Conference Program

Time	Event	Location
8:30 - 9:00 am	Registration and Breakfast	Ford Hall Atrium
9 - 9:15 am	Welcome Kelly Shaw, MAGICC Organizing Committee Chair	Ford Hall 240
9:15 - 10:15 am	Keynote Valerie Barr, Ph.D. Title:We shouldn't be surprised that there's “bad tech”	Ford Hall 240
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break	Ford Hall Atrium
10:30 - 11:20 am	Session 1 - Undergraduate Short Talks Theme: Algorithms, Data, and Machine Learning	Ford Hall 240
11:20 - 12:30 pm	Session 2 - Undergraduate Short Talks Theme: Inclusion in Computing	Ford Hall 240
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	Pick up in Ford Hall Atrium
1:30 - 2:30 pm	Session 3 - Undergraduate Short Talks Theme: Application-Driven Research	Ford Hall 240
2:30 - 3:30 pm	Plenary panel Title: Diverse Paths through Computer Science	Ford Hall 240
3:30 - 4:30 pm	Mentoring / resume workshop Please bring a hardcopy of your resume to the workshop. You can also upload your resume here to be shared with our industry partners after the event.	Ford Hall
4:30 - 6 pm	Poster session and Networking reception	Ford Hall Atrium

Detailed Program

Keynote Speaker: Valerie Barr, Ph.D.

Title: We shouldn't be surprised that there's “bad tech”

Abstract: The story of the computing industry, particularly Silicon Valley, usually focuses on the brilliant whiz-kid in a garage who came up with something new and cool, found a few people to back it, and used it to make life better for everyone Let's look behind that story at the uglier reality of parts of the development of our field, the impact of some of the "don't be evil" businesses, and choices that face people entering computing today.

Bio: Valerie Barr is the Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Prof. of Computer Science at Bard College and director of the Bard Network Computing Initiative. The road there included 2 stints in graduate school (NYU, Rutgers), time in industry (automated blood analyzers and automated storage and retrieval machines), and multiple academic positions (Hofstra Univ., Union College, Mount Holyoke College). She's always been interested in interdisciplinary applications of computing because they are fun and you get to work with cool folks from other fields. Since 2004 she has been working on curricular development with a goal of changing the demographics of and increasing enrollments in computer science, as well as making sure people in non-CS fields can use computing well. In addition to other projects related to student exposure to and retention in computer science and data science, Valerie is co-PI of the Alliance for Identity Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE), focused on TA training and degree attainment. Her antidote to work is bike riding and restarting viola lessons after a long time away.

Panel: Diverse Paths through Computer Science

Panelists:
* Valerie Barr, Professor, Bard College
* Fran Berman, Professor, UMass Amherst
* Johanna Brewer, Assistant Professor, Smith College
* Neal Crago, Senior Research Scientist, Nvidia

Undergraduate Short Talks

Session 1: Algorithms, Data, and Machine Learning

Session Chair: Jordan Crouser

The Problem Solving Benefits of Down-Sampling Vary by Selection Scheme
Ryan Boldi, Ashley Bao, Martin Briesch, Thomas Helmuth, Dominik Sobania, Lee Spector and Alexander Lalejini

VPN Validator: A geolocation checker
Ramsha Rauf, Sophia Dai and Shinyoung Cho

An Automated Framework to Measure Mobile Web Page Load Times
Yuxin Gao, Shinyoung Cho and Arani Bhattacharya

Statistically-Sound Knowledge Discovery from Data
Maryam Abuissa and Matteo Riondato

Session 2: Inclusion in Computing

Session Chair: Lakshmi Muthukumarasamy

Social Interaction and Self-Expression in MMORPGs
Asher Uman

Feeling Lonely while Live Streaming? Exploring the Intersection of Loneliness and Community Building on Twitch
Rhys Zyraxes Vulpe and Meredith Diamond

Data Against Feminicide: Active Learning for Participatory Data Annotation
Niki Karanikola

Accessible Mapping
Sam Hodges

Generating Queer Digital and Physical Space - Black and Latine Gender Non-Conforming Streamers
Brenda Gutierrez

Digital Rights and Youth: The Future of Online Moderation in a Techno-Solutionist Society
Helen Glover

Session 3: Application-Driven Research

Session Chair: Kristy Gardner

MA: Recommendations for Environmentally-Just Data Centers
Mira Plante

Enhancing the Mead Art Museum Metadata: A Study of Using Google Cloud Vision API for Tagging Artwork
Reihaneh Iranmanesh, Adam Rogers and Lee Spector

Avy Savvy Skiing
Hadassah Lurbur

Is It Pop?: Music Genre Classification
Kevin Dai, Ris Paulino and Scott Alfeld

Generating crystal models
Wantong Wu, Emma Civello and Julia Ting

Poster Session

Local Rational Formulae for Computing Topological Invariants
Mattie Ji and Cassie Ding

Let’s Tackle Hate, One Target Group at a Time
Anshita Gupta and Shrayani Mondal

Password Guessability with Neural Networks
Dan Nguyen, Khang Luu, Mai Do, Aditri Thakur and Kristi Rahman

Developing a segmentation layer for machine learning algorithm of vortex detection in Bose-Einstein condensates
Madina Urazova, Sophie Koh and David Hall

AppDanger: Aggregating Dangerous Smartphone Apps using Online Reviews
Spurthi Tallam, Manan Talwar and Virginia Partridge

A Surface Level Analysis on Password Storage in Select Popular Browsers and Password Managers
Maryna Ilyanok and Sarah Meaney

Communicating Intelligence to Decision-Makers: Observations on the Use of Text and Charts in Reports
Esa Schenck, Yutong Zhang, Greta Anesko, Melanie Bancilhon, Alvitta Ottley and R. Jordan Crouser

The Problem Solving Benefits of Down-Sampling Vary by Selection Scheme
Ryan Boldi, Ashley Bao, Martin Briesch, Thomas Helmuth, Dominik Sobania, Lee Spector and Alexander Lalejini

Is It Pop?: Music Genre Classification
Kevin Dai, Ris Paulino and Scott Alfeld

Feeling Lonely while Live Streaming? Exploring the Intersection of Loneliness and Community Building on Twitch
Rhys Zyraxes Vulpe and Meredith Diamond

Enhancing the Mead Art Museum Metadata: A Study of Using Google Cloud Vision API for Tagging Artwork
Reihaneh Iranmanesh, Adam Rogers and Lee Spector

Avy Savvy Skiing
Hadassah Lurbur

Digital Rights and Youth: The Future of Online Moderation in a Techno-Solutionist Society
Helen Glover