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STUDENT'S CORNER

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Innovation for Tomorrow's Needs:
Student Activities and Creativity at ICRA 2012
By Laura Margheri and Ludo Visser

T

he 2012 IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and
Automation (ICRA) provided
a range of unique opportunities. From meeting, socialization,
and discussions among our student
to the
* groups
chance
to
have
The goal of Student
lunch with leadReviewer Program is
ers from research,
education, and
to introduce students
industry, this
and young researchers gathering of our
peers and proto the reviewing
fessionals was a
process in a controlled great experience
for the 650 stuand supervised way.
in attend* dents
ance this year.
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's (RAS's) Student Activities Committee (SAC) scheduled
a series of social events amid the

tutorials, workshops, interactive sessions, and plenary sessions of ICRA.
Jorge Cham, author of PhD Comics,
which chronicles life in graduate
school in a humorous manner, where
PhD stands for "piled higher and
deeper," gave an entertaining and
humorous presentation at the
Student Reception. Following the
laughter, more than 300 students
had a chance to get Cham's autograph. The reception opened with
remarks from Nikos Papanikolopoulos, ICRA general chair, and
David Orin, RAS president, and was
planned through the efforts of the
Local Arrangements Chair Volkan
Isler, the Program Chair Paul Oh,
and the Student's Local Committee
Cochairs Daniel Lofaro and Pratap
Tokekar.
An impromptu gathering of 50
students for lunch at the Eagle Street

Student reception photos.

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2012.2206889
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Grille immersed us in the history of
St. Paul. While conversations ranged
from our studies, research, and
ICRA, these topics were far from
reference of the mob-themed menu
that referred to the 1930s and the
gangsters who gave the city a notorious reputation. Later that evening,
we joined other ICRA attendees at
the Minnesota Science Museum,
where we had a chance to explore
hands-on displays and the featured
Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the
Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate
Ship exhibit.
One of the most compelling
events was the Lunch with Leaders,
which was aimed at enhancing the
relationship between the students
and leaders in robotics and automation. It gave more than 120 students
a chance to ask questions, get advice,
and reach out to 12 mentors, including



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