<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="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">Dear Friends and Colleges,</div><div class="">[Sorry for the multiple copies]</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The registration for the <b class="" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 13px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">IEEE RAS International Summer School on “Deep Learning for Robot Vision”</b><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 13px; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"> <i class="">is now open.</i> </span>Please share the news with Friends, Students and Colleges. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope to see you next December in Chile!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks!</div><div class="">Rodrigo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">=============================</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;">Registration is now open</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The registration for the <b class="">IEEE RAS International Summer School on “Deep Learning for Robot Vision”</b> to will be held on December 9-13, 2019 in Santiago & Rancagua (Chile) is now open:</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(12, 96, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(12, 96, 170); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/index.php/registration/" class="">http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/index.php/registration/<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(12, 96, 170);"></span></a></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Important information: </span></p><ul class=""><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The registration deadline is October 31st, 2019.</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The number of participants is limited to 200.</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No registration fees for students.</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The registration does NOT cover accommodation or meals. </span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Applications sent by email will NOT be processed. Check the registration webpage for detailed instructions: <span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(17, 140, 253); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 140, 253);"><a href="http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/index.php/registration/" class="">http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/index.php/registration/</a></span></span></li></ul><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;">Third </span><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Call for Participation</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">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 <b class="">official language of the summer school is English</b>, and it will include tutorial courses, keynote lectures, a student poster competition, and live demonstrations such as autonomous vehicles, domestic service robots, among others.</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">There are <b class="">no registration fees for students</b> regardless of their nationality or country of affiliation, but priority will be given to students with an IEEE membership. </span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We expect to have over 100 attendees to the summer school (in 2012 we hosted 85 attendees from over 15 countries). </span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">A </span><b class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">travel grant program for international students</b><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> will provide support for international students attending the summer school. The application process will open in June 10th. For details of the travel grant program, please check:</span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 140, 253); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 140, 253); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/index.php/travel-grant/" class="">http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/index.php/travel-grant/<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(17, 140, 253);"></span></a></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The Summer School is co-organized by the Advanced Mining Technology Center of the Universidad de Chile and the Institute of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile. The summer school is co-funded by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Summer School Program, technically sponsored by the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Robot Learning, and supported by the IEEE RAS Chilean Chapter. This Summer School follows the successful <a href="http://amtc.uchile.cl/summerschool/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">IEEE RAS Summer School on “Robot Vision and Applications</span></a>” organized in Chile in 2012.</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">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></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">In addition to the tutorial courses and keynote lectures, we will have:</span></p><ul class=""><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A student poster contest on robotics</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demo sessions where various robots will be displayed and introduced.</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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 10 attendees who will be selected based on a project proposal. The application guidelines will be announced soon.</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Finally, a focused discussion session with some of the lectures of the Summer School. This session is limited to 10 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><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The Summer School will have presentations by renowned international speakers, including:</span></p><ul class=""><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"><a href="https://groups.csail.mit.edu/rrg/index.php" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">Nicholas Roy</span></a></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, Robust Robotics Group, CSAIL, MIT</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"><a href="https://nikosuenderhauf.github.io/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">Niko Sünderhauf</span></a></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"><a href="http://www.jenskober.de/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">Jens Kober</span></a></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, Cognitive Robotics department, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"><a href="http://juxi.net/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">Juxi Leitner</span></a></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, Australian Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"><a href="http://wp.doc.ic.ac.uk/sleutene/about/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">Stefan Leutenegger</span></a></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, Imperial College London</span></li></ul><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A detailed program will be made available at the Summer school website <a href="http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">http://robotvision2019.amtc.cl</span></a></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">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 class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">https://goo.gl/forms/jKeAsqnLuFwZKWx83</span></a></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile<br class="">Rodrigo Verschae, Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile<br class="">General Chairs<br class="">IEEE RAS International Summer School on “Deep Learning for Robot Vision”</span></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>