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Posted by KamangirApr 5
Aside from Ahmadinejad, the Iranians are living their lives. That includes the second International Robocup of Iran which started today (IRNA). The participants of the two-day event are 361 teams, 17 of which are from other countries. More pictures here and here.
Fortunately or unfortunately, none of these young and talented students will stay in Iran. I used to work in a mathematics R&D department of Sharif university and some of my team members were working in Robocup team as well. Almost all of them got admission from MIT, Stanford and other great universities.
I have to also say that two of them are still in Iran. They have their own companies now and getting high tech and expensive projects. Although they can simply get the best opportunities in American universities.
[...] Kamangir informs us the second International Robocup of Iran started on Thursday 5th of April. The participants of the two-day event are 361 teams, 17 of which are from other countries. You can watch pictures here. Hamid Tehrani [...]