November 9, 2019

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Keynote performance by Sammus

Keynote performance by Sammus

Rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter Sammus balances her music career with her PhD studies and teaching work at Cornell. Her love of tech, music, and video games comes together in the form of dense and intense lyrics that have wowed fans of nerdcore nationwide. She's joining us at OSCON to share a few songs and a few thoughts about how she got here and where she's going.
Talk Title Keynote performance by Sammus
Speakers Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo (Sammus)
Conference O’Reilly Open Source Convention
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Location Austin, Texas
Date May 16-19, 2016
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Rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter Sammus balances her music career with her PhD studies and teaching work at Cornell. Her love of tech, music, and video games comes together in the form of dense and intense lyrics that have wowed fans of nerdcore nationwide. She’s joining us at OSCON to share a few songs and a few thoughts about how she got here and where she’s going.

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