Carin Meier | 11:45 – 01:00

Abstract

We will take a journey that begins with a child’s dream of having a “real” robot friend. Along the way, we will discover the blessings of a functional language, the power of the Clojure language, the thrill of flying with a REPL, and maybe even gems of wisdom long lost under the snow of the AI Winter.

Speaker

Carin started off as a professional ballet dancer, studied Physics in college, and has been developing software for both the enterprise and entrepreneur ever since. She has a thing for Clojure and can be usually found with a cup of tea in her hand, hacking on her Roomba and AR Parrot Drone.

She builds software with the awesome folks at Neo in Cincinnati, where she also helps organize the Cincinnati Functional Programmers and Clojure Code and Coffee user groups.