HOPE Number Nine follows the HOPE tradition of naming conference rooms after famous persons who have demonstrated the hacker spirit. The four rooms are:
Nutt: Named for Emma Nutt, the world's first female telephone operator. Link to Wikipedia on Emma Nutt
Sassaman: Named for Len Sassaman, privacy advocate and Mixmaster coder. Link to Wikipedia on Len Sassaman
Dennis: Named for Olive Dennis, engineer with many innovations in passenger railways in the first half of the 20th century. Link to Wikipedia on Olive Dennis
Felsenstein: Named for Lee Felsenstein, computer engineer and free speech advocate. Link to Wikipedia on Lee Felsenstein
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