Speaker - Dr. Kaylea Champion

Dr. Kaylea Champion studies how people cooperate to build groovy public goods like GNU/Linux and Wikipedia, including what gets maintained and the risks we face. She is an Assistant Professor in Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington Bothell, where she teaches software engineering with an emphasis on cybersecurity, evidence-based practices, ethics, and free/libre software. Dr. Champion is eager to build connections with communities, and has previously given talks at FOSSY, Quantum Wednesday, Norwescon, WorldCon, PyConUS, the OpenJS Summit, Wikimania, MozFest, Women in Data Science, PuPPY, DebConf, and SeaGL. A Linux user since 1994, she enjoys tromping through the woods, smashing goblins, conjuring data, and cooking for a crowd.