"The UICC is hosted by the students and for the students to promote computing as a science and a profession."
Date: Saturday, Feb 21 & Sunday, Feb. 22
Check out past conferences! [ 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025]
ACM@UIowa welcomes students, faculty, alumni/ae, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!
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Schedule for 2026 UICC
Saturday, February 21st
9:00am - 10:00am Registration and Check-In
10:00am - 10:15am Introduction
10:15am - 11:15am Tyler Jensen, Crusoe AI, Senior Software Engineering Manager
"The AI Gold Rush: Building a career by beating the hype and selling shovels"
11:15am - 11:30am Network Tabling
11:30am - 12:30pm Kelsey Huebner, Microsoft, Principal Technical Program Manager
"From Iowa to Agentic Workflows: Using HCI and Design Thinking to Solve Real Business Problems"
Break
2:00pm - 3:00pm Geoffrey Fairchild, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Global Security AI Program Manager
"What They Don’t Teach You in Grad School: AI for National Security at Los Alamos"
3:15pm - 4:15pm Ernest Petti, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Head of CG
"Navigating a Career at the Intersection of Technology and Art"
Dinner
4:30pm - 5:30pm Panel/Ceremony
5:30pm - 7:00pm. Hack Jeopardy with Procircular & Ice Cream Social
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Sunday, February 22nd
10:00am - 10:45am
Track 1: "From Bedside to Database," Laura Smith, CIO, UnityPoint Health
Track 2: Panel: "I, Robot and the Mythical Man-Month," Leon Tabak, Cornell College
Track 3: UI hack game
11:00am - 11:45am
Track 1: "Lessons in Broadcast Technology," Ben Saboe and Joel McGuire, CCR
Track 2: Panel: "Cyber Defense of Infrastructure and Applications," moderator: Aaron Warner, ProCircular, panelists: Zach Furst, Jim Sherlock, Greg Smith
Break
1:00pm - 3:00pm Research Expo: Poster Presentations
3:15pm - 4:00pm Concluding Ceremony & Awards
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Please register here by Sunday, Feb. 8. Registration is highly encouraged and required for meal selection, research exhibition, and poster presentation.
This event is hosted in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, ACM, WICS, ACM SIGGRAPH, and EPX Studio.
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