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ACM Reflections | Projections Conference Reflections | Projections brings together students from across the country to gain a broader perspective on technology.

Throughout the weekend, we'll have several speakers from industry and academia alike, a programming competition (MechMania) created by in-house developers, and a job fair and startup fair for students and companies in computing. Admission to the conference is free for everyone, regardless of academic major or university affiliation.

Day 4 Speaker Line Up! Last chance to talk to these cool people 🥳
09/19/2026

Day 4 Speaker Line Up! Last chance to talk to these cool people 🥳

R|P 2026: Day 3 (Friday) Speaker Lineup 🎤📍 Siebel 24052:00-3:30 PM — Moshe Mahler: Animated Design Thinking; The Art of ...
09/18/2026

R|P 2026: Day 3 (Friday) Speaker Lineup 🎤

📍 Siebel 2405

2:00-3:30 PM — Moshe Mahler: Animated Design Thinking; The Art of Weightlessness

3:00-4:00 PM — Nate Gross: Game Development in the Age of AI

4:30-6:30 PM- AWS Speaker Event and Workshop with Alak Eswardaas, Anup Sivadas & Suresh Poopandi

Come learn from the best in the industry! 🔥

R|P 2026: Day 2 (Wednesday) Speaker Lineup 🎤📍 Siebel 240512:30-1:30 PM — Fireside Chat with A***n Gandhi (SpaceX AI)2:30...
09/17/2026

R|P 2026: Day 2 (Wednesday) Speaker Lineup 🎤

📍 Siebel 2405

12:30-1:30 PM — Fireside Chat with A***n Gandhi (SpaceX AI)
2:30-3:30 PM — Michael Stopa: The Nexus of AI and Games
3:30-4:30 PM — Tamanna Sait: AI For AI Factory - An Autonomous Brain that Powers the World’s Most Critical AI Infrastructure
5:30-6:30 PM — Jackie & Dakarai (RoboTouch Lab): Assistive Mobile Manipulation & Fabric Sensors for Human Robot Interaction (Lab 1105)

Don’t miss these incredible talks! 💫

Join Aechelon Technology for Flat Lux, a tech talk exploring the future of 3D computer graphics. Learn how their Summer ...
09/17/2026

Join Aechelon Technology for Flat Lux, a tech talk exploring the future of 3D computer graphics. Learn how their Summer 2026 interns used Gaussian Splats, GPGPU simulations, and 3D modeling to bring the virtual Earth to life.

Date: September 17
Time: 6:30–7:30 PM CT
Location: Siebel CS, Room 2405
Points: 30

Calling all puzzle lovers! Join Pylon for a night of puzzling, mingling, and cracking the case of an art heist. Grab a t...
09/17/2026

Calling all puzzle lovers! Join Pylon for a night of puzzling, mingling, and cracking the case of an art heist. Grab a team, solve the clues, pick up some swag, and see who can crack the case first. No puzzle experience required!

Date: September 17
Time: 4:30–5:30 PM CT
Location: Siebel CS, Room 2405

Jobs have become harder to land as AI shifts towards hiring people with decades of experience. There are ways to not onl...
09/16/2026

Jobs have become harder to land as AI shifts towards hiring people with decades of experience. There are ways to not only survive, but thrive, in this new age of empowerment. You will be ok. But only if you take drastic action…now. Come discuss the jobscape with someone who’s interviewed more than a thousand engineers. Give yourself the edge you need to launch and sustain a great career.

Location: Siebel CS Room 2405
Date and Time: 9/16, 5:30 PM

Day 4 (Saturday) wraps up RP 2026! 🎇 Talks from Nimit Maru, Geoffrey Urbach, and Michael Schrenk, followed by our Closin...
09/15/2026

Day 4 (Saturday) wraps up RP 2026! 🎇 Talks from Nimit Maru, Geoffrey Urbach, and Michael Schrenk, followed by our Closing Ceremony and Mechmania’s Closing Ceremony. Come out and celebrate the end of an amazing week with us!

Day 3 (Friday) is in full swing 🌆 Catch talks from Moshe Mahler, Nate Gross, AWS, and Caterpillar, plus PuzzleBang runni...
09/15/2026

Day 3 (Friday) is in full swing 🌆 Catch talks from Moshe Mahler, Nate Gross, AWS, and Caterpillar, plus PuzzleBang running all day and Mechmania’s 24-hour hackathon kicking off tonight. Still time to jump in - see you at Siebel!

Day 2 (Thursday) is packed 🌃 Catch a fireside chat with SpaceX’s A***n Gandhi, tech talks from John Deere and Aechelon, ...
09/15/2026

Day 2 (Thursday) is packed 🌃 Catch a fireside chat with SpaceX’s A***n Gandhi, tech talks from John Deere and Aechelon, speaker events on AI, games, and robotics, plus Puzzling with Pylon and dinner sponsored by Aechelon. Don’t miss it!

R|P 2026 starts TOMORROW 🚀 Day 1 (Wednesday) kicks off with an Opening Ceremony, the Career & RSO Fair, and talks from P...
09/15/2026

R|P 2026 starts TOMORROW 🚀 Day 1 (Wednesday) kicks off with an Opening Ceremony, the Career & RSO Fair, and talks from Philip Su + Tony Ogden, Koustuv Saha, and Masooda Bashir on AI. Swipe through for the full schedule and see you there!

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