Support for the Richard Tapia Celebration in Computing Conferences 2011 and 2013

计算机协会（ACM）建议支持学生参加和发展理查德·塔皮亚计算机多样性庆祝活动。Tapia会议系列突出了计算领域不同研究人员的技术成就。它提供了一个独特的论坛，以支持不同的学生（本科生和研究生）和专业人士。会议计划包括特邀演讲者，研讨会，羽毛会议，小组，学生海报比赛和博士联盟。该计划允许学生以及年轻专业人士的领导力发展活动。此外，他们还包括大量的时间用于研究合作和专业发展的网络。该提案将在2011年和2013年为会议和博士生联合会提供学生奖学金，并在此期间为管理会议规划和筹资的工作人员提供部分工资。 工作人员将提供稳定性和一致性，与塔皮亚支持者通信，监督将支持在会议上形成的社区的社交网络，以及后勤支持。

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) proposes to support student attendance at and development of the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing. Tapia Conference series highlights the technical achievements of diverse researchers in computing. It provides a unique forum to support diverse students (undergraduates and graduate students) and professionals. The conference programs include invited speakers, workshops, birds-of-a-feather sessions, panels, a student poster competition and a doctorial consortium. The programs allow leadership development activities for the students as well as young professionals. Moreover, they include significant time for networking about research collaborations and professional development. This proposal will support student scholarships for the conference and the doctoral consortium in 2011 and 2013, and partial salary for a staff person to manage the conference planning and fund raising during that period. The staff person will provide stability and consistency in correspondence with Tapia supporters, oversight for the social networking that will support communities formed at the conference, and logistical support.