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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

Robin Wilson
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Ulrica Wilson
Morehouse College

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

David H. Blackwell & Richard Tapia

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.

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