October 4, 2012 - The Sloan Foundation has provided partial funding for the Blackwell-Tapia Conference 2012 at ICERM, which honors the inspired leadership of David Blackwell and Richard Tapia by showcasing mathematical excellence by minority researchers and efforts to address underrepresentation.

ICERM would like to thank the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for its support.

The conference will be held November 9-12, 2012. For more information, visit the conference website.