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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">We are delighted to announce the summer 2018 Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) Robotics Research Program for Undergraduate Students at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh,
PA). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Applications will be accepted through January 31 at
</span><a href="https://riss.ri.cmu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">riss.ri.cmu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Program dates are June 1 to August 15.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Funding and support is available for both U.S. and international students.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Why Robotics & RISS?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Robotics-related technologies are becoming ubiquitous and are dominating national headlines due to innovations such as driverless cars, service robots, surgical robots, and
aerial vehicles. Robots and the knowledge required to create, operate, and interact with them will become increasingly important to society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">The RISS program is designed to immerse students in the world of robotics. Through RISS, students perform research under the mentorship of top scientists in robotics and intelligent
systems at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute. RISS has access to over 50 research mentors representing a broad range of robotics research (e.g. field robotics, computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, autonomy, machine learning,
graphics, human-robot interaction, and space robotics). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">The RISS-guided research experience is coupled with powerful professional development in a nurturing global community and culminates in August with an annual research poster
session and the publication of the RISS Working Papers Journal. Many students continue to collaborate with RISS mentors, labs, and cohort members.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">More information about the program, including 2017 research posters and papers (2017 the RISS Working Papers Journal) can be found here:
</span><a href="https://riss.ri.cmu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">riss.ri.cmu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">. Here is the
</span><a href="https://riss.ri.cmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RISS-2018-Announcement-Poster.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">RISS 2018 Poster</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
from the RISS website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Thanks, and Happy New Year!</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">John and Rachel
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dr. John Dolan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">RISS Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Ms. Rachel Burcin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">RISS Co-Director and Global Programs Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Carnegie Mellon University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">The Robotics Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="mailto:Riss-info@andrew.cmu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Riss-info@andrew.cmu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">This program is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Site Award (</span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659774&HistoricalAwards=false"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Grant
number: IIS 1659774</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">), Carnegie Mellon University (</span><a href="http://www.cmu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">CMU</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">),
the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (</span><a href="http://ficci.in/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">FICCI</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">), and the participation
of CMU RI’s incredibly talented and dedicated faculty, graduate students, staff, and RISS alumni. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">About US:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ri.cmu.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Robotics Institute</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.cmu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Carnegie Mellon University</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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