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April5,2017JointChaptersMeeting

Best Student Poster Winners: SemanticTextSummarizationofLongVideos–ShaganSahGraphConvolutionalNeutralNetworksfor3DClassification–MiguelDominguez

IEEERegion1–April7-9,2017AnnualStudentConference

AnnualStudentConference--RegionalMicroMouseWorkshopandCompetition

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