Organizing Committee
- Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Arizona State University - David Eisenbud
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and University of California, Berkeley - Brendan Hassett
ICERM/Brown University - Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver
North Carolina State University - Robert Megginson
University of Michigan - Mariel Vazquez
UC Davis - Ulrica Wilson
Morehouse College - Robin Wilson
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Abstract
The NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes Diversity Committee hosts the 2018 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Awards Ceremony. This is the ninth conference since 2000, held every other year, with the location rotating among NSF Mathematics Institutes. The conference and prize honors David Blackwell, the first African-American member of the National Academy of Science, and Richard Tapia, winner of the National Medal of Science in 2010, two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African-American, Native American and Latino/Latina students to pursue careers in mathematics.
The Blackwell-Tapia Prize recognizes a mathematician who has contributed significantly to research in his or her area of expertise, and who has served as a role model for mathematical scientists and students from underrepresented minority groups, or has contributed in other significant ways to addressing the problem of underrepresentation of minorities in math.
The 2018 recipient of the Blackwell-Tapia Prize is Dr. Ronald E. Mickens, the Distinguished Fuller E. Callaway Professor in the Department of Physics at Clark Atlanta University.
The conference will include scientific talks, poster presentations, panel discussions, ample opportunities for networking, and the awarding of the Blackwell-Tapia Prize. Participants are invited from all career stages and will represent institutions of all sizes across the country, including Puerto Rico.
Goals of the conference are to:
- Recognize and showcase mathematical excellence by minority researchers
- Recognize and disseminate successful efforts to address under-representation
- Inform students and mathematicians about career opportunities in mathematics, especially outside academia
- Provide networking opportunities for mathematical researchers at all points in the higher education/career trajectory
Brought to you by the Mathematical Sciences Institutes Diversity Initiative with funding from the National Science Foundation (DMS-1440140). Additional funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (G02018011014), Brown University's Department of Mathematics, and Cornell University's Department of Statistical Science.
Bonus Events
For those arriving in Providence on Thursday, November 8, 2018, please join us for a very special ICERM Public Lecture, "Mathematics: Rhyme and Reason" at 5:30pm, featuring Mel Currie, National Security Agency (retired). Reserve your seat today!
And for the truly early birds: on the same day at ICERM (November 8), the institute is hosting a talk by the first Blackwell-Tapia Prize recipient, Dr. Arlie Petters (Duke University), who will present "Cosmic Shadows, Other Worlds, and a Fifth Dimension" at 4:00pm as part of Brown University's "Thinking Out Loud" lecture series. Register today.
Light refreshments will be served at both events.
Confirmed Speakers & Participants
Talks will be presented virtually or in-person as indicated in the schedule below.
- Speaker
- Poster Presenter
- Attendee
- Virtual Attendee
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Amir Babak Aazami
Clark University
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Stephon Alexander
Brown University
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Asma Azizi Boroojeni
Arizona State University
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Luis Baeza
Brown University
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Iman Bahmani Jafarloo
Politecnico di Torino
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Alexander Barrios
Carleton College
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Ghanshyam Bhatt
Tennessee State University
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Sean Brooks
Coppin State University
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Ron Buckmire
Occidental College
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Naiomi Cameron
Lewis & Clark College
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Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Arizona State University
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Bem Cayco
San Jose State University
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Lincoln Chandler
Chandler Decision Services
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William Christian
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Cory Colbert
WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY
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Duane Cooper
Morehouse College
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María Angélica Cueto
Ohio State University
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Melvin Currie
National Security Agency
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Carina Curto
The Pennsylvania State University
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Dennis Dean
Seven Bridges
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Papri Dey
IIT Bombay
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Carrie Diaz Eaton
Bates College
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Alexander Diaz-Lopez
Villanova Universiry
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WIlliam Dula
Clark Atlanta University
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Kossi Edoh
NC A&T State University
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David Eisenbud
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and University of California, Berkeley
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Emmanuel Ekwedike
Princeton University
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Raechelle Emmanuel
Cornell University
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Baltazar Espinoza Cortes
Arizona State University
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Maurice Fabien
Rice University
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Arturo Fernandez
UC Berkeley
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Ligia Flores
Sam Houston State University
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Gabriela Florido
California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
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Colin Ford
Purdue University
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Luis David Garcia Puente
Sam Houston State University
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Edray Goins
Pomona College
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Elizabeth Gross
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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Helen Grundman
American Mathematical Society
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Jean Guillaume
University of Rhode Island
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Abba Gumel
Arizona State University
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Johnny Guzman
Brown University
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Maila Hallare
Norfolk State University
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Robert Hampshire
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
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Ebony Harvey
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
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Brendan Hassett
ICERM/Brown University
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Isom Herron
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
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Leslie Hogben
American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) & Iowa State U
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Johnny Houston
NAM AND ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
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Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver
North Carolina State University
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Nicholas Johnson
Princeton University
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Vincent Jones
University of Pennsylvania
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Marvin Jones
Indiana University
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Julienne Kabre
U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
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Donald King
Northeastern University
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Caroline Klivans
Brown University
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Liang Kong
University of Illinois at Springfield
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Jayla Langford
Purdue University Undergraduate Student
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Oscar Leong
Rice University
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Torina Lewis
Clark Atlanta University
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Anton Leykin
Georgia Tech
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Jaime Lopez
Tulane University
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Jean Lubuma
University of Pretoria
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Leonardo Marazzi
Savannah College of Art and Design
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Christine Marshall
MSRI
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Maria Martinez
Arizona State University
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William Massey
Princeton University
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Reginald McGee
College of the Holy Cross
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Robert Megginson
University of Michigan
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Juan Meza
National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
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Ronald Mickens
Clark Atlanta University
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Cesar Montalvo
Arizona State University
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Helen Moore
AstraZeneca
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Victor Moreno
Arizona State University
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David Murrugarra
University of Kentucky
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Asamoah Nkwanta
Morgan State University
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Eze Nwaeze
Tuskegee University
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Kamaldeen Okuneye
School of Mathematical and Statistical Science
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Peter Olver
University of Minnesota
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Rosa Orellana
Dartmouth College
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Saulo Orizaga
Duke University
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Tomas Pajdla
Czech Technical University in Prague
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Jean-Claude Pedjeu
Tennessee State University
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Jamol Pender
Cornell University
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Arlie Petters
Duke University
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Joan Ponce
Purdue University
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Cristian Potter
Soltiempo
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Madison Ramsey
Cornell University
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Kristian Ranestad
University of Oslo
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Nar Rawal
Hampton University
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Catherine Roberts
American Mathematical Society
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Adriana Salerno
Bates College
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Kiara Sanchez
Sam Houston State University
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Fatoumata Sanogo
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Rhonda Sharpe
Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race
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Luca Sodomaco
University of Florence
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Luis Sordo Vieira
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
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Kimani Stancil
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
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T Christine Stevens
American Mathematical Society
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Idris Stovall
Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI)
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Ludovic Tangpi
Princeton University
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Richard Tapia
Rice University
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Bianca Thompson
Westminster College
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Bourama Toni
Howard University
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Shubhendu Trivedi
ICERM
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Wencel Valega
University of Tennesse Knoxville
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Anthony Varilly-Alvarado
Rice University
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Mariel Vazquez
UC Davis
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Marilyn Vazquez Landrove
ICERM
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Leticia Velazquez
Rice University
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Talitha Washington
Howard University
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Jenna Washington
Brown University
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Suzanne Weekes
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Nathaniel Whitaker
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Dwight Williams II
The University of Texas at Arlington
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Robin Wilson
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Ulrica Wilson
Morehouse College
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Emily Winn
Brown University
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Michael Young
Iowa State University
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Josephine Yu
Georgia Institute of Technology