Student Activities (Update: 09/03/30)

ICRA2009 is pleased to announce several activities for student attendees. The events are meant to provide students to get to know one another. You will also have an opportunity to discuss the future of robotics in a brainstorming session.

# Direct links

- The Future of Robotics Student Innovation Session

- Student/Chair Mentorship Program

- Karaoke Party (Cancelled)

The Future of Robotics Student Innovation Session

* Part of the Student Activities Fostering Interaction Between Robotists and Students (FIBRS) Program

Date and Place

Date: Tuesday, May 12th from 17:00-20:00

Place: room 501

Summary

A brainstorming session broken in groups as listed in technical committees consisting of students doing relevant research. This innovation session will be help for several hours on Tuesday, May 12th from 17:00-20:00 to identify current problems facing robotics, what are the hot new fields, future challenges from the students point of view. This is geared to be a students-only session to make students more comfortable about sharing their thoughts and since they are to hold the key to the future of the robotics field. Registration for this event necessary. The event will be free for all students and a meal is included.

Groups include:

1. Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
2. Agricultural Robotics
3. Algorithms for Planning and Control of Robot Motion
4. Autonomous Ground Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems
5. Bio Robotics
6. Computer & Robot Vision
7. Haptics
8. Human-Robot Interaction & Coordination
9. Humanoid Robotics
10. Marine Robotics
11. Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation
12. Networked Robots
13. Rehabilitation & Assistive Robotics
14. Roboethics
15. Robot Learning
16. Safety Security and Rescue Robotics
17. Semiconductor Manufacturing Automation
18. Service Robotics
19. Software Engineering for Robotics and Automation
20. Space Robotics
21. Surgical Robotics
22. Telerobotics

Each group would then present their thoughts. Student would benefit by getting ideas for their projects, connect with other students, and bounce ideas off of each other. Notes, presentations, and thoughts will be posted and shared afterwards on a wiki. We would like to write a feature article in IEEE RAS magazine highlighting the key ideas.

Student/Chair Mentorship Program

* Part of the Fostering Interaction Between Robotists and Students (FIBRS) Program

Summary

Ever wonder how papers are selected or how to run a session? Or has there been a chair that you've wanted to talk to but wasn't sure how? Students can get involved in a fun, new way throughout the course of the conference. Get a behind the scenes look at how a conference is run from a chair's perspective. Students will get to directly see how sessions are synthesized, organized, and structured. This program will also give you a chance to interact with key researchers in your field.

Students who are interested should first find out who they would like to work with, by reading the session guide and selecting a chair that they would like to be their mentor. Please email the name of the session, the date, and your relevant contact information to

mentorship+@+icra2009.org

(* Please remove "+" from the above e-mail addresses which are modified for blocking spam or virus activity.)

Keep in mind that occasionally people are busy, so you may also wish to provide an alternative mentor name. If more than one student chooses the same chair, it is up to that particular chair to decide how many students he/she can handle. Since students should give me a list of two of their choices. I'll send an email to the chair and if the first is unavailable or doesn't want more than one student, then I will contact the second chair. Otherwise, I'll email the student back and see if there's anyone else they would like to shadow.

After arriving early to the session you've signed up for and introducing yourself to the Session Chair, you will have the opportunity to observe how the Chair is coordinating the session up close. Afterwards, depending on the session chair's schedule, you should have the opportunity to ask questions relating to the session such as ie. questions brought up in session, setup.