Topic Modeling and Optimization, or How We Scheduled ISHPSSB2021

I'll talk through the way that we put together the first draft schedule for ISHPSSB2021, using a combination of topic modeling and optimization. A few things worked great, a few things not so much, but all of the code is available to tinker with! There should also be time to discuss this work as an example of (the advantages and disadvantages of) topic modeling more generally.