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Awards

2003 Tapia Award Recipient: Carlos Chavez-Chavez, University Regents Professor and Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor of Mathematical Biology, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Arizona State University

Carlos Castillo-Chavez Named Winner of the 2nd Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award
October 2003

The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, which will take place October 15 - 18, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia, will highlight creative, innovative, and original research and applications of computing. This year's theme, "Building Diverse Leadership in Computing," refers to the leaders represented in all areas of the conference, from panels to technical talks to plenary sessions. Registration is limited and filling quickly-registration information is available at https://campus.acm.org/register/tapia03.

The Tapia award committee has selected and is proud to announce an outstanding recipient for the prestigious Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award. The recipient of this award must have exemplary scientific accomplishments and also contribute to make the world a better place. Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chavez, professor of Biomathematics at Cornell University meets those high standards. His work deals with the ways in which social populations affect the spread and prevention of diseases. Dr. Castillo-Chavez has also received numerous awards for his research, outreach and mentorship. He has proven to be an excellent leader through his scientific and civic contributions.

Carlos Castillo-Chavez will be recognized at the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. Register now to observe his acceptance. https://campus.acm.org/register/tapia03.

The conference honors the contributions of Richard A. Tapia of Rice University to the growth of diversity in computing and related disciplines. The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing 2003 conference is being planned by the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) - http://www.cdc-computing.org - whose mission is to increase the visibility of people of color in computing research. CDC is a joint organization of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Computing Research Association (CRA), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). Tapia 2003 is sponsored by the ACM and CRA in cooperation with IEEE-CS. It is supported by Platinum Supporter the National Science Foundation; Silver Supporters ACM, AGEP Program at Rice University, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft, Inc., National Center for Supercomputing Applications, National Computational Science Alliance, Sandia National Laboratories, HPCwire, DSstar, and GRIDtoday; and Bronze Supporters AAAI, Argonne National Laboratory - Mathematics and Computer Science Division, EOT-PACI, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Texas A&M University Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky Center for Computational Sciences; and Contributors Georgia Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Portland State University, Purdue University, and the Ohio Supercomputer Center.

The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing 2003 conference is being planned by the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) – http://www.cdc-computing.org - whose mission is to increase the visibility of people of color in computing research. CDC is a joint organization of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Computing Research Association (CRA), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). Tapia 2003 is sponsored by the ACM and CRA in cooperation with IEEE-CS. It is supported by Platinum Supporter the National Science Foundation; Silver Supporters ACM, AGEP Program at Rice University, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft, Inc., National Center for Supercomputing Applications, National Computational Science Alliance, Sandia National Laboratories, HPCwire, DSstar, and GRIDtoday; and Bronze Supporters AAAI, Argonne National Laboratory - Mathematics and Computer Science Division, EOT-PACI, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Texas A&M University Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky Center for Computational Sciences; and Contributors Georgia Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Portland State University, Purdue University, Ohio Supercomputer Center, and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.