<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">Call for Participation</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The <a href="http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">IEEE RAS International Summer School on “Deep Learning for Robot Vision”</span></a> will be held on December 9-13, 2019 in Santiago & Rancagua, Chile.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The Summer School is co-organized by the School of Engineering of the Universidad de Chile, and the Institute of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad de O'Higgins. It is co-funded by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Summer School Program, it is technically sponsored by the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Robot Learning, and it is sponsored by the IEEE RAS Chilean Chapter. This Summer School follows the successful IEEE RAS Summer School on "Robot Vision and Applications" organized in Chile in 2012.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">This international Summer School targets students (Master / PhD level and last years of undergraduate), researchers and professionals interested in Robotics, Robot Vision, Deep Learning and related topics. The official language of the summer school is English, and it will include tutorial courses, keynote lectures, a student poster competition, and live demonstrations such as autonomous vehicles, robot soccer, domestic robots, among others.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The Summer School will provide a clear overview of Deep Learning methods in Robotics with a particular emphasis in robot vision, while also providing an in-depth analysis of state-of-the-art research in this area. We will have introductory lectures and short advance courses in the following topics: deep learning for robot vision, deep reinforcement learning, deep learning for robot vision under time & hardware constraints, deep learning for 3D reconstruction & SLAM, deep & model-based learning, deep learning for manipulation & grasping, etc.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">In addition to the tutorial courses and keynote lectures, we will have:</span></div><ul class=""><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">A student poster contest on robotics</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Demo sessions where various robots will be displayed and introduced</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">A hands-on course on deep learning methods using a last-generation high-performance computing platform (GPU cluster NVIDIA DGX-1). This course is limited to ten attendees which will be selected based on a project proposal. The application guidelines will be announced soon.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Finally, a focused discussion session with some of the lectures of the Summer School. This session is limited to ten participants. Interested participants need to submit a topic or paper of their interest to be discussed during the session. The application guidelines will be announced soon.</span></li></ul><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The Summer School will have presentations by renowned international speakers, including:</span></div><ul class=""><li style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><a href="https://groups.csail.mit.edu/rrg/index.php" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">Nicholas Roy</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, Robust Robotics Group, CSAIL, MIT</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class=""><a href="https://nikosuenderhauf.github.io/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">Niko Sünderhauf</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class=""><a href="http://www.jenskober.de/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">Jens Kober</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, Cognitive Robotics department, Delft University of Technology</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class=""><a href="http://juxi.net/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">Juxi Leitner</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, Australian Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision</span></li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">A detailed program will be made available at the Summer school website <a href="http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/?customize_changeset_uuid=ea0a11bc-802b-4fbb-89fc-7721faa3277d&customize_messenger_channel=preview-1" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl</span></a> and the registration process will before the end of May.</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">There are no registration fees for students regardless of their nationality or country of affiliation, but priority will be given to students with an IEEE membership. We expect to have over 100 attendees to the summer school (in 2012 we hosted 85 attendees from over 15 countries). The registration procedure will be announced soon.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">If you want to be notified about important information regarding the summer school such as when the program is made available, the registration process opens, please fill your contact information in the following form: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/jKeAsqnLuFwZKWx83" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);" class="">https://goo.gl/forms/jKeAsqnLuFwZKWx83</span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Best regards,</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Rodrigo Verschae, Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">General Chairs</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">IEEE RAS International Summer School on "Deep Learning for Robot Vision"</span></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
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