2018 Academic Technology Expo

Welcome message and overview of the ATE event.

Dave King has been involved in high-tech entrepreneurship since the early 1990s. He has over 15 years experience in all aspects of software development, from system architecture to large-scale database design to the psychology of user interfaces and management of Agile development teams. Dave helped pioneer paperless manufacturing information systems in the electronics industry, then focused on designing extensible software systems for ad hoc visualization and analysis of large-scale multidimensional datasets. In 2011, Dave saw the need for a more modular and cross-disciplinary approach to data science and founded Exaptive, Inc. in order to pursue ways that technology and community can be combined to facilitate innovation. In 2015, his company was named as one of five Cool New Vendors in the life sciences by Gartner and an Innovator of Year by the Journal Record and in 2016 was selected by the Bloor Group as one of the top 10 companies and technologies to watch, as well as the Most Promising New Business from the Oklahoma Venture Forum. Dave holds a BS from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science.

In this afternoon session, we will gather informal sessions centered on whatever questions and discussions the participants suggest.. This mini unConference is intentionally unscripted to allow attendees to propose and select topics they wish to discuss with others across campus. Whether you want to talk about your experiences with research tools, your favorite ways to create instructional videos for students, the best technologies to build community in the classroom, or (virtually) anything that’s on your mind, come ready to share and discuss!

How can we understand equal access to technology and information in the digital age? Dr. Chris Gilliard’s lecture looks at how technology policies, practices, and investment decisions, especially in educational settings, create differential access and outcomes in colleges and universities. These processes, collectively understood as “digital redlining,” need to be understood and countered in order to create a more equitable educational structure.