Project Ploughshares is a Canadian peace research organization that tracks Canadian military exports to keep Canada accountable. Learn how a volunteer group from Civic Tech Waterloo Region(CivicTechWR) helped save them hours of searching using automated scrapers and AI.
Speakers
Cole Westerveld
Cole is a Computer Science student at the University of Guelph, passionate about leading teams and using technology for social good with community groups like Civic Tech Waterloo Region. He applies his experience in scalable software and AI, including Natural Language Processing (NLP) research, to build real-world applications—including an application created with CivicTechWR to automate accountability for Canadian military exports.