<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Please share the following information with students.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Warm regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Cecilia and Reynold<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">>>>><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Hello,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We would like to inform you about two programs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT):<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">1. The AWARE-AI NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Do you have a strong interest in Artificial Intelligence and how it impacts and interfaces with humans? We invite applications to the AWARE-AI NSF Research Traineeship Program at RIT by March 1, 2022, 11:59pm EST. Please register for our virtual open house information session on Jan. 27 at 4:00 pm EST:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://rit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NknwCBDAQayEuTjoaAcdPg" target="_blank">https://rit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NknwCBDAQayEuTjoaAcdPg</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">AWARE-AI Trainees experience convergent, cross-disciplinary AI research with accomplished faculty focused on software, hardware, human-computer interaction, or cognitive models, in addition to carefully curated career-advancing activities that directly address skill gaps in graduate AI curricula. The program is accepting applications from students in associated RIT Ph.D. and MS on-campus programs in Rochester, NY. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">See information on eligibility, benefits, and how to apply for AWARE-AI Traineeships at: <a href="https://www.rit.edu/nrtai/benefits-and-applying" title="https://www.rit.edu/nrtai/benefits-and-applying" target="_blank">https://www.rit.edu/nrtai/benefits-and-applying</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We especially encourage women, deaf or hard-of-hearing, and African American, Latino/a American, or Native American students to apply to AWARE-AI.   <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">2. The REU Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at RIT is inviting applications for summer 2022. In our program, undergraduate students will experience research and other career-enhancing activities in an interdisciplinary environment with special focus on Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The REU students will receive a stipend of up to $6000, up to $600 for travel, and up to $1200 for meals. They will also stay free on campus.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Application deadline: February 15, 2022, 11:59 P.M. EDT.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Program duration: 10 weeks (May 31, 2022 -- August 5, 2022).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.cs.rit.edu/~reu/" title="http://www.cs.rit.edu/~reu/" target="_blank">http://www.cs.rit.edu/~reu/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">>>>><u></u> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><table cellspacing="0" width="60" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;padding:0px"><tbody><tr style="line-height:1;padding:0px"><td style="border-top:2px solid black;padding-bottom:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-weight:600;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(247,105,2)">Reynold Bailey, Ph.D.</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">Professor and Associate Undergraduate Program Coordinator</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">Department of Computer Science</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">Rochester Institute of Technology</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">Golisano Hall 3015</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">102 Lomb Memorial Drive</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)"><br>Rochester, NY </span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)">14623</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><font color="#000001"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><br style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font><a href="https://cs.rit.edu/~rjb/" style="color:rgb(0,0,1);font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://cs.rit.edu/~rjb/</a><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,1)">W: </span>585-475-6181</span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></span><br style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family: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