikh"><em>My Journey Learning ML and AI through Self Study as a High School Student</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#sachi-parikh"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 10:45am</em></a></h5>
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<p class="title is-4">Tyrone Poole</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/oneapporegon">@oneapporegon, OneApp</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#tyrone-poole"><em>Creating Access to Housing in America</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#tyrone-poole"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 11:30am</em></a></h5>
<p>Inventor of OneApp, Tyrone Poole will tell the story of his personal journey from houseless disabled former fireman to tech CEO, and the mission that drives him; creating access to housing for everyone in America.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Erika Pelaez</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/midoridancer">@midoridancer, Data Scientist</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#erika-pelaez"><em>Building a Machine Learning Classifier to Listen to Killer Whales</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#erika-pelaez"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 1:45pm</em></a></h5>
<p>Did you know that Machine Learning can help protect killer whales?</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/orcasound">Orcasound</a> is a magnificent open source project for people to connect to their neighbor killer whales of the pacific northwest. They provide a platform that continuously broadcasts the underwater sounds from the Puget Sound area to anyone willing to listen. Come to my talk and I’ll show you how we’re applying Machine Learning with the Scikit-learn Python library against web scraped audio to build models that can be used for signal collection and classification.</p>
<p>Avid users spend time listening to mostly noise or ships but frankly the majority is there just to hear the orca sounds. The present talk will narrate the process we are following to automatically detect and classify orca vs non orca (false killer whale and humpback whale) sounds.</p>
<p>The first challenge faced with this project was getting labeled data as the raw transmissions are unlabeled so my first approach was to build a dataset from scratch by web scraping audio from the internet using Beautiful soup then I used a bash script for making sure all the files had a maximum duration of 5s as this is the duration of the files that orcasound saves. The feature extraction of the audio files was handled with the librosa library from Python. I finally built a Random Forest Classifier with the scikit-learn Python library that was able to reach an accuracy of 99 +/-2% with a 10 fold cross validation. The next steps will be to have the model accessible through an API and send the collected signals to it for classification, after a signal is detected a notification could be send to the users so they don’t have to listen to all the noise.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Dr. Catherine Nelson</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/DrCatNelson">@DrCatNelson, Concur Labs</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#dr-catherine-nelson"><em>Practical Privacy in Machine Learning Systems</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#dr-catherine-nelson"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 2:30pm</em></a></h5>
<p>Data privacy is a huge topic right now for any business using personal data. People are questioning whether they should allow companies to collect data about them, and they are asking about what happens to that data after they hand it over. Machine learning systems often depend on data collected from their users to make accurate predictions. But can we build cool products powered by machine learning while still providing privacy for our users?</p>
<p>To start with, privacy is not a binary choice. There are many options available to developers for adding privacy to ML. In this talk, I’ll discuss some practical options, from simple methods to differential privacy, and show some examples of how we can incorporate these into real products. I’ll show how we’ve built a Data Washing Machine that allows us to provide nuanced levels of privacy via a simple API. I’ll also explore the tradeoff between user privacy and model accuracy, and show how we can still make accurate predictions with our models even when privacy is increased.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Amy Hodler</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/amyhodler">@amyhodler, Neo4j</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#amy-hodler"><em>Improving ML Predictions with Connected Feature Extraction</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#amy-hodler"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 3:30pm</em></a></h5>
<p>One of the most practical ways to improve our machine learning predictions right away is by using graphs for connected features. You’ll learn how graph algorithms can provide more predictive features as well as aid in feature selection to reduce overfitting.</p>
<p>In this session, you’ll hear about a link prediction example for collaboration with tips on training and evaluating a model using Neo4j and Spark. We’ll compare several models and show measurable improvements in accuracy, precision, and recall by folding in graph-based features.</p>
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<p class="title is-4">Aeva van der Veen</p>
<p class="subtitle is-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/aevavoom">@aevavoom, OSS Advocate</a></p>
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<h3><a href="schedule.html#aeva-van-der-veen"><em>Gaming Rigs and ML Pipelines: How to Get Started with the Tools You Already Have</em></a></h3>
<h5><a href="schedule.html#aeva-van-der-veen"><em>Monday, 4/29 @ 4:00pm</em></a></h5>
<p>If you think that only big tech companies or PhD scientists can use ML & AI, I'd like to show you that an individual open-source enthusiast can build and train a model on commodity hardware using Open Data - and then scale that up on a public cloud.</p>