Good morning to all you fellow-robotocists!
We are back after a nice and busy summer break. As you undoubtedly know, IROS 2010 will happen next month! At October
18th a swarm of international researchers will invade Taipei to share and discuss their most
recent scientific breakthroughs and other research results. The schedule
looks great with a nice mix of all the various aspects of robotics.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Taipei next month!
On behalf of the IEEE RAS SAC
Best wishes,
Michel Franken.
When such a great number of IEEE RAS students are together, the SAC
naturally has to organize some events! Like at ICRA we have composed a
mixture of events for you to join. You can simply register for the events
by sending an email with your preferences to me.
Below the various activities are listed. The meeting place for each activity
will likely be in front of the conference venue. Tentative meeting times are listed, but should
these change you will be notified by email.
- Student co-chair
In order to promote the interaction between students and established
researchers the SAC will try to arrange with the IROS organization to have students act
as co-chairs during the conference sessions. This is a great way to meet the Session
Chairs and gaining experience in how conferences actually work behind the scenes.
- Lunch with Leaders
The idea is to focus on a specific field of research each day. For this
lunch break a group of well known researchers and possibly/hopefully
industrial representatives will be invited for you to meet and share in some discussions
about the future directions of the field, or even your own research. Lunch will be provided,
but the number of attendees each day will be limited to 45. Please let us know if you have
a specific topic/research field which you would like to see put on the schedule!
- Informal lunch
To get to know each other early during the conference we would like to
go out and have lunch together. We will try to obtain a good reference for some traditional
Taiwanese food from a local organizer!
- Visit to Taipei 101
A visit to Taipei is not complete without having seen the city at night
from one of the highest buildings in the world. Please let us know in advance if you are
planning to attend this event so that we can arrange for a group admission!
- Visit to Shilin Night Market
Taipei is home to various markets that are open during the entire night.
Especially Shilin Night Market is supposed to be a lively scene during night time.
- Exploring nightlife of Taipei
After the closing session the conference will officially have closed.
Of course this needs to be celebrated. This evening we want to go and explore the nightlife
of Taipei!
- Karaoke night
One of the favourite passtimes of Taiwan (according to my information)
is Karaoke. To fully integrate into Taiwanese society we will go and seek for the nightingale
robotocist amongst ourselves!
- National Palace museum and hiking trip through Yangmingshan Park
The National Palace Museum is home to some of Taiwans most impressive
art and historic items. Even the museum itself is supposed to be a spectacle to see. The
plan is to spend approx. 2 hours in the museum. Afterwards we want to go an a hiking trip
through the beautiful Yangmingshan Park. There is a nice trail that start directly next to
the National Palace Museum. Make sure you have sturdy footwear, clothes, water and some
snacks with you! If you only want to join for the hiking trip please be at the National
Palace Museum at 13:00h.
- GOLD Lunch
Lunch with GOLD affinity group members!
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The great thing about professional organizations is that the more you invest,
the higher the return is. Earlier this year we started to organize project teams to realize
our plans. Some volunteered already to invest more to run these programs
(ICRA 2010 SAC activities, Find your mentor, Code Head, Photo Contests, Student Reporters,
RAS-SAC Newsletter, coming IROS 2010 SAC activities, and more!),
but we still need a lot of arms and brains to build a bigger, better student community.
Just to let you know about two ways to get involved with our work
towards a more useful RAS student community:
1) We are posting information about all our projects and work-in-progress on the
RAS wiki. Go to http://wiki.ieee-ras.org
and check the "Member Activities" section. Feel free to leave your comments -
that's the spirit of the wiki! 2) We encourage everyone to keep their profile on http://ieee-ras.org
up to date. If you are author or co-author of papers or attending conferences
this year, this is a great way to find your contact details for other RAS members.
The profile information is not public.
We need you to make IEEE RAS stronger, more active and more practical. We hope you will
find your fitting place in the community! Contact us!!
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- Webinar: "The Top Three Prototyping Challenges in Robotics"
Thursday, Sep 30, 2010 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT / 18:00 GMT (Duration: 1 hour)
Robotics is one of the fastest-growing and most complex engineering fields. Almost every type of robot
operates in a different environment and has a different behavior or mission. Three of the biggest
challenges that developers face when prototyping robots are integrating with sensors and actuators,
implementing autonomy, and deploying deterministic control algorithms to embedded hardware. Learn how
the latest design tools from National Instruments can help you meet these challenges and shorten your
development time.
- GOLD Webinars
IEEE GOLD hosts monthly webinars on topics ranging from professional development
to technical knowledge to humanitarian initiatives. These webinar sessions are presented by experts
in their fields, recorded for on-demand viewing, and offered to the IEEE GOLD community as a
member benefit.
- IEEE Jobsite Webinars
Upcoming and archived career-related webinars created to help IEEE Members
jumpstart their careers or enhance their existing ones. These webinars are hosted by the IEEE
Job Site, IEEE Spectrum and IEEE USA.
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- IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Newsletter
IEEE Spectrum's news and opinions on robotics, automation and artificial intelligence.
- Join IEEE with e-Membership
Prospective members who live in Developing Nations now have the option to choose
an electronic membership, or e-Membership, when they join IEEE. IEEE e-Membership provides all of the
existing IEEE Membership benefits, but no paper delivery of publications and membership materials.
- IEEE Job Site Career Alert
Your bi-weekly report on jobs, education, management, and the engineering
workplace, from the editors of IEEE Spectrum.
- ICRA 2010 Showcase in ieee.tv!
Conference pictures, event overviews, speakers highlights videos, and many more
interesting stuff in ieee.tv!
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