BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T064416Z UID:12EBDAD7-5364-41E3-A766-138594ABC748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T170000 DESCRIPTION:Event Description\n\nThe IEEE Young Professionals Victoria Sect ion Affinity Group is pleased to organize the F1TENTH Autonomous Racing Ch allenge\, a hands-on technical competition focusing on robotics\, autonomo us systems\, and intelligent transportation technologies.\n\nThe event wil l take place on April 1st\, 2026 (afternoon) at the ELW Building Lobby (Fi rst Floor)\, University of Victoria.\n\nFollowing the recommendation of th e IEEE Victoria Section leadership\, this activity is being organized as a joint event in collaboration with multiple IEEE organizational units\, in cluding the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Victoria Section Affinity Grou p\, the IEEE UVic Student Branch\, and the IEEE VTS/ComSoc Victoria Sectio n Joint Chapter.\n\nParticipants will engage in an autonomous racing chall enge using the F1TENTH platform and demonstrate solutions related to perce ption\, localization\, planning\, and control. The event will also feature technical discussions and networking opportunities to foster collaboratio n among students\, researchers\, and young professionals in the local engi neering community.\n\nObjectives\n\n-\nPromote experiential learning in ro botics and intelligent transportation systems\n\n-\nStrengthen collaborati on across IEEE affinity groups and technical chapters\n\n-\nSupport studen t-to-young-professional engagement\n\n-\nIncrease participation in IEEE te chnical and volunteer activities\n\nTarget Audience\n\nUndergraduate and g raduate students\, postdoctoral researchers\, young professionals\, and IE EE members interested in robotics\, artificial intelligence\, and vehicula r technologies.\n\n------------------------------------------------------- --------\n\nAcknowledgement\n\nSponsored by IEEE Young Professionals and t he IEEE Foundation.\n\nCompetition awards are additionally supported by th e IEEE Victoria Section.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Young Professionals and the IEEE Foundation\n\nRoom: Lobby (First Floor)\, Bldg: Engineering Lab W ing\, 3800 Finnerty Rd\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V8P 5C2 LOCATION:Room: Lobby (First Floor)\, Bldg: Engineering Lab Wing\, 3800 Finn erty Rd\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V8P 5C2 ORGANIZER:fengye@uvic.ca SEQUENCE:34 SUMMARY:F1TENTH Autonomous Racing Challenge: From Theory to Real-World Inte lligent Systems URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/549833 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="p1"><strong>Event Description</stro ng></p>\n<p class="p1">The IEEE Young Professionals Victoria Section Affin ity Group is pleased to organize the&nbsp\;<span class="s1"><strong>F1TENT H Autonomous Racing Challenge</strong></span>\, a hands-on technical compe tition focusing on robotics\, autonomous systems\, and intelligent transpo rtation technologies.</p>\n<p class="p3"><span class="s2">The event will t ake place on </span><strong>April 1st\, 2026 (afternoon)</strong><span cla ss="s2"> at the </span><strong>ELW Building Lobby (First Floor)\, Universi ty of Victoria</strong><span class="s2">.</span></p>\n<p class="p1">Follow ing the recommendation of the IEEE Victoria Section leadership\, this acti vity is being organized as a <span class="s1"><strong>joint event</strong> </span> in collaboration with multiple IEEE organizational units\, includi ng the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Victoria Section Affinity Group\, t he IEEE UVic Student Branch\, and the IEEE VTS/ComSoc Victoria Section Joi nt Chapter.</p>\n<p class="p1">Participants will engage in an autonomous r acing challenge using the F1TENTH platform and demonstrate solutions relat ed to perception\, localization\, planning\, and control. The event will a lso feature technical discussions and networking opportunities to foster c ollaboration among students\, researchers\, and young professionals in the local engineering community.</p>\n<p class="p1">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="p1 "><strong>Objectives</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="p1">Promote exper iential learning in robotics and intelligent transportation systems</p>\n< /li>\n<li>\n<p class="p1">Strengthen collaboration across IEEE affinity gr oups and technical chapters</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="p1">Support studen t-to-young-professional engagement</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="p1">Increas e participation in IEEE technical and volunteer activities</p>\n</li>\n</u l>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="p1"><strong>Target Audience</strong></p>\n<p class="p4">Undergraduate and graduate students\, postdoctoral researchers \, young professionals\, and IEEE members interested in robotics\, artific ial intelligence\, and vehicular technologies.</p>\n<p class="p2">&nbsp\;< /p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="p1"><strong>Acknowledgement</strong>< /p>\n<p class="p3">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="p1"><strong>Sponsored by IEEE Yo ung Professionals and the IEEE Foundation.</strong></p>\n<p class="p4">Com petition awards are additionally supported by the IEEE Victoria Section.</ p>\n<p class="p1"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media /display/43998e7a-0740-4618-80b4-26bc98f7a181"></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR