Tuesday
Putting the D&D in TDD
Presented by: George Walters II, Guy Royse
Time: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMAre you tired of TDD workshops that make you do boring things like calculating bowling scores and prime factors or demonstrate how to win the game of life? If so, this is the session for you! In this TDD workshop, we will be building the domain model for EverCraft -- a new MMORPG from Blizzards of...
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: Software QualityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewArts & Crafts with AWS Glue Workshop
Presented by: Lydia White, James Zhang
Time: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMConstructing and administering a big data scale Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) and Business Intelligence (BI) pipeline can be expensive and complicated. Fortunately, Amazon Web Services (AWS) simplifies this with Glue and QuickSight services. Glue, a fully managed, serverless and cloud-optimized...
Room: Salon HTrack: DataFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: Human 3D Printer: a social STEM learning experiment
Time: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMAfter a brief overview where we explain what the teams will do, we will be dividing into 3 teams. A CAD team, a SLICER team, and a 3D printer team. The teams will try to manually replicate with the team each piece of the 3D object development and replication process! The CAD team will model the...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Tuesday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Tuesday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodFrom idea to physical series: A basic overview of the world of CAD and 3D printing
Time: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis session will talk about the exciting world of 3D printing with a bit of the history of the technology. We will look at the lab’s printers as well as models made on them. We’ll then cover choosing a CAD app and will briefly cover using curated 3D printer object libraries and different CAD...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical: A demo of how to make CAD models in Rhino3d
Time: Tuesday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThis lab is intended to be a fast-paced technology walk-through of the process of creating a 3D printed object. We will focus in on the process of using CAD to create our model with a NURBS modeler called Rhino3D and will walk through the UI and how Rhino uses basic curves and shapes to create more...
Room: Guava / TamarindMay the Turtle be With You
Presented by: Adrienne Tacke
Time: Tuesday 2:30 PM - 3:30 PMDid you know you can draw and create simple games with Python's built-in Turtle module? No? Well you're in luck! In this session, I'll introduce you to the Turtle module and all the cool things you can do with it! We'll: - Create drawings with Python code - Make a new Turtle friend - Develop and...
Room: AcaciaTrack: KidzMashFormat: KidzMash SessionzLevel: IntermediateFrom idea to physical series: Additional Castle project walk-through Rhino project
Time: Tuesday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCan’t get enough model building? Want to make something more advanced than your basic cups/keychains/challenge coins? We’ve noticed we have some repeat students each year on our kids track that just love to build models, and we’ve also run several years of our introductory track for adults. We...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Time: Tuesday 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM1h 44m: PG
Room: AcaciaWednesday
KidzMash: Human 3D Printer: a social STEM learning experiment
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMAfter a brief overview where we explain what the teams will do, we will be dividing into 3 teams. A CAD team, a SLICER team, and a 3D printer team. The teams will try to manually replicate with the team each piece of the 3D object development and replication process! The CAD team will model the...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Wednesday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Wednesday 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodEnsure Your Users Experience - A Trip Around User Validation Tools
Presented by: Rick Clymer, Aaron Glass
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMIn today’s fast feedback world, getting our product in front of users often is incredibly important. But how do we know our product is ready to go in front of our users. Sure, we have 1,000’s of unit and integration tests on each of our microservices, but what happens when we put them all...
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: Software QualityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateHelp Cure the #1 Leading Cause of Death in America
Presented by: Luther Hill
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe number one leading cause of death in America is Cardiovascular Disease. Doctors often spend years researching cures for this disease without any results. In this highly interactive 4-hour tutorial attendees will build an image recognition model and then use it to build and deploy a web app to...
Room: Salon HTrack: DataFormat: PreCompilerLevel: AdvancedAnalysis and Defense of Automotive Networks
Presented by: Samuel Hollifield
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMNote: This precompiler will require an additional ticket purchase in order to retain the Arduino hardware featured in the presentation. Modern vehicles are critically vulnerable. They rely on many electronic computers and sensors which communicate by broadcasting critical information over many...
Room: MangroveTrack: HardwareFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewFrom idea to physical series: A basic overview of the world of CAD and 3D printing
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis session will talk about the exciting world of 3D printing with a bit of the history of the technology. We will look at the lab’s printers as well as models made on them. We’ll then cover choosing a CAD app and will briefly cover using curated 3D printer object libraries and different CAD...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical: A demo of how to make CAD models in Rhino3d
Time: Wednesday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThis lab is intended to be a fast-paced technology walk-through of the process of creating a 3D printed object. We will focus in on the process of using CAD to create our model with a NURBS modeler called Rhino3D and will walk through the UI and how Rhino uses basic curves and shapes to create more...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical series: Additional Castle project walk-through Rhino project
Time: Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCan’t get enough model building? Want to make something more advanced than your basic cups/keychains/challenge coins? We’ve noticed we have some repeat students each year on our kids track that just love to build models, and we’ve also run several years of our introductory track for adults. We...
Room: Guava / Tamarind“How would you print that?” interactive panel
Time: Wednesday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PMWe have a wealth of different perspectives reflected with our 3D printing room staff- including tinkering hobbyists, hardcore makers, and even that of using multiple printer types repeatably in a small business setting. We thought it would be fun to share these various perspectives on how we...
Room: Guava / TamarindLightning Talks
Time: Wednesday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMThese are a series of (usually) really interesting talks, all of which are only 6 minutes each!
Room: Suite 1 / Suite 6Welcome Reception
Time: Wednesday 8:00 PM - 10:30 PMThe Welcome Reception is in and around Marrakesh (the bar/restaurant area in the Convention Center). It will sprawl into the hallway as well
Room: Grand HallThursday
Python, the world beyond scripting
Presented by: Charles Yost
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMPython is a wonderful language for writing simple scripts. But have you ever wondered how to go to the next level? What does it take to create a library, a desktop application, or a web application in Python? How does documentation, testing, packaging, and deployment work? What are all these crazy...
Room: Indigo BayTrack: Programming PrinciplesFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewMaking Faces: Image Reduction and Recognition
Presented by: Steve Crow
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMA 350px by 300px image contains 105,000 individual pixels. Comparing each pixel to tell whether or not two images are the same is not efficient. What if we could reduce the number of features, while still maintaining patterns and trends? What if we could perform this recognition by only comparing 25...
Room: Salon DTrack: DataFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: Human 3D Printer: a social STEM learning experiment
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMAfter a brief overview where we explain what the teams will do, we will be dividing into 3 teams. A CAD team, a SLICER team, and a 3D printer team. The teams will try to manually replicate with the team each piece of the 3D object development and replication process! The CAD team will model the...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindKM: Alexa Scavenger Hunt
Time: Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 AMReady for a digital adventure? There is an Alexa Scavenger Hunt throughout the Kalahari that you can play using your phone or tablet, and your voice! The hunt starts at the giant bronze gorilla (at the entrance to the convention center). You can do it entirely at your own pace or schedule, and there...
Room: Giant Bronze GorillaIntro to Machine Learning on the cheap and without a PhD in math: Overview
Presented by: Jim Wilson
Time: Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:15 AMMachine learning has traditionally required a command of advanced mathematics, years of university training, and expensive hardware to implement. Now with better open source tools and online resources it’s easier than ever to create your own robust neural networks. Be it image recognition,...
Room: CypressTrack: Programming PrinciplesFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKM: Sponsor Scavenger Hunt
Time: Thursday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PMPick up a Scavenger Hunt Sheet In Hangoutz / Crown Palm and walk through the sponsor booths to find the answers. Remember this is not a race! Once completed return to check your answers. All of the answers are names of Sponsors. All of the Answer Sponsors who participated volunteered to be a part of...
Room: HangoutzIntro to Hacking with the Raspberry Pi
Presented by: Sarah Withee
Time: Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMYou've heard lots of hype about the Raspberry Pi, the credit-card sized computer available for under $40. This (updated) talk will introduce some of the Pi's features, explore some sample projects you can create, and show you how to write code to control hardware through it's IO pins. After this...
Room: Salon ATrack: HardwareFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewImpress Your Boss with Interactive Visualizations
Presented by: Tim Garvin
Time: Thursday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PMWe all have little troves of data lying around, begging to be analyzed. In this session, we’ll talk about how to visualize your data to tell the story you want. Whether you’re trying to decide what support ticket to work on next, convincing your team it’s safe to let you rewrite a module, or...
Room: Salon DTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Thursday 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodFrom idea to physical series: A basic overview of the world of CAD and 3D printing
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis session will talk about the exciting world of 3D printing with a bit of the history of the technology. We will look at the lab’s printers as well as models made on them. We’ll then cover choosing a CAD app and will briefly cover using curated 3D printer object libraries and different CAD...
Room: Guava / TamarindUsing Python to Develop a Discord Bot
Presented by: Raphael Gotfryd
Time: Thursday 1:30 PM - 3:25 PMDiscord is the best way to communicate with your gamer friends. But what if I told you that you could create games with it? Well, you can in the form of a Discord bot. In this session we will go over many details about the Discord bot, and have a code along where you can make your own bot game for...
Room: IronwoodTrack: KidzMashFormat: KidzMash DivezLevel: IntermediateFrom idea to physical: A demo of how to make CAD models in Rhino3d
Time: Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThis lab is intended to be a fast-paced technology walk-through of the process of creating a 3D printed object. We will focus in on the process of using CAD to create our model with a NURBS modeler called Rhino3D and will walk through the UI and how Rhino uses basic curves and shapes to create more...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical series: Additional Castle project walk-through Rhino project.
Time: Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCan’t get enough model building? Want to make something more advanced than your basic cups/keychains/challenge coins? We’ve noticed we have some repeat students each year on our kids track that just love to build models, and we’ve also run several years of our introductory track for adults. We...
Room: Guava / Tamarind“How would you print that?” interactive panel
Time: Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PMWe have a wealth of different perspectives reflected with our 3D printing room staff- including tinkering hobbyists, hardcore makers, and even that of using multiple printer types repeatably in a small business setting. We thought it would be fun to share these various perspectives on how we...
Room: Guava / TamarindSuper Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament
Time: Thursday 7:00 PM - 11:00 PMA tournament... where folks play Super Smash Bros
Room: IronwoodDessert Bar, Karaoke, and Photo Booth
Time: Thursday 8:00 PM - 11:00 PMDessert Bar is only until 9PM
Room: Grand HallWaterpark Party
Time: Thursday 10:00 PM - 1:00 AMIf you still have energy, come on down to the Waterpark Party! Swimming is optional. Having fun is mandatory. Sherwin-Williams is hosting a Waterpark Cabana, located near the wave pool! Late night snacks and drinks will be available while they last. Come by and grab a slice or two and meet some new...
Room: WaterparkFriday
KM: Alexa Scavenger Hunt
Time: Friday 7:00 AM - 1:00 PMReady for a digital adventure? There is an Alexa Scavenger Hunt throughout the Kalahari that you can play using your phone or tablet, and your voice! The hunt starts at the giant bronze gorilla (at the entrance to the convention center). You can do it entirely at your own pace or schedule, and there...
Room: Giant Bronze GorillaSpeed, security and simplicity: Creating Container Images with Cloud Native Buildpacks
Presented by: Daniel Mikusa
Time: Friday 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMBuildpacks are a pluggable, modular, language-agnostic tool that takes application source code and in turn give you an OCI (Open Container Initiative) image which you can run using Docker, Kubernetes or your OCI Runtime of choice. Developers: You no longer need to worry about tedious tasks like...
Room: Salon HTrack: DevOpsFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewWell.. that's ONNX-pected
Presented by: Ron Dagdag
Time: Friday 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMThe world of machine learning frameworks is complex. What if we can use the lightest framework for inferencing on edge devices? That’s the idea behind ONNX format. Attend this session and find out how to train models using the framework of your choice, save or convert models into ONNX, and deploy...
Room: RosewoodTrack: DataFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Friday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / Tamarind[KidzMash] Build a Binary Clock with a Raspberry Pi Zero Workshop
Presented by: Christopher Judd
Time: Friday 9:30 AM - 11:25 AMHave you ever wanted to be the geekiest kid around? This session will earn you the crown. In this session, you build a clock that likely only you can read because it will display the time in binary (1s and 0s or on and off). You will learn how to control LEDs using a Raspberry Pi Zero. Along the way...
Room: IronwoodTrack: KidzMashFormat: KidzMash DivezLevel: AdvancedKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Friday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodKidzMash: Mad Science
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMIt is always sad to come to the end. To ease our parting Mad Science is coming to the close and bringing Fire and Ice! One last scientific exploration into matter and pressure before we send you home until 2021
Room: Suite 1 / Suite 6