Megan Smith
@smithmegan
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CEO shift7 (@shift7), 3rd U.S. CTO (2014-17), Entrepreneur, Engineer
Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
Poetic mathematical child Ada Lovelace dreamed & designed for flight @fly_like_a_girl She later conceptualized + wrote world's 1st algorithm https://t.co/6lLIkrCzXO spoke of AI concepts "...a calculus of the nervous system." @lauriewallmark @AprilChu
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Excited to join @RealLyndaCarter @MarkHamill and other amazing friends and fandoms on 9/24 for the @GeeksForHarris call! Hope you’ll join the fun and fan activism to help elect @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz!
Happy Friday! Reminder that @GeeksForHarris is free to attend online on 9/24! We’ll be catching up with @MarkHamill, @GeorgeTakei, @mishacollins, and many other friends from your favorite fandoms. You can sign up to get the link here: https://t.co/iOfdF10Yix
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Blueprint Power's CEO, Robyn Beavers, advises young girls to pursue STEM fields. 🔬👩💻 According to @MIT, women only comprise 28% of the STEM workforce in 2023. Let's empower women in STEM to bridge the gender gap. 🌟👩🔬🚀 #WomenInSTEM #BuiltByGirls #MAKERSWomen
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📣ICYMI: Incredible news! @jovialjoy, author of #UnmaskingAI and our founder, has been awarded the 2024 Digital Civil Rights Award by the @NAACP and #Archewell Foundation, the non-profit organization created by Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in
We are honored to announce that our founder, Dr. Joy Buolamwini, has been awarded the 2024 Digital Civil Rights Award by the @NAACP and Archewell Foundation, the non-profit organization created by Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in recognition of her
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"Wherever we see injustice in the world today, we can draw inspiration from Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement to remind us that our collective power can make change a reality." — @Malala Tune in to watch her deliver the 2023 Nelson Mandela lecture: https://t.co/m8ZYygj2wZ
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Solid book talk tonight at the @museumofscience--Dr. @jovialjoy on her new book, Unmasking AI, in conversation with @smithmegan. Surfacing a lot of great points to consider re: AI, including a message to high schoolers: "we need you!"
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The final event of the “Unmasking AI” tour is on the horizon, with Megan J. Smith joining author @jovialjoy at Boston’s iconic @museumofscience. 📍Nov 20 - Boston, MA with @smithmegan Visit https://t.co/eblvYNTJKv to grab your tickets. We hope to see you there! 📚🌟
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Let's work to make sure people like @kkariko never again say “Yes, I was humiliated quite a bit, but... it’s all OK. I just love my work...so happy I lived long enough to see my work bear fruit.” (her decades of mRNA research led to both COVID-19 vaccines.
nypost.com
Half an hour outside Philadelphia, in a modest suburban home, lives a quirky, cheerful 65-year-old scientist who's a big part of the reason people might be able to throw away their masks next year.
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Si te invitan @afilina y @smithmegan a #Nerdearla vos tenés que venir… lo dice la ley 🫡 Te esperamos en el Konex del 28 al 30 de septiembre 🚀 A las 9 abrimos las puertas! Inscribite GRATIS en ➡️ https://t.co/yPV5AexPkj
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🌟 A highlight at #Nerdearla Day 2! Honored to be part of the Side Event with the incredible @afilina and @smithmegan. Inspirational discussions and incredible insights. You are awesome! ✨ (And naturally, this is my selfie of the year) 📸 #TechTalks #STEM #womenintech
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Two highlights of the past few days? Interviewing @smithmegan (CEO of @shift7, former CTO of the USA with @BarackObama) and @jimmy_wales (founder of @Wikipedia). Thanks @CogX_Festival for inviting me to be a presenter at this year's festival. Mind blown by the array of ideas! 🌎
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my friend @SusanAlzner has been working on this study for almost two years and it’s finally going public. hopefully there will now be compensation for the families and tribes who have been so hurt. @seb6philippe @shift7
https://t.co/J9qslON4xA
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The research shows that the first atomic bomb explosion’s effects had been underestimated, and could help more “downwinders” press for federal compensation.
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To lean more details about our findings and the science behind the study (submitted for peer review), see our @arxivblog preprint article :
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We are so thankful to @lesleymmblume for her brilliant reporting on the study findings in the @nytimes
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The research shows that the first atomic bomb explosion’s effects had been underestimated, and could help more “downwinders” press for federal compensation.
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Last night we released a major study mapping radioactive fallout from U.S. Nuclear Weapon Tests, beginning with the July 16, 1945 Trinity Test. Amazing collab between @PrincetonSPIA SGS and @shift7, in partnership with @CIRESnews and @EarthGenome. https://t.co/U54G9CTzS4
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"...our public institutions need all sorts of people who are patient, caring, and willing to fight to make government make sense to a person. Public service is hard, but you may get even more out of it than you give....I found my year in public service de… https://t.co/EDntLk2MQ1
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"...our public institutions need all sorts of people who are patient, caring, and willing to fight to make government make sense to a person. Public service is hard, but you may get even more out of...
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Did you know George Washington Carver was also an artist? At the age of 30, Carver gained acceptance to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he was the first Black student. Carver studied piano and art. He overcame slavery to achieve fame as a scientist, botanist and
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Today is my last day in the glorious EEOB. It was a huge privilege to get to work here again as part of the Biden Administration. I am extremely grateful and more than a little sad that my time is up. 1/2
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