On Saturday 19 October 2024 the BSidesNYC Conferencewill convene at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. BSidesNYC is an Information / Security conference that is 100% volunteer organized.
The event’s Red track will be livestreamed by the Internet Society New York Chapter. Blue, Other, and Entrepreneur tracks will be recorded for later publication.
09:00 Launch Huxley Barbee – void *huxley Shweta Jain – Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science · John Jay College
09:15 Keynote: When Do We Get to Play On Easy Mode? Wendy Nather – Some Kind of Cyber Professional
10:00 Building Burp Extensions with Kotlin Nick Coblentz – Application Penetration Team Lead, Virtue Security
11:00 Breaking free from the chains of fate – Bypassing AWSCompromisedKeyQuarantineV2 Policy gl4ssesbo1 – Security Engineer Opie – Senior Researcher – Permiso P0 Labs
11:30 How I hacked a cloud production environment with external Terraform manipulation Uri Aronovici – Co-Founder & CTO, ZEST Security
12:00 Discover the Unseen: Azure Vulnerability Exploitation Scott Miller – Penetration Tester, Accenture
13:00 From HiatusRAT to Cuttlefish: advances in credential theft through the router Danny Adamitis – Principal Information Security Engineer, Black Lotus Labs, Lumen Technologies Ryan English – Information Security Engineer, Black Lotus Labs, Lumen Technologies
14:00 How We Impersonated Cloud Code by Google Cloud and Took Over GCP Accounts Moshiko – Research Lead, Upwind Security
14:30 Remote Code Execution with Serialization Vulnerabilities John Iwasz – Partner Technologist, AVEVA
15:00 RE-Thinking: Modernizing the Malware Analyst Joseph Edwards – Staff DFIR Investigator, SentinelOne
16:00 XZ Backdoor: Navigating the Complexities of Supply Chain Attacks Detected by Accident DevSecYoad – DevOps Lead | Co-Founder & CEO at Myrror Security
07 Explore NYC Population MapViewer and best practices for mapping population data Charles Christonikos – Geographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) Erica Maurer – Senior Demographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP)
08 Landscape of Rodent Sightings in New York City: A Data Science Showcase Jun Yan, Professor, University of Connecticut Vincent Xie, University of Connecticut Pratham Pathel, University of Connecticut Isabelle Perez, University of Connecticut Joshua Lee, University of Connecticut
09 WeGovNYC’s DataBook: Combining 40+ NYC Open Data Sets into One Interface Devin Balkind – Director, Sarapis
13 Explore Your Community Through U.S. Census Bureau Data Joli Golden – U.S. Census Bureau David Kraiker – U.S. Census Bureau
19 Redesigning DATA2GO.NYC: An Interactive Session Alex Powers – Associate Director, Measure of America, SSRC Cara Wohnsigl – Research Associate, Measure of America, Social Science Research Council Kristen Lewis – Director, Measure of America, Social Science Research Council Tara Shawa – Program Assistant, Measure of America, Social Science Research Council
20 Equity in Action: Opportunity and Accountability Through EquityNYC Bermet Kydykova – Technical Product Manager, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Oonagh Jordan – Product Specialist, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Pavel Ilin – Software Engineer, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity)
21 Navigating MTA’s Open Data with SoQL: A Comprehensive Workshop Lisa Mae Fiedler – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Niki Keramat – MTA Rahnuma Tarannum – MTA
23 Mapping Environmental Justice and Flood Vulnerability Hayley Elszasz – Climate Science Advisor, Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) Carlos Piedad – Policy Advisor, Environmental Justice, Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice
24 Data in Action: Bridging the Public Benefits Enrollment Gap Sophia Tareen – Senior Product Manager, ACCESS NYC Sourabh Chakraborty – Software Developer, ACCESS NYC Zoe Bordenet – Product Specialist, ACCESS NYC
26 Mapping Open Data with QGIS Ryan Yeung, Director of Performance Evaluation and Analytics, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)
27 Exploring the NYC Workforce Development System through an Integrated Data Portal Adam Santos – Senior Data Scientist, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Claire Reynolds – Data Scientist, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Jelynne Morse – Digital Services Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYC Talent)
29 Using R to Create Dynamic Documents, Maps, and Charts: A Case Study Using American Community Survey Data Donnise Hurley – Senior Geographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP)
31 NYC Agency Maps, Tools, and Geospatial Data for 2024 Lee Ilan, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (moderator) Matt Croswell, NYC Department of City Planning Josh Friedman, NYC Emergency Management Chris Gettings, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Carlos Piedad, Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice
32 Jamming with Environmental Data Kiley Matschke – Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, CSC, Barnard College Marko Krkeljas – Senior Software & Applications Developer / CSC Technical Manager, Barnard College
34 Humanizing heat experiences through an open source data approach Emily Torem – Health Content Manager, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Liv Yoon – Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Matthew Montesano – Director of Data Communication, DOHMH Thomas Zinckgraf – Software Engineer
35 Extreme Heat and Aging Exchange: Data for Climate Adaptation Research and Action Anthony Townsend – Senior Research Associate, Cornell Tech Nikhil Garg – Assistant Professor, Cornell Tech Deborah Estrin – Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Impact, Cornell Tech
37 IntegrateUSA: A New Tool to Visualize School Segregation Jesse Margolis – Managing Partner, MarGrady Research Theo Kaufman – Data Analyst
41 Navigating the NYC Climate Dashboard Stephanie Fox – Office of the New York City Comptroller
45 Is your data really that dirty? An in-depth look at NYC 311 data to determine its “cleanliness” David Tussey
48 Intro to SQL Meghan Maloy – Staff Analytics Engineer at Datadog
53 Tis the Season: Understanding employment data and its seasonal adjustments Dr. Rodney Chun – Chief Economist, NYC Office of Management and Budget
55 Where to Park? Using Python to Map Parking Regulation Signs to the Curb in Near Real-Time Maddalena Romano – Analytics & Performance Management, New York City Department of Transportation David Arcement – Traffic Control & Engineering Matthew Garcia – Parking Administration Suzanne Zopf – Information Technology Jada Grandchamps – Department of Geography
58 Data in Action: Insights, Industries, & Career Paths Suporna S. – Computer Literacy Instructor – Queensbridge Tech Lab
59 Cracking the Code: Making Sense of Data in Today’s World Anthony Szeto – Digital Literacy Training Consultant, Queens Borough Public Library
60 Data Tracks: A Guided Tour Through Your Information’s Lifecycle Mohamed Khan – Queens Public Library
64 NYC Health Data Tour Matthew Montesano – NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Martha Alexander – DOHMH Clarissa Solis – DOHMH Hilary Parton – DOHMH
82 Building Safer Communities – Evaluating Cure Violence Program’s Impact in NYC Jeffrey A. Butts, Director of the Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Althea Stevens, Chair, Committee on Children and Youth, NYC Council Dr. Yusef Salaam, Chair, Committee on Public Safety, NYC Council R. Brent Decker, Chief Program Officer, Cure Violence Global Hector Cuevas, Vice President of Education & Youth Development programs, CAMBA Melissa Nunez, Data Scientist, NYC Council Data Team
Moderator: Rose Martinez, Assistant Deputy Director, NYC Council Data Team
97 Explore Open Data Standards for Representative Government with Democracy Works and the Google Civic Information API Ursula Kaczmarek – Data Scientist, Democracy Works Danny Pease – Engineering Manager, Democracy Works
98 Mapping open school and census data in New York City Matthew Curinga – Associate Professor, MIXI Institute Jacob Grier – Graduate Researcher Assistant, Adelphi University
162 Data Trends in NYC Immigration: A Dialogue on Ethics and Insights Carman Nareau – Portfolio Manager, Immigration Product, Emerson Collective Justino Mora – Senior Software Engineer, Emerson Collective
164 The Many Lives of NYC’s CityMap: Past, Present and Possible Future Tim Calabrese – Professional Services Consultant, Esri
178 Using data to close gender and social inequality gaps Nathifa Forde – Executive Director, NYC Her Future Deirdre Appel – Communication and Advocacy Manager, Open Data Watch Mercedes de los Santos – Projects Director, Open Data Charter
Program 01 Updates on Olmsted Hub whole-building fiber install – John Brady 02 NYC Mesh Bushwick Neighborhood Update – Dan Miller 03 Talk About DNS – James
On Saturday March 23 2024 BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2024 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 12th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2024. NYC School of Data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, civic technology, and service design.
The main stage will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society New York Chapter. Other tracks will be recorded and made available via the BetaNYC YouTube channel.
10:00 Opening Session Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, BetaNYC Martha Norrick, Chief Analytics Officer, NYC Kate Nicholson, Director of Partnerships and Programs, BetaNYC Jazzy Smith, Director of Fellowship, BetaNYC Ashley Louie, Chief Technology Officer, BetaNYC
11:00 Public Interest AI: the Future of Generative AI in Civic Technology Mark Levine, Borough President of Manhattan, Office of the Manhattan Borough President Elan Silver, Counsel and Committee Director, Internet and Technology Committee, New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code, Moms First Jeannette M. Wing, Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
Moderator: Ashley Louie, Chief Technology Officer, BetaNYC
12:15 Opening NY’s Criminal Courts – Expanding Access to Court Decisions and Criminal Data Rachael Fauss, Senior Policy Advisor, Reinvent Albany Oded Oren, Founder and Executive Director, Scrutinize Raelynn Walker, Assistant Director of Research and Data Processing, Measures for Justice Terry Ding, Staff Attorney, New York Civil Liberties Union
14:30 Presenting the 2023 NYC Hayes Innovation Prize Winners Ruby Choi, Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation Dean Labowitz, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation Will Hsiao, Mayor’s Office of Operations: Capital Dashboard Project Sridhar Doraikannu, Office of Tech and Innovation: Automated Lifecycle Management Anne Schuster, Deptarment of Health and Mental Hygiene: NYC Health Panel
15:45 The inside story from New York City’s top data journalists Derek Kravitz, Editor, MuckRock Bianca Pallaro, Senior data reporter, THE CITY Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, Data reporter, WNYC/Gothamist Jesse Coburn, Investigative reporter, Streetsblog Max Siegelbaum, Co-executive director, Documented NY
On Tuesday February 27, 2024 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST (00:30-01:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘What’s on the Horizon in Legal Space with Digital Accessibility and WCAG 2.2?‘. Thomas Logan, owner of Equal Entry, and Ken Nakata have a podcast called A11yInsights. In every episode, they look at a legal case, a proposed or passed state law, and interesting news stories related to digital accessibility and the law. Thomas will review what is happening in the legal space as it pertains to digital accessibility from the perspective of a technologist.
On Tuesday November 28 2023 at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) NYC Mesh will hold its Monthly Org Meetup. Matthew Boyd will talk about improving new member’s experience (“onboarding”)
On Tuesday October 10 2023 the Silicon Harlem Next Gen Tech Conference will be held at The Harlem School of the Arts in New York City. The theme of this year’s 10th Anniversary event is “Empowering the Technological Future for All” with the goal of educating the community on how to optimize technology for good.
PROGRAM (EDT = UTC-4) https://host.regform.com/silicon-harlems-next-gen-tech-conference/ 9:00 Next Gen Tech 10th Anniversary Opening Session 9:35 What is New York Cities Vision and Tech Strategy for the Future 10:15 Empowering Youth in Tech 11:15 BREAKOUT 1 – either Empowering 3D and Metaverse Education or Empowering Tech for Social Impact 12:05 Charles B. Rangel Award Luncheon Ceremony 13:30 BREAKOUT 2 – either Empowering Startups in Underserved Communities or Empowering Urban Tech Innovation 14:30 Empowering AI for our Technological Future 15:30 Empowering Communities for the Future 16:10 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements
On Tuesday April 25 2023 at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) NYC Mesh will hold its Monthly Org Meetup. There will be a few short presentations related to our progress, and then we can breakout for different interests. The community center venue is part of our large fiber install in the Lower East Side
On Tuesday October 22 2024, at 7pm ET, NYC Mesh will hold its monthly Monthly Org Meetup.
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