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Karthik: Effective FIRST Strategies

Hey all,

For those of you who are in Atlanta on Wednesday and already attending Raul Olivera's 5:30 PM conference on Pneumatics and JVN's 7:45 PM session on the design process, you might as well stick around for what's in between.

I'll be giving a presentation on Effective FIRST Strategies, taking place on Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 7:30 in room C203. This presentation will discuss many key concepts which can help take your team to the next level. The presentation focuses on three major areas; strategic design, scouting and match strategies. Some particularly relevant topics that will be addressed include using regression analysis in scouting (i.e. "OPR") and alliance selection strategies ("should we break up alliances?").

I've given this presentation many times in the past and I like to have a lot of fun with it. It's especially fun to share a lot of neat historical FIRST anecdotes, and discuss them in a strategic context. If you are planning on attending and there's any questions you'd like to ask advance, please send me a PM and I'll work it into the seminar.

I hope to see you on Wednesday. At worst, you're guaranteeing yourself a seat at JVN's session.
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