Speakers on PyLadies Vancouver

Daniel Chen

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Daniel Chen is a Data Science Lecturer in the Statistics Department at the University of British Columbia, and also teaches Data Science for the UBC Master of Data Science program. He was previously a Data Science Educator and Developer Advocate at Posit, PBC (formerly RStudio, PBC).

Hazra Imran

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dr. Hazra Imran is an Associate Professor and researcher at Northeastern University, passionate about making learning more engaging through game-based learning, gamification, and AI-driven adaptive systems. She works on designing interactive educational experiences that boost motivation and improve learning outcomes using technology. She leads innovative projects, including gamified SQL learning platforms, emotionally intelligent AI-driven storytelling systems, and an interactive Python-based educational game. With a deep interest in the intersection of education and technology, she is committed to shaping the future of learning with creative and adaptive tools.

Linda Lee

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Linda Lee is a Computer Science (BSc) student with hands-on experience developing cutting-edge software at Defang Software Labs. She has four years of experience as a coding instructor, teaching programming languages, including Python, to school-aged children in Vancouver, and is passionate about inspiring the next generation of coders. Driven by curiosity, she actively engages in hackathons, tech events, and Women in Computer Science (WiCS) activities.

Melanie Warrick

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Melanie Warrick is co-founding Fight Health Insurance, a production GenAI platform that helps people appeal insurance denials, and she is doing DevRel at Temporal with a focus on AI and durable execution. Melanie has been building in AI for over a decade, from neural networks built from scratch to fine-tuned domain-specific models to multi-agent orchestration in production. She prefers building, and hosts Vibe Check, a regular developer livestream on AI engineering patterns.