Meet the WiR V - Attending

Poster

Poster sizes for this workshop will be the same as for the main conference, 150x120 cm portrait format

Location

Meet the Women In Robotics V will take place during RSS 2019 in June, in Freiburg, Germany, on Sunday, June 23, 2019.

The workshop will take place at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg.

Registrations desks are at Faculty of Engineering at building 101. Please register for the workshop at the main R:SS conference homepage.

Travel

Meet the Women In Robotics V will take place at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg. Registrations desks are at Faculty of Engineering at building 101.

  • If you travel via air, the biggest and likely most convenient airport is Frankfurt (FRA). Do NOT mistake for Frankfurt Hahn airport. Alternatively, Stuttgart, Munich, or Basel (Switzerland) and Zuerich (Switzerland) work too, however the train connections are fewer and harder to get. Also, be aware that Switzerland has different immigration procedures.
  • If you need a Visa letter, please contact the R:SS conference organizers. Please review the immigration procedures and stipulations of the Schengen Agreement for travel to Europe. We can't provide support with Visa application procedures and the accepted applicants are responsible for their immigration procedures.
  • Take the train from Frankfurt airport station to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof (central station). Train times and tickets can be found at bahn.de. A reservation of your seat is highly recommended.
  • From Freiburg main station, you can use the BSB 729 Freiburg - Breisach, times can be found here.
  • Alternatively, you can use the tram (Strassenbahn) Number 4, going every 10-30 minutes, times can be found here.
  • Be advised that most shops are closed on Sundays in Germany and public transport follows a specific Sunday schedule!

Outside the box - A taste of the Black Forest Trail Hike

If you are interested in going on a hike trough the Black Forest starting June 27th, please contact robinrmurphy at gmail dot com

  • 1 day hike/2 nights: 399€ per person (share a room) to 429€ (single room) - A Taste of the Black Forest Trail

Other local events:

Artificial Intelligence and Street Art: Tram Talk

21.06.2019, 4-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Tram route 4

For the ‘Researching City Walls’ project, artists Smy and Fritz Boogie talked with robotics expert Wolfram Burgard, professor of autonomous intelligent systems at the University of Freiburg, about robotics, autonomous vehicles and machine learning. This conversation gave rise to the work ‘Ansichtssache’, which translates roughly as ‘a matter of opinion’. ‘Ansichtssache’ now adorns a local tram operated by the Freiburg public transport company. Under the title of ‘Tram Talks’, researchers and artists are holding question and answer sessions on the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) and street art on this tram. Anyone who is interested can find the timetable and track the live location of the tram during the Tram Talk session on the website below: www.nexusexperiments.uni-freiburg.de/stawafo/ki-bahn


Wall Talk: Yukie Nagai / Sare

24.06.2019, 6.15 p.m.

Friedrichstraße 56, 79098 Freiburg (if raining: Kulturaggregat e.V., Hildastraße 5, 79102 Freiburg)

At the heart of the ‘Researching City Walls’ project are large-scale murals in the center of Freiburg: each of these murals was created by one street artist and one scientist exchanging ideas and working in tandem. Artist Sare and AI researcher Dr. Yukie Nagai from the University of Tokyo, Japan, will answer questions about the picture they developed together, which Sare is painting on the back of the building at Rosastraße 19. Lectures will be given in English.