<div dir="ltr">Team,<div><br></div><div>If you have not RSVP'd yet please do so asap. We need to have good estimates of headcounts to proceed with ordering food and other resources.</div><div><br></div><div>We have an excellent roster of speakers and panelists and many of you prepare spotlight talks and posters for the 30th Anniversary Symposium on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to forward the below boilerplate email invitation to whomever you believe should be aware of the events.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Artur</div><div><br></div><div>----</div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As you might already be aware, in 2023 the Carnegie Mellon University Auton Lab celebrates 30 years of building AI with real world impact. In celebration, we are planning a weekend of events from September 8th to 10th. We would like to invite you to join us in Pittsburgh for the celebration! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday features a symposium with a series of short talks to highlight the amazing past and future work at the Lab, panel sessions to review the present and the future of our domain, as well as spotlight talks and posters delivered primarily by current junior members of our research team. Saturday promises plenty of time to catch up with family and friends over a picnic. Finally, on Sunday we will kick off the next 30 years with a walk through Schenley Park and a send-off brunch.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We will continue the following weekend with a hackAuton, starting on Friday, September 15th, which will involve several teams of CMU students coming up with clever solutions to AI/ML challenges.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Additional information and an RSVP button can be found at </span><a href="https://autonlab.org/30th-Anniversary/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://autonlab.org/30th-Anniversary/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (note that details of the schedule are still being finalized). There will also be options for remote participation if joining in person is not feasible. Please </span><a href="https://autonlab.org/30th-Anniversary/#rsvp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">RSVP</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> in any case at your earliest convenience. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Artur Dubrawski & The Chairs of the Auton 30th Committee: Jieshi Chen and Nick Gisolfi</span></p></div></div>