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IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | July 24, 2015 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | July 24, 2015 |
| Award Number: | 1546747 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
jeffrey trinkle
IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems CSE Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2015 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2016 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $10,032.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $10,032.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE CAMBRIDGE MA US 02139-4301 (617)253-1000 |
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77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA US 02139-4307 |
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| NSF Program(s): | NRI-National Robotics Initiati |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
Robotics is undergoing tremendous growth over a wide range of important areas, from transportation, to manufacturing, entertainment, space exploration, health-care and education. While the field is progressing forward, both in research findings and industrial markets, the percentage of female roboticists continues to lag far behind their male counterparts. This project will strengthen the presence of women in robotics by organizing "RSS 2015 Workshop on Women in Robotics" and partially defraying the cost of women to attend. The workshop will be held at the Robot Science and Systems (RSS) conference on July 16th in Rome, Italy.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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Robotics is undergoing tremendous growth in recent years, over a wide range of important areas, from transportation, to manufacturing, entertainment, space exploration, health-care and education. While the field is progressing forward, both in research findings and industrial markets, the percentage of female roboticists continues to lag far behind their male counterparts. By organizing the second workshop on Women in Robotics at the Robot Science and Systems (RSS) conference on July 16th in Rome, Italy, we built on last year's workshop's success and achieved the following goals:
- The workshop raised visibility of women in robotics by presenting a full-day of invited talks by women leaders in the field, demonstrating that women can and do play an important role in the field.
- The workshop brought together women from various disciplines in robotics, thereby strengthening the community and providing an opportunity for networking,
- The workshop provided junior researchers mentorship opportunity.
Approximately 25 women participated. This full-day workshop was a blend of contributed paper spotlight presentations, invited
talks, a poster session, and a panel. We held three oral sessions, each with a 30-minute invited talk and 5 minute contributed paper spotlights. We also organized a panel on the academic and industry job market from multiple perspectives (successful candidates from this year, junior faculty and recent hires in industry, people who were on the search committee). Additionally, the program included a talk from one of the ICRA 2015 women organizers.
The workshop featured a poster session followed by a dinner, which provided
networking opportunities for the junior female researchers attending.
Last Modified: 12/22/2016
Modified by: Julie A Shah
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