{"626701":{"#nid":"626701","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Southeast Robotics Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recognized leader in robotics education and research, the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) is known for several firsts, including launching the nation\u0026rsquo;s original interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in robotics and designing and building the Robotarium, a lab like no other that democratizes robotics research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing in this trailblazing spirit, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s RoboGrads, the robotics graduate student organization, will host the first Southeast Robotics Symposium (SRS) on October 11 and 12 on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESRS will bring together roboticists from academia in and around the Southeastern United States to share research, facilitate networking and career opportunities, and foster a sense of community in the region.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s a handful of comparable symposiums held annually around the country,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003ESeth Hutchinson\u003C\/strong\u003E, IRIM\u0026rsquo;s executive director and the KUKA Chair for Robotics in the College of Computing. \u0026ldquo;To me, it only makes sense that Georgia Tech should lead the way in forging a regional community of likeminded roboticists.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event will follow a professional conference structure common in academia and feature poster sessions and presentations on a variety of topic areas related to robotics, including. human-robot interaction, machine learning, rehabilitation, dynamics and control, humanoids, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInvited SRS speakers include professors Yu Sun from the University of South Florida and Warren Dixon from the University of Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s been a fun process planning the event,\u0026rdquo; says \u003Cstrong\u003ESergio Aguilera\u003C\/strong\u003E, current RoboGrads president. \u0026ldquo;I know both our Georgia Tech students and those from neighboring states are excited to have a chance to come together and share our experiences. We don\u0026rsquo;t always all get to travel to the international conferences like ICRA and IROS, so an annual regional event will allow us to meet regularly.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration is ongoing. Visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/symposium.robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESRS website\u003C\/a\u003E for details.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s RoboGrads, the robotics graduate student organization, will host the first Southeast Robotics Symposium (SRS) on October 11 and 12 on the Georgia Tech campus."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2019-09-24 22:51:37","changed_gmt":"2019-09-24 22:51:57","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"626223":{"id":"626223","type":"image","title":"Southeast Robotics Symposium (SRS)","body":null,"created":"1568652482","gmt_created":"2019-09-16 16:48:02","changed":"1568652482","gmt_changed":"2019-09-16 16:48:02","alt":"Southeast Robotics Symposium (SRS)","file":{"fid":"238412","name":"SRS_Outline_GT_Logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SRS_Outline_GT_Logo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SRS_Outline_GT_Logo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":89875,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/SRS_Outline_GT_Logo.png?itok=DXIZsv-v"}},"321781":{"id":"321781","type":"image","title":"RoboGrads","body":null,"created":"1449245011","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:31","changed":"1475895032","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:32","alt":"RoboGrads","file":{"fid":"200123","name":"robo_logo_large_color_margin_1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robo_logo_large_color_margin_1_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robo_logo_large_color_margin_1_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":10184,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/robo_logo_large_color_margin_1_0.png?itok=qERl7Mx1"}}},"media_ids":["626223","321781"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/symposium.robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Southeast Robotics Symposium (SRS)"},{"url":"http:\/\/robograds.gatech.edu\/","title":"RoboGrads"},{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines"}],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"78281","name":"Institute for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"id":"1356","name":"robot"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"101851","name":"RoboGrads"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIRIM Marketing Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}