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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. The event attracted more than 200 participants. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event. IEEE Member Juleen Gentles.

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ARPA-E to host workshop on “Transportation Behavior and New Technologies”

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will host a workshop on “Transportation Behavior and New Technologies,” on 16 March 2012, in Berkeley, CA. Summaries of the workshop will be provided on the ARPA-E website shortly following the event. The workshop is not open to the media.

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Daimler Trucks’ FUSO introduces eCanter SensorCollect concept refuse truck

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These commands include following the operator, halting, avoiding obstacles, and stopping immediately if a person or object comes in close proximity to the vehicle. Through these events, more than 100 ideas to date have been generated. These functionalities are intended to boost the efficiency of garbage collection workers.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence , held from 18 June through 17 August of 1956, is widely considered the event that kicked off AI as a research discipline. So who was this unknown person? All six contributed to AI, computer science, or related fields in the decades following the Dartmouth workshop.

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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Student representatives also help organize conference workshops. The meetings have always included onsite events for students to network with each other and to mingle with researchers over lunch. The events give the budding engineers an opportunity to talk with leaders they normally wouldn’t meet, Tricomi says.

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IEEE WIE Conference Will Explore the Future of Work

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The 2022 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference is scheduled for 6 and 7 June in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual networking events. The in-person events are to take place at the San Diego Convention Center. The deadline is 1 February. They will be back this year as well.

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14 US fleets launch ACT Fleet Forum; best practices on adopting advanced, clean transportation technologies

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Facilitated by clean transportation consulting firm Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA), the ACT Fleet Forum is an extension of the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, North America’s largest advanced transportation technology and clean fleet event.

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