Chris Badurek, Geography Department, gave an invited keynote address at the Regional STEM Summit of the Greater Southern Tier STEM Learning Network held Aug. 13 at the Corning Corporation in Corning, N.Y. His presentation, The Power of Creative Thinking: Harnessing GIS and Machine Learning for Career Preparation, highlighted approaches to generate student interest in STEM using machine learning for applied problem solving and facilitate IT career readiness in students without computer science degrees.