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Dear alumni and friends,
Welcome to your August edition of eSydney. On Monday 2 August, Senate approved the University of Sydney 2011–2015 Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan, and its accompanying White Paper offering context and commentary, are now available online, together with a video introduction by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Michael Spence.
I am also pleased to announce that SAM has 'gone green'. You can subscribe to the online edition to help us save the environment, trees and money ... you will need your ID, which is .
Kind regards,
Tracey Beck | Director, Alumni and Community Engagement |
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| NSW Premier supports China Studies Centre partnership |
| NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has given her in-principle support to a formal partnership between the NSW Government and a new China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. | | | |
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| Alumni awarded $57 million contract |
Three Sydney alumni have been awarded a $57 million contract with the United States Marine Corp to trial advanced robot technology for training soldiers in live firing exercises.
The University's Australian Centre for Field Robotics senior research associate Dr Alex Brooks, together with research fellows Dr Alex Makarenko, and Dr Tobias Kaupp, worked on the project for eight years through their company Marathon Robotics, which is based at the Australian Technology Park at Eveleigh.
The Rover, or the Autonomous Robots Networked for Live Fire Training (ARNLT) system, will be trialled by the US Marine Corps Systems Command in Orlando, Florida.
The Marathon Robotics system uses free-ranging robots protected by armour plating to train marksmen. The robots are programmed to mimic human behaviour to provide a realistic, challenging and interactive training scenario for marksmen.
The Rover is human-sized and has been designed to be a mobile target system that can move freely and execute complex pre-planned scenarios. The Rover works in teams and when one is shot, the rest of the robots respond by scattering and running for cover.
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| Open your mind at Sydney Uni Open Day |
| Do you need more information about undergraduate admissions or courses at the University? Have your questions answered, take in a lecture, re-visit the sights and soak up the atmosphere of your alma mater at our Open Day. Find out more |
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