Portland, Oregon, USA-The 2009 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing conference has extended its submission date to September 19, 2008 for proposals to the technical program, including papers, panels, workshops, Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, posters, and the Doctoral Consortium. The extension was announced to provide more time for students and faculty just returning for the fall 2008 semester to finalize their submissions. The conference brings together diverse leading researchers from around the world to present their work on state-of-the-art research in the field of computing. The 2009 event, the fifth in the series, will take place April 1-4, 2009 at the Portland, Oregon Marriott Downtown Waterfront.
The conference theme of "Intellect, Initiative, Insight, and Innovation" should be considered in submissions that may cover any area of computing, computational math and science, and diversity issues in these disciplines. Accepted papers presented at the conference will be included in the Tapia conference proceedings published by ACM Press. The posters competition is part of the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), and the top three posters in the graduate and undergraduate student categories will advance to the ACM SRC Grand Finals.
Scholarships are an important part of the conference, helping to support travel and registration for attendees who might not otherwise be able to attend. Applications will be accepted through October 15, 2008 at the conference Website, and preference will be given to those who have made submissions to the technical program.
About the Tapia Celebration
The Tapia conference series is organized by the Coalition to Diversify Computing and sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery in cooperation with the Computing Research Association. It honors the significant contributions of Dr. Richard A. Tapia, University Professor and Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
