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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Volkswagen Group Fundamental AI Research---a part of the Data:Lab in Munich---invites students to join the 2017 Deep Learning and Robotics Challenge.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The challenge is scheduled to take place from September 11 to October 13, 2017. You will collaborate with your peers in small groups to solve a robotics challenge while developing and using deep-learning methodologies in a Python-environment with TensorFlow.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">All groups will compete to have their robot solve the set task as efficiently as possible. The challenge will be crowned with a ceremony at GTC Europe (Oct. 10--12 in Munich) for the winning team. We ask you to open-source all your related code. Your major input will be related to machine learning, but also to robotics.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The DLRC is set up in collaboration with NVIDIA. In this collaboration, we will provide you with a compute infrastructure based on DGX-1, 1080s and Jetsons. During your stay at the Data:Lab, you will be paid a salary, which you can use to cover your living expenses or visit the Oktoberfest.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Further information and application through <a href="http://argmax.ai/#dlrc"><span style="color: rgb(62, 129, 222);">http://argmax.ai/#dlrc</span></a>. Application deadline: July 31, 2017. Feel free to contact us for further information.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Patrick van der Smagt</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Director of AI Research</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Volkswagen Group, Data:Lab</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Munich</p>
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