AI @ MIT – Permeate on Speech-To-Text
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Speakers
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, ProfessorLyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee
https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations
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Joyce Bettencourt / Rhiannon Chatnoir (Poster Booth #17)AvaCon, Inc., Co-FounderJoyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.
In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.
Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.
http://about.me/joycebettencourt
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Michael Bailey / Marcus LlewelynMichael Bailey has been working with technology for the past 24 years. Originally a programmer, he discovered Second Life in 2007, and then became invested in the OpenSimulator project in 2009. Since then, he has acquired expertise scripting and building in virtual environments, as well as familiarity with the OpenSimulator software and it’s configuration. As an open source advocate, he makes heavy use of tools such as Blender and Open Broadcaster Studio. He’s streamed for the OpenSimulator Community Conference (OSCC) since 2014. He was instrumental in the OSCC 2016 live streaming setup, coordination, training, and A/V promotional materials. Currently a staff member at AvaCon Inc., he is dedicated to promoting projects for social good by means of video tutorials, presentations on useful software, and content creation.
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Jeroen Frans / Frans CharmingAvaCon staff member for many years.
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Grace ZhangGrace Zhang is a freshman at MIT studying Computer Science with a focus in Artificial Intelligence. Passionate about applying machine learning to address real-world challenges, she is an active member of AI@MIT’s Permeate project group. Grace is also engaged in innovative undergraduate research that aims to enhance multi-agent reinforcement learning by tackling optimization and scalability. In addition to her technical pursuits, Grace is a member of MIT’s Student Events Board and a copy editor for The Tech, MIT’s student newspaper.
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Angel PatricioI’m a third year MIT student born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. My interests are in machine learning and systems programming (+ their intersection!). Currently, I work with the Camera Culture group of the MIT Media Lab as an undergraduate researcher in the Decentralized AI effort. My experience in the project has been extremely fun and I’m thankful for the opportunity to learn and try new things.
