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-Back to [[conference:committee:proposals-2013]]\\
+Back to [[conference:committee:speakers-2013]]\\
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-Frequently programmers complain that people they interview, or
+**Bio**: Frances has a BA in Maths + Philosophy, an MSc in Pure Maths and
-colleagues, or blog writers clearly couldn't program their way out of
+a PhD technically in Chemical Engineering, but mainly programming and
-a paper bag. This fills me with fear, since I have never tried and
+learning about AI and data mining. She has been a programmer for over
-therefore am not sure I can program my way out of a paper bag.
+years professionally, and learnt to program by reading the manual
-Anecdotal evidence suggests if you can code FizzBuzz that's good
+for her Dad’s BBC model B machine. She is currently ACCU's Overload
-enough. I will investigate the cause of the cry of dismay, quickly
+editor, is married to ACCU's CVu editor, has recently taken up
-discounting FizzBuzz competence as proof of paper bag escapology.
+weighing technical books and decided they are usually too heavy.\\
-Demonstrations of how to escape a paper bag will be given, taking
+**Email**:frances.buontempo@gmail.com\\
-inspiration from machine learning (ML) algorithms as a starting point.
-No background in ML is assumed.
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