Room Monitor Run Sheet — Ballroom 2 — Saturday 29 August 2026

Radio procedure

Duty officer

Notify the duty officer when all speakers are present, or if any speaker is not present 5 minutes before the block start time.

If everyone is present “Duty Officer, this is Ballroom 2, all speakers accounted for, over.” If people are missing “Duty Officer, this is Ballroom 2, over.” — wait for acknowledgement, then tell them who is missing.

Block 1 of 2 Room monitor name

10:45 am - 1:00 pm

Room monitor & session chair call

10:30am

Speaker call

10:35am

Before the block starts

1. Make yourself known to the AV volunteer(s) for this room
2. Find your session chair
3. Ensure you have 4 speaker gifts and thank you cards for these speakers
4. You have every speaker in this block
- Zara Hassan ZPGW8C 10:45 am - 11:15 am · Your Research Code Works.. Until It Doesn’t: Rethinking Reproducibility
- Kai Striega A3XLCE 11:20 am - 11:50 am · Things I don’t worry about as NumPy does them for me
- Alex Zinovev NF98VJ 11:55 am - 12:25 pm · Optimizing Scientific Python with C++, CUDA, and Serverless Compute
- Stephanie Chong 8PXFQM 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm · Why and How to Cite Software (and Get Your Software Cited Too)
5. Notify the duty officer (see radio procedure)

Approximate attendance (count during each talk)

ZPGW8C 10:45 am - 11:15 am Your Research Code Works.. Until It Doesn’t: Rethinking Reproducibility
A3XLCE 11:20 am - 11:50 am Things I don’t worry about as NumPy does them for me
NF98VJ 11:55 am - 12:25 pm Optimizing Scientific Python with C++, CUDA, and Serverless Compute
8PXFQM 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Why and How to Cite Software (and Get Your Software Cited Too)

Notes

Block 2 of 2 Room monitor name

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Room monitor & session chair call

1:45pm

Speaker call

1:50pm

Before the block starts

1. Make yourself known to the AV volunteer(s) for this room
2. Find your session chair
3. Ensure you have 3 speaker gifts and thank you cards for these speakers
4. You have every speaker in this block
- Noah Kantrowitz QGMTZP 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm · I am bad at things – And that’s okay
- Wesley Volz 9AK3WS 2:35 pm - 3:05 pm · Is This Actually Getting Better? A Three-Layer Approach to Measuring AI Products
- Benno Rice JE3KTP 3:10 pm - 3:40 pm · State of Exception(s)
5. Notify the duty officer (see radio procedure)

Approximate attendance (count during each talk)

QGMTZP 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm I am bad at things – And that’s okay
9AK3WS 2:35 pm - 3:05 pm Is This Actually Getting Better? A Three-Layer Approach to Measuring AI Products
JE3KTP 3:10 pm - 3:40 pm State of Exception(s)

Notes