IEEE Region 8 Student Activities Committee (R8 SAC)

The RoboComp’2010 is a Robotics Competition organized by the IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (RAS) Tunisia Chapter, in order to bring together researchers and robotics specialists working on mobile robotics and biped robots.

This event will be held in Tunisia at the National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS) from 23 to 25 April 2010. The goal of this event is to evaluate contributions in robotics control for classical and widespread problems.

The competition contains the four Tracks below:

• Innovation in robotics building
• Wheeled robots for line follow
• Wheeled robots for obstacle avoidance
• Biped robots for a walking race

Registration deadline was extended to 10 March 2010. More details are available on RoboComp’2010 webpage.

The IEEE Job Site is hosting a free Virtual Career Fair until 15 March featuring four employers: Argonne National Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, and SRC. Visitors can search for jobs, apply for positions, and chat live with the employers online. Visitors to the virtual fair, cosponsored by IEEE-USA, can also register to attend career webinars that focus on the benefits of working at the sponsoring employers.

For more information, visit the Virtual Career Fair webpage.

The Sixth annual Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering – a live webcast and teleconference – will take place in Europe on Thursday March 11.

The Global Marathon is a free, 24 hour live webcast; Internet Chat and teleconference event themed ‘Launching Tomorrow’. It is managed by volunteer Chairs in each continent who arrange for four hours of live internet or telephone chat from their region as it follows the sun around the globe. Sessions will come from China; India; North America; South America; Africa and Europe/Middle East sponsored by companies such as Rockwell Collins; IBM; Motorola; BP; Verizon; DuPont and others but anyone anywhere can join any session to connect the world.

Topics included tips on heightening awareness of science, technology, engineering activities in schools and industry. Senior women in different sectors will discuss their achievements and challenges and examining issues such as retaining women in engineering programs and the workplace. The event will be hosted at the Big Bang Fair in Manchester which will be attended by 15000 schoolchildren; parents and teachers and will connect women everywhere.

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