Topic: Robots, iPhones, and Girls - Oh my! October 25, 2008

Topic: Robots, iPhones, and Girls - Oh my!

Attention Middle School Girls:
Want to interact with robots? Have a close encounter with an iPhone? Here's your chance to experience both! Have fun and share learning with other girls at this special, hands-on, one-time only event directed by Prof. Andrew Williams of Spelman College (currently on sabbatical at Apple). Volunteers will help facilitate the session.

Lunch and snacks will be provided. Admission is $5. SPACE IS LIMITED so be sure to register in advance to guarantee your place. Please type your daughter's name in the comment section so they will have a badge.

Registration starts at 9:00 AM
Program begins promptly at 10:00 AM

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Williams
Andrew B. Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the Founder and Coach of the SpelBots, the first all woman and African American team to compete in the international robotics championships, RoboCup, and the Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation project, C.A.R.E. Computer and Robotics for African American Students. Dr. Williams was a GEM Engineering Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Kansas sponsored by General Electric and became the first African American to graduate from KU with a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1999. Dr. Williams and his SpelBots have been featured nationally in the September 2005 issue of Ebony Magazine, CNN American Morning, CBS Evening News and CBS Sunday Morning, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Atlanta Daily World, National Public Radio and a host of other historically black newspapers and radio around the country.

Note - When registering, you must register all attendees, including students. Thank you!

$5.00.

Official Website: http://www.sdforum.org