Dec 19 2014
The ‘2015 Texas A&M Robotics Symposium’ will be held in College Station on Wednesday and Thursday January 21-22, 2015. The symposium will bring together 20 world-renowned thought leaders in robotics and automation.
The symposium will start with a keynote address and reception by Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy from UC Berkeley on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The program will continue during the day on Thursday, January 22, with each speaker giving a high-level, accessible talk focusing on her current research.
The symposium is co-located with the Senior Program Committee (SPC) meeting of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). ICRA is a premier international forum for robotics researchers and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s flagship conference. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the largest association of technical professionals boasting more than 400,000 members worldwide.
Dr. Nancy M. Amato, Unocal Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and senior director of honors programs in the Dwight Look College of Engineering, is the Program Chair for ICRA 2015, which will be held May 26-30, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Amato is hosting the ICRA 2015 SPC meeting in College Station on January 23-24, 2015. The ICRA 2015 SPC is distinguished this year, as it is entirely composed of women, a first for any major robotics conference. The expertise of this all-female collection of internationally recognized robotics researchers covers the spectrum of robotics and automation. “While the main objective of the SPC meeting is to select the papers and plan the conference program, we just had to take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear from such a remarkable cadre of robotics and automation researchers from around the world,” Amato said.
The Texas A&M Robotics Symposium is open to all interested attendees. The event is sponsored by the Parasol Lab and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M. While registration is complimentary, attendees are asked to register in advance of the symposium so that catering for breaks and lunch, which will be provided, can be arranged. More information regarding the symposium program and registration are available at http://icra2015.org.