Agenda

Agenda:

  • 8.30am Refreshments
  • 9.00am Welcome by Organizers
  • 9.10am Comments by Dr. DeMillo and Dr. Giddens (to be confirmed)
  • 9.30am Getting to know your fellow robotics researchers at Georgia Tech - Part I.
    Brief research presentations by GT Faculty (5 min each, 9 speakers)
  • 10.15am Break
  • 10.30am Getting to know your fellow robotics researchers at Georgia Tech - Part II.
    Brief research presentations by GT Faculty (5 min each, 12 speakers)
  • 11.30am Keynote Presentation I - Dr. Junku Yuh
    Program Director, NSF Program on Robotics and Computer Vision
    Professor, College of Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • 12.15pm Lunch
  • 1.30pm Keynote Presentation II - Dr. Shankar Sastry
    Chairman and NEC Distinguished Professor of EECS, UC Berkeley
  • 2.15pm Open Discussion
    Topic: What is the best way to foster more interdisciplinary
    robotics research efforts at Georgia Tech?
  • 3.00pm Break
  • 3.15pm Getting to know your fellow robotics researchers at Georgia Tech - Part II.
    Brief research presentations by GT Faculty (5 min each, 8 speakers)
  • 4.00pm Keynote Presentation III - Dr. Matthew T. Mason
    Professor, Computer Science and Robotics, CMU
  • 4.45pm Open Discussion
    Topic: How to establish an interdisciplinary Robotics Certificate at Georgia Tech
  • 5.30pm Workshop Summary - including summary of action items
  • 6.00pm Reception