Workshop on Cultural Diversity in Computer and Information Technology

该特别项目奖为一个研讨会提供资金，该研讨会将参与增加计算机和信息技术领域文化多样性的计划和组织的专业人员聚集在一起。讲习班的重点是种族多样性和残疾人无障碍方面的优先事项，以及组织一个国家中心来协调活动和提高公众对与计算和信息技术有关的文化问题的认识，该项目的智力价值在于参与计算的专业人员的专门知识，以促进对计算中文化多样性的知识和研究。更广泛的影响围绕着所收集的群体提高公众对文化多样性的认识和集体发起可能扩大计算领域的项目的潜力。

This Special Project award provides funding for a workshop to bring together professionals involved in programs and organizations involved in increasing the cultural diversity in the field of computing and information technologies. The workshop focus is on priorities with respect to ethnic diversity and access for persons with disabilities and on organization of a national center to coordinate activities and raise public awareness of cultural issues related to computing and information technologies.The intellectual merit of this project lies with the expertise of the participating computing professionals to contribute to the knowledge and research on cultural diversity in computing. The broader impacts revolve around the potential for the collected group to raise public awareness about cultural diversity and to collectively initiate projects that may broaden the field of computing.