CMD-IT Tapia Conference
Org: CMD-IT (Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology)
Url: http://www.cmd-it.org/
The goal of the Tapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities to:
- Celebrate the diversity that exists in computing;
- Connect with others with common backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, and gender so as to create communities that extend beyond the conference;
- Obtain advice from and make contacts with computing leaders in academia and industry;
- Be inspired by great presentations and conversations with leaders with common backgrounds.
The Tapia Conferences are sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery, and presented by CMD-IT.
Activity
Partnering
Intended Level(s)
Early Career, Graduate, Mid Career, Undergraduate
Intended Population
American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Persons with Disabilities
Program Costs
$1,700 per student
Program Matching Funds Available?
NSF funding for student and faculty scholarships, additional corporate funding for student and faculty scholarships