rowid,title,speaker,time,day,room,url,datetime,abstract,image
47,How a File Format Led to a Crossword Scandal,Saul Pwanson,2:30 PM,May 9 2019,Fuller Hall,https://csvconf.com/speakers/#saul-pwanson,2019-05-09T14:30:00,"In 2016 I designed a plain-text file format for crossword puzzle data, and then spent a couple of months building a micro-data-pipeline, scraping tens of thousands of crosswords from various sources.  Then, having all those crosswords in a simple format, I wanted to see if there were any common grid patterns--and discovered egregious plagiarism by a major crossword editor that had gone on for years. This talk would cover the file format, data pipeline, and the design choices that aided rapid exploration; the evidence for the scandal, from the initial anomalies to the final damning visualization; and what it's like for a data project to get 15 minutes of fame.",https://csvconf.com/img/speakers-2019/spwanson.jpg