Session 2: 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Getting Started in Robotics
Location: Golden West Conference Room
Panel: Illah Nourbakhsh (Carnegie Mellon University), Steve Richards (Acroname, Inc.), Andrew Williams (Spelman College)
Session participants will get some hands on experience with robots such as Roomba and Qwerkbot and learn about ways they can start making and controlling robots of their own. This session will be an introduction to the world of hobby robotics with pointers to hobbyist sites and starter kits.
Computing and Community: Developing Computing Solutions to Meet Community Needs – Part 1
Location: San Diego Conference Room
Panel: Chris Bailey-Kellog (Dartmouth College), Patrice Buzzanell (Purdue University), James Early (Purdue University), Jeanne Ferrante (UC San Diego), Leah Jamieson (Purdue University)
In these hands-on sessions, student teams will brainstorm solutions for community problems. Via recorded interviews with the directors of community service organizations, each breakout team will receive a Community Challenge describing an unmet community need. Teams will create Mission Plans to bring computing to bear in addressing the challenge. In the second half of the session, teams will develop and present their multimedia Mission Plans.
