NIWeek 2007 – The Community Comes Together
PrintThe 13th annual worldwide virtual instrumentation conference, NIWeek 2007, was the largest user conference ever held by National Instruments. Nearly 2,500 registrants from more than 50 countries spent three full days engaged in 200 interactive technical sessions and four industry-leading summits, specifically focused on graphical system design, vision, sound and vibration, and RF and wireless communications.
NIWeek attendees came together for the Block (Diagram) Party after the first day of the conference.
NIWeek, held in Austin, Texas, brought together a community of engineers, scientists, and educators from around the world for networking, discussion sessions, and in-depth training. The conference provided a learning environment for both novice and expert engineers, and the sessions highlighted innovative approaches to virtual instrumentation and graphical system design. Presenters introduced valuable technical content during the conference, and the majority of these session presentations are now available online. Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, delivered the guest keynote on the final day of the conference. Sessions and videos of the other keynotes are now available online and open to all viewers at ni.com/niweek.
National Instruments extends a sincere thanks to everyone who attended NIWeek 2007. Registration is now under way for next year. View the table or visit ni.com/niweek to learn about special discounts for NIWeek 2008.
Access available keynote videos.
Virginia Tech Features Humanoid Robot at NIWeek 2007
NIWeek 2007 paper contest winners, Dr. Dennis Hong and Karl Muecke from the Virginia Tech Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), showcased DARwIn (Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence), a fully articulated humanoid robot powered by NI LabVIEW software. DARwIn demonstrated his soccer skills during a keynote presentation in preparation for his RoboCup debut.
Read the winning paper and watch a video of DARwIn in action.
This article first appeared in the Q4 2007 issue of Instrumentation Newsletter.
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