Just for some fun and to try something new, this year’s Saturday night party will start with some stand up comedy. 3 of our own will dare to take the stage and see if they can’t make you snort your drink. Brett Thorson (THOR!) began his professional career on theRead More →
ShmooCon and The Shmoo Group are pleased to announce the keynote for ShmooCon 2016, Neil Gershenfeld. Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. His unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from creating molecular quantum computers to virtuosic musical instruments.Read More →
We’re just under two weeks out and we want to make sure to draw attention to some of the other events that will be taking place during the con, like Lockpick Village, Hack Fortress, Wireless CTF and Shmooganography. And of course you can win a barcode to ShmooCon 2017 if youRead More →
WHO SUBMITTED? Total of 222 Submissions. 40 more than last year. 35 Accepted for normal speaking slots. 2 Alternates. Acceptance Rate = 15.77%, with alternates = 16.67% 302 unique names on submissions (some submissions had more than one author, some authors made more than one submission). Using dubious best guessRead More →
The schedule has been updated to include talks – definitely go take a look. We have one change to the One Track Mind track: When Onions Make You Cry – or – Why We Treat Tor Users Differently will no longer be presented. It is being replaced with: Where doRead More →
A short post with some end of the year stats related to ticket sales. There were 1500 tickets released in two sales rounds. Across both rounds: All tickets were held in 1 minute and 56.58 seconds The wait list filled up 6 seconds after that. In other words we soldRead More →