NERC 2025

 

 

 

The Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC) is a research meeting, networking event, job-fair, and showcase event for the robotics community in the Northeastern United States and Canada. We hope to promote a healthy and well-connected robotics community that will fuel the field’s rapid growth in the coming decade!

 

NERC 2025 will be hosted at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on October 11, 2025.

 

How to come to Ithaca?

 

 

•      to Syracuse (SYR, ~1 hour drive to Ithaca),
•      to Ithaca (ITH, direct from NYC, Newark)

 

 

•     ~3 hrs 40 mins from Newark, NJ
•     ~ 4 hrs 30 mins from JFK, NY
•     ~ 4 hrs from Philly, PA
•     ~ 5 hrs 30 mins from Pittsburgh, PA
•     ~ 5 hrs 40 mins from Boston, MA

 

 

Lodging

 

• The Statler Hotel – Located in the heart of Cornell’s campus, the Statler is an innovative leader in hospitality
• Best Western University Inn
• Located in the heart of downtown along the Ithaca Commons, enjoy access to restaurants, shops, and entertainment.  Ride TCAT Bus #10 from the Seneca Street Parking Garage for easy access to campus
  • Hilton Garden Inn
  • Hotel Ithaca
  • Ithaca Marriott
  • The Argos Inn
• Airport Area/Close to North Campus – with access using TCAT bus service
  • Courtyard by Marriott
  • Homewood Suites
• Off-Campus Rental Listing – Searchable database of available off-campus rentals.

 

NERC 2025 Organizing Committee

 

• Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, General Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Computer Science
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

• Cara M. Nunez, Program Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Mechanical and Aerospace
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

• Sanjiban Choudhury, Publication Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Computer Science
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

• Elizabeth Farrell Helbling, Local Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

• Shiqi Zhang, Registration Chair
• Associate Professor
• Computer Science
• Binghamton University

 

 

 

 

 

• Angelique Taylor, Website Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Information Science
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kuan Fang, Sponsorship Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Computer Science
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Preston Culbertson, Publicity Chair
• Assistant Professor
• Computer Science
• Cornell University

 

 

 

 

 

• Lizette DeJesus, Finance Chair
• Event/Conference Coordinator
• Cornell University