IEEE RAS Tunisia Workshop at Robotics Weekend

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IEEE RAS TUNISIA CHAPTER  PROGRAM  will take place from the 18th  March 2018 to the 20th of March 2018 as a part of the Robotics Weekend organized by IEEE RAS INSAT SBC. A special Talk will be dedicated to one of the prestigious IEEE Societies, the Robotics & Automation Society which Focuses on both applied and theoretical issues in robotics and automation. The society sponsors a number of conferences, including the annual International Conference on Robotics and Automation. In this program, you will be introduced to IEEE RAS Tunisia initiative " Robotics for Democracy (R4D)", R4D is financially sponsored by Robotics and Automation Society. The Second part of the program is "Open Hardware using Arduino Uno Level 1" Workshop. RAS Tunisia at Robotics Weekend program will include also a RAS EPICS Workshop.

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  • Start time: 18 Mar 2018 09:00 AM
  • End time: 20 Mar 2018 05:01 PM
  • All times are (GMT+01:00) Africa/Tunis
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  • Hotel Amir Palace
  • Skanes, Monastir
  • Tunisia
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Ikram Touir

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RAS Tunisia Presentation Why Join RAS

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Ikram Twir (GS’2014) was born in Benguerdene, Tunisia, in 1993. She received the Applied License degree in Industrial Computing from the University of ISSAT Sousse, Tunisia, 2015, and the Research Master degrees in Pervasive Intelligent Systems from Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Sousse (SPI) Sousse, Tunisia, 2017. Her current research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithms, Bio-inspired Algorithms, Internet of Things, and Robotics. Ikram Touir is a student from Tunisia in the field of artificial intelligence. She has been an active IEEE member and volunteer since 2014 when she established the IEEE Student Branch at Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology of Sousse -Tunisia. She has served in many IEEE volunteer positions including IEEE Day Ambassador, IEEEXtreme Ambassador and in the PES Renewable Energy in Schools (RES) Project. She was the Local Arrangement Chair for the 5th International Competition in Robotics, RoboComp2015 - Tunisia. Her Student Branch was awarded both the Section Outstanding Student Branch Award and the Section Outstanding WIE Affinity group for 2016. Ikram represented her school at the 2016 IEEE Region 8 Student and Young Professional Congress held in Regensburg, Germany. She served as Region 8 RAS SAC member from 2014-2016. Currently, Ikram serves as Treasurer of IEEE RAS Tunisia Chapter which was awarded both the IEEE Region 8 Best Chapter of the Year award and the IEEE RAS Chapter of the Year Award for 2017. Ikram is the IEEE RAS Regional (R8) Student Representative. Recently, She is appointed to serve as IEEE Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committee Member for 2018.

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Address:Sahloul, Tunisia, 4003

Mehdi Mili

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Open Hardware Workshop Getting started with Arduino

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Mehdi Mili was born in Sousse, 1994, is a second-year student in the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Sousse (ISSAT Sousse) for the bachelor degree in industrial computing. Since 2015, he has been an active member in IEEE ISSATSO students branch, where he held many positions: In 2016, he was a treasurer of the students' branch and a vice-chair in both IEEE RAS SB Chapter and IAS SB Chapter. He was elected chair of the students' branch in 2017 and is currently chair of RAS SB Chapter and the communication manager in IAS Tunisia chapter. He is a local leader in Nasa Space Apps Challenge, the international hackathon hosted by NASA. For the past years, he trained in many Arduino, raspberry and scratch workshops, and he also is part of a startup named “Original Graphics” (OG) launched in 2017 as a designer and a finance officer.

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Agenda

1- IEEE RAS Tunisia Presentation (15 min)

2- IEEE RAS; How to get involved (15min)

3- Robotics for Democracy Presentation (10min)

4- RAS EPICS; How Can I correctly fill the form? (20min)

5- Open Hardware Workshop, Getting started with Arduino (2H)