A Proposal for Funding Student Scholarships to The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference 2009

计算机械协会(ACM)提议资助学生参加将于4月1日至4日在俄勒冈州波特兰举行的2009年理查德·塔皮亚计算多样性庆祝大会。Tapia会议的独特之处在于，它关注的是计算机科学中代表不足的少数群体。学生将有机会接触到会议上的许多研究人员和技术演示文稿。此外，他们可以在海报会议和博士联盟中展示自己的工作，让他们有机会从学科专家那里获得反馈。Tapia会议为学生提供了一个支持性的环境，允许他们与一系列研究人员进行知识交流，并会见来自其他机构的同行。学生们将能够建立他们的个人关系网，并形成职业关系。这一奖项还将资助麻省理工学院的一些教职员工的旅行支持，让他们有机会陪同学生指导学生，并为自己建立重要的技术联系。

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) proposes to fund student attendance at the 2009 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference that will be held April 1-4 in Portland, Oregon. The Tapia conference is unique in that it focuses on underrepresented minorities in Computer Science. Students will have access to the many researchers and technical presentations at the conference. In addition, they can present their own work in a poster session and at a PhD Consortium, giving them the opportunity to get feedback from discipline specialists. The Tapia Conference provides a supportive environment for students, allowing them to engage in intellectual discourse with a range of researchers and to meet peers from other institutions. The students will be able to build their personal networks and form professional relationships. This award will also fund travel support for some faculty at MSIs, giving them the opportunity to accompany their student mentees and make important technical contacts for themselves.