2024 JULY Networking Lunch

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Before July 5th, a $5 Early Bird discount will be applied to each ticket in your cart.

Sept. 11, 2001, was the first reported use of a robot for any kind of disaster. Since then, Dr. Robin Murphy and her team have deployed robots to nearly 30 disasters in five countries, including Hurricanes Katrina and Harvey.  Rescue roboticists have to constantly ask themselves how to efficiently get the right information to different groups of decision-makers. Artificial Intelligence plays an important role. Texas A&M students developed algorithms to sort and prioritize images so a person can quickly identify the ones with critical information - using A.I. to help human and canine responders do their jobs better.

"The next time you hear about a disaster, look for the robots.  Robots are coming to the rescue." -- Dr. Robin Murphy

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Like all Houston Aggie Women events, this Networking Lunch is OPEN TO ALL.  No membership required.

Before July 5th, a $5 Early Bird discount will be applied to each ticket in your cart.

$41 Member Pricing

$46 NON-Member Pricing

Membership Alert: ALL 2023 Memberships have expired.   Click here to purchase your 2024 Membership now and begin taking advantage of Member Pricing immediately.

Membership starts immediately and expires December 31, 2024.

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Recent lunches have sold out and this lunch will be very popular too!

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Summer temperatures have arrived! Remember to stay hydrated with your personalized Houston Aggie Women travel tumbler.  Keeps your cold beverages cold for longer. Or use it to keep your morning beverages hot for longer.  Order online and pick it up at lunch!

Lunch is served family-style - this month's menu includes salad, pasta, grilled chicken with veggies, and don't forget those fabulous desserts! Yum!

Questions? E-mail JClark@melton-melton.com or Houston.Aggie.Women@gmail.com

HOUSTON AGGIE WOMEN is a key resource for Aggie women, friends and family.  We connect the Houston Aggie community through networking, education, and giving back.

Our events are OPEN TO ALL - men and women, Aggies and Non-Aggies - anyone needing a little boost.

Connect with other H-town Aggies for another "can't miss" episode of Houston Aggie Women Networking Luncheons.

Second Tuesday of every month - networking starts at 11:30 a.m., lunch from 11:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Join us for good food, good conversation, and an interesting speaker - sometimes an Aggie, sometimes not, but always interesting.

Afraid you won't know anyone there?  Bring a friend!

Can't find a friend to bring?  Don't worry!  In a room full of friendly Aggies, you're bound to find a conversation to join. And with our wide range of Class Years, you'll probably find someone with a Class Ring just like yours.

FEATURED SPEAKER:

Dr. Robin Murphy

Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow

Director of the Humanitarian Robotics and AI Laboratory, formerly the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) which is now a nonprofit.

Co-founder of the field of disaster robotics and founder Roboticists Without Borders

Number 14 of 30 Most Innovative Women Professors Alive Today and Engineering Faculty Fellow for Innovation in High-Impact Learning Experiences

Recipient of 2014 Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics

A Drone Ranger, Fast Company's Most Influential Women of 2011, Alpha Geek in WIRED (17.07), Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for 2015 by Government Technology Magazine

Murphy’s primary research is in artificial intelligence for mobile robots as applied to disaster robotics. Her team has participated in disasters or incidents spanning urban search and rescue, structural inspection, hurricanes, flooding, mudslides, mine disasters, radiological events, and wilderness search and rescue. She is available to discuss how robots could be used to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. An IEEE Fellow, Murphy received a B.M.E. in mechanical engineering, a M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science in 1980, 1989, and 1992, respectively, from Georgia Tech, where she was a Rockwell International Doctoral Fellow. She is the Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M and directs the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue and an IEEE Fellow. Her research interests are artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, and heterogeneous teams of robots and she has over 100 publications including the best selling textbook, Introduction to AI Robotics (MIT Press 2000). She is a founder of the fields of rescue robots and human-robot interaction. In 2008, she was awarded the Al Aube Outstanding Contributor award by the AUVSI Foundation, for her insertion of ground, air, and sea robots for urban search and rescue (US&R) at 11 disasters, including the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster, Hurricanes Katrina and Charley, and the Crandall Canyon Utah mine collapse. Since arriving at Texas A&M in 2008, she has been leading an initiative in emergency informatics, which stems in part from witnessing valuable data from robots not reaching the right decision maker. Dr. Murphy is active in the community, having served on the IEEE Robotics and Automation executive committees, numerous National Academies and defense boards, including the Defense Science Board.