Communications - January 2011

Since 2001, the Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing has served as a leading forum for bringing together students, professors and professionals to discuss and strengthen their passion and commitment to computing. The 2011 program will include featured speakers who are exemplary leaders and rising stars in academia and industry, such as:

10 Years of Celebrating Diversity in Computing

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• ; Irving; Wladawsky-Berger, former chair of the IBM Academy of Engineering and the 2001 HENAAC Hispanic Engineer of the Year, will give the Ken Kennedy Memorial Lecture on “The Changing Nature of Research and Innovation in the 21st Century.”

April 3-5, 2011

San Francisco, California

• Deborah;Estrin,;the Jon Postel Professor of
Computer Science at UCLA and a member of
the National Academy of Engineering, will talk
on “Participatory Sensing: from Ecosystems
to Human Systems.”
The Tapia Conference 2011 will continue past
popular sessions, including the Student Post-
er Session, Resume and Early Career Advice
Workshops, Town Hall Meeting, Banquet, and
the Doctoral Consortium, a daylong program
designed to help equip students for the
grueling challenge of finishing their doctor-
ates. There will also be attendee-proposed
BOFs and panels. A new program will con-
nect students with computing professionals
from around the San Francisco Bay Area,
opening the door to future opportunities.

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