Next week I head across the state to attend ConFusion 2019. This year I will be participating in three panels, all on Saturday, January 19. Here they are:

• AI for Better or Worse – There’s no doubt that Artificial Intelligence will play some part in our future, but is it good, bad, or both? Panelists will discuss the future of AI, some of its uses, and some of its dangers.
  • Time: Saturday, 19 January, 2019 – 13:00
  • Room: Warren
  • Panelists: Anthony W. Eichenlaub (M), John Winkelman, Derek Kunsken
• Let’s Talk Season 2: Computer Science! – A lighthearted talk on a hard science topics with smart and funny people. Let’s Talk: Computer Science will chuckle through the collapse of society as we know it. Come hear how silicon makes better decisions than carbon, protons as data, why you don’t need to be Slytherin to study Python, and what we are going to do with the leisure time we will have in 2025.
  • Time: Saturday, January 19, 2019 – 16:00
  • Room: Warren
  • Panelists: Daniel Dugan (M), John Winkelman, Anthony W. Eichenlaub
• If you liked that, try this! – Our well-read panel will give you personalized book recommendations based on things you’ve read and loved.
  • Time: Saturday, January 19, 2019 – 18:00
  • Room: Dearborn
  • Panelists: Merrie Haskell (M), John Winkelman, Andrea Johnson, Karen Osborne, Sarah Hans

Between now and then I am spending my free moments gathering books I hope to have signed by other attendees, and getting everything around home squared away so I can focus on enjoying the experience. Hopefully one year I will be able to sign books of my own.