[Announce] September 11th 2018 - MUG Meeting

[craig at decafbad.net]

We meet at 6:30pm on the second Tuesday of each month at the
Farmington Community Library.

 Topics Include:

 Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group

 Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group (DAVG) is a group of technology
enthusiasts and professionals
 who share a common vision for innovation and passion for improving
the world through technology.
 DAVG started as an extension of the Udacity Self Driving Car Nano
Degree program, but is open to
 everyone who has even the slightest interest. All you need is some
interest in technology, innovation,
 meeting new interesting people, autonomous vehicles, and artificial
intelligence, just to name a few.
 These are the anchor themes of DAVG. During the talk we will trace
the history of innovation, use of
 open platforms (as much as possible) in order to build a self-driving
RC cars and robots, algorithms,
 controllers, and everything under the sun which contributes to this
effort that you would like to
 discuss.
 DAVG meets every other Saturday (meetup page) at i3Detroit in
Ferndale, and
 every Saturday in Ann Arbor at Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor
chapter meetup page) to work on self-driving RC cars.

 Alex Polonsky is a bilingual engineer with a passion for mobility and
technological innovation. Born in
 Russia and raised in San Francisco, CA, in 2011 Alex decided to
pursue his dream of making a
 difference through transportation and moved to Detroit. Since moving
he’s able to combine his
 passion for automobiles and technology through AV’s.
 While living in Silicon Valley, he spent time working at NASA Ames
space center where he helped
 design next generation waste recycling systems for the space program.
Currently, he is employed as
 an electronics engineer with the Brose Group in Auburn Hills, MI.
 In February of 2017 Alex founded the Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group
(DAVG) where automotive
 enthusiasts and professionals work on automation systems. The group
currently has over 400
 members in the Detroit chapter and over 350 members in the Ann Arbor
chapter. They meet bi-
 weekly at i3Detroit in Ferndale, and weekly in Ann Arbor at Washtenaw
Community College (Ann
 Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Group) where everyone is encouraged and
welcome to join/participate.
 Alex will talk all about AV’s, history of SV, Detroit, innovation in
general and share insights on the
 group’s work and goals for the immediate future.

 Plus we'll have our regular features: Jobs Looking for People, People
Looking for Jobs, and much more! We'll also be meeting for dinner at
the Buddy's Pizza in Novi (44225 W 12 Mile Road, Novi, MI 48377) after
the meeting.