ECE Faculty Chosen to Chair Major Robotics Conferences
[ubermenu config_id=”main” menu=”84″] NEWSROOM ECE Faculty Chosen to Chair Major Robotics ConferencesFeb 6, 2009 The Institute of Electrical and Computer Engineers (IEEE), the largest technical society in the world, sponsors hundreds of conferences eac …
February 6, 2009 NC State ECE
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ECE Faculty Chosen to Chair Major Robotics Conferences
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The Institute of Electrical and Computer Engineers (IEEE), the largest technical society in the world, sponsors hundreds of conferences each year. In the area of Robotics and Automation, however, there are only two: The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), fully sponsored by the IEEE, and the Intelligent Robotics Systems Conference (IROS), co-sponsored by the IEEE and the Japanese Robotics Society.
Both conferences attract over a thousand researchers from all over the world. In 2007, the general chair of IROS was Professor Eddie Grant, of the NC State ECE department. In 2010, the general chair of ICRA will be Professor Wesley Snyder of the NC State ECE department. To have two general chairs from the same department is unprecedented.
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