Robots sometimes need help from humans when solving complex problems. Successfully solving a problem often demands a strong model for communication and well-trained robots.

Stefanie Tellex is an assistant professor at Brown University whose research focuses on constructing robots that use natural language to communicate with humans.

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What is it like to be a young software engineer in Nigeria?

Osine and Anesi Ikhianosime have a deep understanding of the startup tactics that have led to so many successful companies in the Web 2.0 boom.

Their favorite podcast is a16z. Their role models include Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates. They recently worked on a machine learning compression project, inspired by the show Silicon Valley.

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ChickTech is a nonprofit focused on getting and keeping women in tech. ChickTech: High School builds girls’ confidence, teaches them vital skills, and introduces them to a wide range of technological interests, from robotics to game design to programming.

Janice Levenhagen is the Founder and Executive Director of ChickTech.

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Data science is saving and improving lives by leveraging sensor data and machine learning. Pivotal makes software platforms and database products to enable enterprises to make use of their data.

Sarah Aerni is principal data scientist at Pivotal.

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Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners provide an opportunity for women to connect and learn from each other. Well-known tech companies of Silicon Valley sponsor the next generation of female software engineers emerging from these dinners.

Sukrutha Bhadouria is a software engineer at Salesforce and the Managing Director of Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners.

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Changing your occupation to a software engineer is easier today than ever before.

Former Andreesen-Horowitz partner Preethi Kasireddy saw excited software engineers coming through the doors every day, pitching their ideas. This was her impetus to take the leap and make the career switch to software engineering.

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Apptimize provides mobile A/B testing and updates that bypass app store approval walls. Businesses can make changes to apps using Apptimize's powerful and friendly editor, and free up developers' time for more impactful work.

Nancy Hua is the Founder and CEO of Apptimize. She worked in high-frequency trading prior to starting a company.

This is the first show of Women in Tech Week, where we will discuss the inequalities women in tech face, and see what solutions may exist for this problem.

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React Native enables iOS and Android development using React. Mobile devices use a virtual machine to interpret the JavaScript into native code.

Tadeu Zagallo is a Facebook engineer who works on React Native for iOS.

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The Flux architecture is a compelling alternative to the modern-view-controller pattern when building modern web applications. Fluxxor is a set of tools for building JavaScript data layers using the Flux architecture. It was one of the earliest open-source implementations of Flux.

Brandon Tilley is a software engineer who works at The Minerva Project. He is the creator of Fluxxor.

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GraphQL is a query language for managing client-server interactions. Relay is a new way of structuring client applications that co-locates data fetching with view logic. These technologies complement the paradigm shift of React and other Facebook technologies.

Nick Schrock is the co-creator of GraphQL and an engineer on product infrastructure at Facebook.

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