Autonomous Vehicles: When will your car drive you?

Jim Lumia jlumia@ieee.org	Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM
	Meeting Description Dinner Meeting WHEN: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM WHERE: CDB's Southside Italian Restaurant 3671 S. Westshore Blvd. Tampa, FL 33629 Phone: 813-805-2327 SPEAKER: Grayson Randall, President of Insight Technologies SPONSOR: FWCS IEEE Computer Society & AESS This is an open meeting. Take advantage of a chance to learn about robotics and autonomous vehicles, network with fellow engineers and have an excellent dinner at CDB's Southside Italian Restaurant in South Tampa. You may order salad/soup, entree, sides, and desert from the special menu for only: $15 for IEEE members. $25 for guests of members. You will need to pay by check or cash. Make out your check to IEEE FWCS. Make your on-line reservation soon! Select "Make a Reservation" on the left, then "View Attendees List" to check your reservation. If you have problems registering on this web site, please email your registration information to JLumia@ieee.org or Call Jim Lumia at (813) 832-3501. If you join IEEE or add AESS or the Computer Society to your IEEE membership, you get your dinner free! Sign up and email JLumia@ieee.org (813)832-3501. Membership information is at: http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/floridawc/membership.html and http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/societies/index.html
	Additional Information About the Speaker: Grayson Randall is president of Insight Technologies, Inc. (www.insightrobots.com), a North Carolina company that specializes in ground based robots for both commercial and military use. Insight Technologies, Inc. performs both research and development for robotic control systems. Mr. Randall led the Insight Racing team (www.insightracing.org) in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge series of races. Insight Racing’s most recent entry was a computer driven Lotus Elise that was developed in conjunction with NC State University. The Elise would drive through city traffic without a driver, remote control, or any human intervention whatsoever. Mr. Randall is a “Distinguished Visitor” for the IEEE Computer Society. He received the Outstanding Engineer Award from IEEE Region 3 at SoutheastCon 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia where Mr. Randall was chosen from among over 30,000 engineers in the Southeastern United States. Mr. Randall was also recognized by IEEE-USA in 2007 “for leadership that inspired pre-college students and college engineering students in the area of robotics."
	Meeting Location CDB's Southside Italian Rest. 3671 S. Westshore Blvd, Tampa Driving Directions Click on Mapquest above.
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