{"id":635,"date":"2023-02-21T11:16:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/?page_id=635"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:11:38","slug":"2022-edition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/previous-editions\/2022-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        <style>\n            .highlight{ padding: 20px; padding-bottom: 12px; margin: 15px 0; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px;}\n            .highlight.white {\n                background-color: #fbfbfb;\n                border: 1px solid #c1c1c1;\n            }\n            .highlight.blue{ background: #ADD2FF; background:rgba(173, 210, 255, 0.33);  }\n            .highlight.red{ background: #ff7979; }\n            .highlight.orange{ background: #F7A95C; }\n            .highlight.green{ background: #D3F5D6; }\n            .highlight.purple{ background: #CF9BFA; 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text-align: center;\"><strong>Montreal&#8217;s FREE 1-day Software Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><del><strong>Friday, January 14, 2022<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>For students &amp; developers &#8211; <\/strong><strong>ALL ONLINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative; padding:40px 30px 25px 30px;\" class=\"highlight red \"><span style=\"border-bottom-right-radius:10px; text-transform:uppercase; position:absolute; padding:5px 20px; padding-left:5px; background:#888; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.43); font-size:12px; color:#fff; left:0; top:0;\"><i class=\"fa fa-exclamation-circle\"><\/i> Alert<\/span>\n<p>We regret to inform you that the 2022 edition of DawsCon has been <strong>CANCELED<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>DAWS<\/strong>CON at Dawson College | <del>January 14, 2022<\/del><\/h3>\n<p>Dawson College will again be hosting its free one-day software conference in Montreal. This conference is bringing speakers from around the world to speak to students and developers on a wide range of topics concerning software development. You chose to be a programmer and one of the commitments this entails is to lifelong learning. DawsCon is the ideal place to start or continue!<\/p>\n<p>The event is free to attend and targeted at students, professional software developers and anyone with a general curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Conference Schedule (tentative)<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>8:00-8:45<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"496\">Registration &amp; Networking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>8:45-9:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"496\">Welcome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>9:00-10:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"496\">Keynote: Hugo Larochelle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>10:15-11:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Session A1: Bessam Abdulrazak<\/td>\n<td width=\"240\">Session A2: Myriam Jessier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>11:15-12:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Session B1: Marie-Philippe Gill<\/td>\n<td width=\"240\">Session B2: Ken Fogel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>12:00-13:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"496\">LUNCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>13:00-14:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Session C1: Student Lightning Talks<\/td>\n<td width=\"240\">C2: Workshop \u2013 Korbit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>14:15-15:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Session D1: Froduald Kabanza<\/td>\n<td width=\"240\">Session D2: Evan Falcone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>15:15-16:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Session E1: Mark C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/td>\n<td width=\"240\">Session E2: Justin Li<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>16:15-16:45<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Session F1: Nithum Thain<\/td>\n<td width=\"240\">Session F2: Karina Astudillo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>17:00-17:30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" 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His research interests include ubiquitous and&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"bessam-abdulrazak\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-1-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-1-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1859\" height=\"2313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bessam Abdulrazak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak.jpg 1859w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak-514x640.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak-772x960.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak-1235x1536.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Bessam-Abdulrazak-1646x2048.jpg 1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1859px) 100vw, 1859px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-1-title\">Bessam Abdulrazak<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Professor at the University of Sherbrooke<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-1-desc\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW76360455 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76360455 BCX0\">Bessam is a professor of computer science at the Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke and the director of the AMI-Lab (an interdisciplinary laboratory on ambient intelligence for active aging). He is also an active researcher at the Research center on Aging (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW76360455 BCX0\">CdRV<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76360455 BCX0\">) and at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation (3IT). His research interests include ubiquitous and pervasive computing, Ambient Intelligence, Smart Environments, Assistive Living Technologies, context-awareness and software engineering. He has over 180 peer-reviewed publications, served as general chair for a number of conferences and workshops, serves on the editorial board of numerous international journals, as well as program committee of several conferences related to his research interests. You can learn more about him and AMI-Lab at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW76360455 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/ami.usherbrooke.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW76360455 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76360455 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">https:\/\/ami.usherbrooke.ca<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"2\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-389\" class=\"post-389 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-senior-research-engineer-at-google dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/dr-nithum-thain\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nithum Thain\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Dr. Nithum Thain<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Senior Research Engineer at Google<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr.\u00a0Nithum\u00a0Thain is a Senior Research Engineer for Google. Dr Thain holds numerous degrees in Mathematics from Queen\u2019s University (BSc) and McGill (MSc, PhD), along with an MBA from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University, where he worked on cutting-edge algorithms to quickly classify tuberculosis strains using minimal&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"dr-nithum-thain\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-2-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-2-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1708\" height=\"1958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nithum Thain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163-558x640.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163-837x960.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163-768x880.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/thain_002-scaled-e1636045608163-1340x1536.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-2-title\">Dr. Nithum Thain<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Senior Research Engineer at Google<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-2-desc\"><p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68924377 BCX0\">Dr.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW68924377 BCX0\">Nithum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68924377 BCX0\">\u00a0Thain is a Senior Research Engineer for Google. Dr Thain holds numerous degrees in Mathematics from Queen\u2019s University (BSc) and McGill (MSc, PhD), along with an MBA from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University, where he worked on cutting-edge algorithms to quickly classify tuberculosis strains using minimal genetic data. He subsequently joined\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68924377 BCX0\">Jigsaw<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68924377 BCX0\">\u00a0a unit within Google that explores threats to open\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68924377 BCX0\">societies, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68924377 BCX0\">\u00a0builds technology that inspires scalable solutions. There, he did research on using natural language processing techniques in machine learning to help tackle online abuse. At Google Brain, he has worked on issues of AI Responsibility and Fairness. He has also taught Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning at the UC Berkeley School of Information and has advised numerous start-up companies on machine learning and data science approaches to assist with business decision-making and analytics. Thain is a frequent contributor to the field of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Game Theory, authoring numerous articles, including proceedings in the International Conference on World Wide Web and the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"3\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-419\" class=\"post-419 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-data-scientist dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/themes\/dawson-college\/images\/D-300x300.png\" alt=\"no profile picture\" \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Evan Falcone<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Data Scientist<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"evan-falcone\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-3-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-3-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/themes\/dawson-college\/images\/D-300x300.png\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-3-title\">Evan Falcone<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Data Scientist<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-3-desc\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"4\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-422\" class=\"post-422 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-chief-technical-advisor-at-menya dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/froduald-kabanza\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Frodo\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Froduald Kabanza<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Chief Technical Advisor at Menya<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Froduald\u00a0Kabanza\u00a0is Chief Technical Advisor at Menya. In 2006, he founded Menya, an AI Service company, which would later become Levio&#8217;s AI division in 2019 and would keep growing. He is also Full Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. He has contributed to many AI technologies in several sectors. With Professor Louis Valiquette from the University&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"froduald-kabanza\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-4-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-4-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Frodo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-1200x797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Frodo-2048x1361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-4-title\">Froduald Kabanza<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Chief Technical Advisor at Menya<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-4-desc\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW884838 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW884838 BCX0\">Froduald<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW884838 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW884838 BCX0\">Kabanza<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW884838 BCX0\">\u00a0is Chief Technical Advisor at Menya. In 2006, he founded Menya, an AI Service company, which would later become Levio's AI division in 2019 and would keep growing. He is also Full Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. He has contributed to many AI technologies in several sectors. With Professor Louis Valiquette from the University of Sherbrooke and their students, he developed a technology for optimizing the prescription of antibiotics. The University of Sherbrooke transferred the technology to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW884838 BCX0\">Lumed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW884838 BCX0\"> Inc., which now commercializes it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"5\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-420\" class=\"post-420 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-montreal-team-lead-at-google-brain dcon_member_year-21 dcon_member_year-40\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/hugo-larochelle\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Hugo_Larochelle-e1636725269543-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hugo_Larochelle\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Hugo Larochelle<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Montreal Team Lead at Google Brain<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hugo Larochelle is a Research Scientist at Google Brain and lead of the Montreal Google Brain team. He is also a member of Yoshua Bengio&#8217;s Mila and an Adjunct Professor at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. Larochelle also co-founded Whetlab, which was acquired in 2015&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"hugo-larochelle\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-5-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-5-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Hugo_Larochelle-e1636725269543.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hugo_Larochelle\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-5-title\">Hugo Larochelle<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Montreal Team Lead at Google Brain<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-5-desc\"><p>Hugo Larochelle is a Research Scientist at Google Brain and lead of the Montreal Google Brain team. He is also a member of Yoshua Bengio's Mila and an Adjunct Professor at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. Larochelle also co-founded Whetlab, which was acquired in 2015 by Twitter, where he then worked as a Research Scientist in the Twitter Cortex group. From 2009 to 2011, he was also a member of the machine learning group at the University of Toronto, as a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Geoffrey Hinton. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, under the supervision of Yoshua Bengio. Finally, he has a popular online course on deep learning and neural networks, freely accessible on YouTube.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"6\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-417\" class=\"post-417 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-co-founder-ceo-cto-at-korbit-technologies dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/iulian-serban\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/I_Serban.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iulian Serban\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Iulian Serban<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Co-founder &amp; CEO \/ CTO at Korbit Technologies<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"iulian-serban\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-6-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-6-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/I_Serban.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iulian Serban\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-6-title\">Iulian Serban<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Co-founder &amp; CEO \/ CTO at Korbit Technologies<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-6-desc\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"7\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-444\" class=\"post-444 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-organizer dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-project-lead-at-dawsonai-professor-of-physics-at-dawson-college dcon_member_year-21 dcon_member_year-40\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/joel-trudeau\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joel Trudeau\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Joel Trudeau<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Project Lead at DawsonAI; Professor of Physics at Dawson College<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since 2004, Joel has taught in the Physics Department. In 2007 he founded SPACE (Sciences Participating with Arts and Culture in Education), an initiative that seeks to expand academic discussion and collaboration across and within disciplines at Dawson College and beyond. He is also project lead of the DawsonAI initiative. Joel&#8217;s work in education lies&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"joel-trudeau\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-7-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-7-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1829\" height=\"1760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joel Trudeau\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau.jpg 1829w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau-665x640.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau-998x960.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Joel-Trudeau-1536x1478.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1829px) 100vw, 1829px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-7-title\">Joel Trudeau<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Project Lead at DawsonAI; Professor of Physics at Dawson College<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-7-desc\"><p>Since 2004, Joel has taught in the Physics Department. In 2007 he founded SPACE (Sciences Participating with Arts and Culture in Education), an initiative that seeks to expand academic discussion and collaboration across and within disciplines at Dawson College and beyond. He is also project lead of the DawsonAI initiative. Joel's work in education lies in the domain where sciences, arts and technology overlap.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Joel has been involved with Physics and Science Education research with a special focus on design-based, active and experiential learning. With colleagues at Dawson, he is involved in the enterprise of creating nextgen curriculum that develops the critical hard and soft skills needed for solving the pressing, emerging and potential future problems we all share. Current interests concern innovation: the mindsets, pedagogies, and infrastructure needed for inspiring, mentoring and realizing collaborative creative or technical projects which can find application in academic, entrepreneurial, and\/or social impact contexts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"8\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-376\" class=\"post-376 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-software-engineer-at-frustra-inc dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/justin-li\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Justin-Li-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Justin Li\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Justin-Li-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Justin-Li.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Justin Li<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Software Engineer at Frustra Inc<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"justin-li\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-8-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-8-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Justin-Li.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Justin Li\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Justin-Li.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Justin-Li-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; 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Co-founder at Consulting Systems<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Karina Astudillo B. is IT Security Consultant and co-founder of Consulting Systems, and she is also a professor at the Masters of Applied Information Security, Masters of Information Systems Management and at the Cisco Networking Academy Program. Karina has more than 20 years\u2019 experience in Information Technology, holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Computer Engineering, a&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"karina-astudillo-b\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-9-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-9-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Karina-Astudillo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karina Astudillo\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-9-title\">Karina Astudillo B.<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">IT Security Consultant &amp; Co-founder at Consulting Systems<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-9-desc\"><p>Karina Astudillo B. is IT Security Consultant and co-founder of Consulting Systems, and she is also a professor at the Masters of Applied Information Security, Masters of Information Systems Management and at the Cisco Networking Academy Program. Karina has more than 20 years\u2019 experience in Information Technology, holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Computer Engineering, a Masters Degree in Cibersecurityand an MBA and also has international certifications suchas Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Forensics, Cybersecurity Certified Expert(CSCE), Cisco CyberOps Associate, CCNA Security, CCNA R&amp;SW, CCNA Wireless, Sun Certified Solaris System Administrator (SCSA), Hillstone Certified Security Associate (HCSA), Hillstone Certified Security Professional (HCSP), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Books in English authored by Karina:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astudillo, Karina. (2016). ETHICAL HACKING 101: How to conduct professional pentesting in 21 days or less! CREATESPACE. (The Spanish Edition is an Amazon Books Bestseller; this book is also available in Italian).<\/li>\n<li>Astudillo, Karina. (2017). WIRELESS HACKING 101: How to hack wireless networks easily! CREATESPACE. (The Spanish Edition is an Amazon Books Bestseller).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact Information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email: karina@karinaastudillo.com<\/li>\n<li>Website: http:\/\/www.karinaastudillo.com<\/li>\n<li>Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/KAstudilloB<\/li>\n<li>Facebook: https:\/\/facebook.com\/KAstudilloB<\/li>\n<li>Instagram: https:\/\/instagram.com\/KAstudilloB<\/li>\n<li>Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/KAstudilloB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"10\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-370\" class=\"post-370 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-founder dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-scholar-in-residence-at-dawson-college dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/ken-fogel\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Ken2019Small3-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Ken Fogel\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Ken Fogel<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Scholar in Residence at Dawson College<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ken recently retired from the Computer Science Technology program at Dawson College after 31 years and served as department chair for 25 of those years. Currently he is a Research Scholar in Residence at Dawson. He is a Java Champion and a member of the Java Community Process Executive committee. As a member of the&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"ken-fogel\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-10-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-10-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1557\" height=\"1409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Ken2019Small3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Ken Fogel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Ken2019Small3.jpg 1557w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Ken2019Small3-707x640.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Ken2019Small3-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Ken2019Small3-1061x960.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1557px) 100vw, 1557px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-10-title\">Ken Fogel<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Scholar in Residence at Dawson College<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-10-desc\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW37880817 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37880817 BCX0\">Ken recently retired from the Computer Science Technology program at Dawson College after 31 years and served as department chair for 25 of those years. Currently he is a Research Scholar in Residence at Dawson. He is a Java Champion and a member of the Java Community Process Executive committee. As a member of the JCP he was awarded the JCP Participant of the year for his work in encouraging Java in education. He is also leading the team that organizes the annual Java Champions Conference. 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Her masters research project was about predicting the severity of Parkinson&#8217;s disease with a smartwatch. She is involved in various initiatives to increase diversity in tech. In her free time, she likes to write blog posts on her&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"marie-philippe-gill\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-11-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-11-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Marie-Philippe_Gill.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Marie-Philippe Gill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Marie-Philippe_Gill.jpg 832w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Marie-Philippe_Gill-548x640.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Marie-Philippe_Gill-823x960.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Marie-Philippe_Gill-768x896.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-11-title\">Marie-Philippe Gill<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Research Developer at Croesus<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-11-desc\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW191919898 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191919898 BCX0\">Marie-Philippe has a bachelor's in software engineering, as well as a masters in IT engineering from ETS. Her masters research project was about predicting the severity of Parkinson's disease with a smartwatch. She is involved in various initiatives to increase diversity in tech. In her free time, she likes to write blog posts on her blog Girl Knows Tech or on Instagram, where she has 62 000 followers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"12\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-418\" class=\"post-418 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-senior-manager-of-developer-infrastructure-at-shopify dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/themes\/dawson-college\/images\/D-300x300.png\" alt=\"no profile picture\" \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Mark C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Senior Manager of Developer Infrastructure at Shopify<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"mark-cote\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-12-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-12-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/themes\/dawson-college\/images\/D-300x300.png\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-12-title\">Mark C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Senior Manager of Developer Infrastructure at Shopify<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-12-desc\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"13\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-374\" class=\"post-374 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry dcon_team_role-speaker dcon_member_department-digital-strategist-at-pragm dcon_member_year-21\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/team-members\/myriam-jessier\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"popup-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-400x400.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Myriam Jessier\" \/><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Myriam Jessier<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Digital Strategist at Pragm<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Myriam has helped people as far as Brazil, Ireland and Canada to go through grueling interviews for tech jobs. Over the years, she has made recruiters from Facebook, Google, Amazon and 3 big Canadian banks cry and offer fair compensation to their new hires.\u00a0Shopify\u00a0tried to recruit her unofficially as a recruiter but she prefers her&#8230;<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n                        <div id=\"myriam-jessier\" class=\"popup\" style=\"display: none;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-13-title\" aria-describedby=\"modal-13-desc\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"popup-btn-close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">close<\/span>\n\n                            <div class=\"in_content\">\n\n                                <header class=\"img-pop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Myriam Jessier\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier.png 3456w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-2048x1365.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Myriam-Jessier-1920x1280.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" \/>                                    <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\">\n                                        <button class=\"prev\">Prev<\/button>\n                                        <button class=\"next\">Next<\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n\n                                <div class=\"sd-bio\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"modal-13-title\">Myriam Jessier<\/h2><div class=\"deps-pop\"><span class=\"dep-pop\">Digital Strategist at Pragm<\/span><\/div><div id=\"modal-13-desc\"><p><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW80666173\">Myriam<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW80666173\"> has helped people as far as Brazil, Ireland and Canada to go through grueling interviews for tech jobs. Over the years, she has made recruiters from Facebook, Google, Amazon and 3 big Canadian banks cry and offer fair compensation to their new hires.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW80666173\">Shopify<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW80666173\">\u00a0tried to recruit her unofficially as a recruiter but she prefers her actual career in tech as a search engine expert. Want to save time and limit job hunting anxiety? She's the right person to talk to!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact us at <a  href=\"mailto:daw&#115;&#99;o&#110;&#64;&#100;awsonco&#108;le&#103;&#101;.&#113;c.c&#97;\">d&#97;&#119;&#115;c&#111;&#110;&#64;&#100;aw&#115;onc&#111;&#108;l&#101;&#103;e&#46;q&#99;&#46;&#99;a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESENT Montreal&#8217;s FREE 1-day Software Conference Friday, January 14, 2022 For students &amp; developers &#8211; ALL ONLINE DAWSCON at Dawson College | January 14, 2022 Dawson College will again be hosting its free one-day software conference in Montreal. 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