Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference

The goal of the Tapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities to:

• Celebrate the diversity that exists in computing;
• Connect with others with common backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, and gender so as to create communities that extend beyond the conference;
• Obtain advice from and make contacts with computing leaders in academia and industry;
• Be inspired by great presentations and conversations with leaders with common backgrounds.

This year’s conference theme is Diversity at Scale as the Tapia Conference celebrates efforts to move diversity in all aspects of computing beyond conversation and study into full practice and implementation. As a community, we recognize that we must scale our diversity efforts to fully utilize computing to address the larger problems faced by today’s society.