Blackwell-Tapia Conference

November 03 - 04, 2006

Content

Overview

Advisory:

Partially supported by the National Security Agency

Poster:

SW11.3-4.06_poster.pdf

Organizers:

Douglas Arnold	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
David Manderscheid	The University of Iowa
Samuel Myers	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Arlie Petters	Duke University

This is the fourth in a series of biannual conferences honoring David Blackwell and Richard Tapia, two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African-American, Native American and Latino/Latina students to pursue careers in mathematics.

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David Blackwell

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Richard Tapia

Carrying forward their work, this one and a half day conference will:

recognize and showcase mathematical excellence by minority researchers
recognize and disseminate successful efforts to address under-representation
inform students and mathematicians about career opportunities in mathematics, especially outside academia
provide networking opportunities for mathematical researchers at all points in the higher education/career trajectory

The conference will include a mix of activities including scientific talks; poster presentations; a panel discussion of career opportunities in mathematics, and another panel on recruitment and retention of a diverse mathematics workforce; and ample opportunities for discussion and interaction. A high point of the meeting will be the awarding, during the conference banquet on Saturday evening, of 2006 Blackwell-Tapia prize to William Massey, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in queuing theory, stochastic networks, and the modeling of communications systems, and in increasing diversity in the mathematical sciences. More information is in this news story and in the press release for the prize.

In addition, the IMA will host a special program for high school students on November 3, 2006 called Math is Cool!/Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?

Schedule

Friday, November 03, 2006

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm	poster set-up	Lind 400
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Coffee and registration	EE/CS 3-176
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Welcome and introduction	EE/CS 3-180
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	From Massey to Blackwell: A study of non-stationary queueing control via sensitive optimality criteria	EE/CS 3-180
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm	Panel discussion: Best practices for recruitment and retention of under-represented minorities in the mathematical sciences Farrah Chandler (University of North Carolina), Shirley Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science), David Manderscheid (The University of Iowa), William Vélez (University of Arizona)	EE/CS 3-180
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm	coffee break	EE/CS 3-176
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Branch decomposition techniques for discrete optimization Illya Hicks (Texas A & M University)	EE/CS 3-180
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm	Conference photos	Lind 400
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm	Reception and poster session	Lind 400

Saturday, November 04, 2006

8:30 am - 9:00 am	coffee	EE/CS 3-176
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Computation of biological flows	EE/CS 3-180
9:30 am - 10:10 am	short talks	EE/CS 3-180
9:30 am - 10:10 am	short talks
10:20 am - 10:40 am	coffee break	EE/CS 3-176
10:40 am - 11:40 am	short talks	EE/CS 3-180
10:40 am - 11:40 am	short talks
11:50 am - 12:20 pm	Opportunities at the IMA and other institutes Douglas Arnold (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	EE/CS 3-180
12:20 pm - 2:00 pm	lunch break
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Panel discussion on career opportunities in the mathematical sciences Francisco Barahona (IBM), Raymond Beaulieu (National Security Agency), Fern Hunt (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Overtoun Jenda (Auburn University)	EE/CS 3-180
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm	coffee break	EE/CS 3-176
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm	Jump-diffusions Erhan Cinlar (Princeton University)	EE/CS 3-180
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm	Dynamical queueing systems William Massey (Princeton University)	EE/CS 3-180
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm	break
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Conference reception and banquet

Participants

Name	Department	Affiliation
Kobi Abayomi	Department of Statistics	Columbia University
Asheber Abebe	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Auburn University
Alejandro Aceves	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	University of New Mexico
Evans Afenya	Department of Mathematics	Elmhurst College
Issareeya Anunyaporn	Department of Mathematics	University of Texas Pan American
Miguel Argaez	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Texas
Javier Armendariz	Applied Physics Laboratory	Johns Hopkins University
Douglas Arnold	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Donald Aronson	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Rodrigo Bañuelos	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Francisco Barahona		IBM
Earl Barnes	School of Industrial and Systems Engineering	Georgia Institute of Technology
Kanadpriya Basu	Department of Mathematics	University of South Carolina
Raymond Beaulieu		National Security Agency
Keith Berrier		Law Offices of Mark L. Berrier
Manuel Berriozábal	Department of Applied Mathematics	University of Texas
Sean Brooks		Coppin State University
Nelson Butuk	Department of Mathematics	Prairie View A&M University
Carme Calderer	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Rodrigo Carraminana	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	University of Illinois, Chicago
Jamylle Carter	Department of Mathematics	San Francisco State University
Edward Castillo	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	Rice University
Carlos Castillo-Chavez	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Arizona State University
Ximena Catepillan	Department of Mathematics	Millersville University
Tony Chan		National Science Foundation
Farrah Chandler	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	University of North Carolina
Gerardo Chowell	Department of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Erhan Cinlar	Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering	Princeton University
Barry Cipra		NONE
Jon Cline	Department of Biology	Case Western Reserve University
Olga Cordero-Brana	Department of Mathematics	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Minerva Cordero-Epperson	Department of Mathematics	University of Texas
Ricardo Cortez	Department of Mathematics	Tulane University
Carla Cotwright	Department of Mathematics	Wake Forest University
Cyndy Crist	Department of Research and Planning	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Diana Dalbotten	National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Kenneth Driessel	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Kossi Edoh	Department of Mathematics	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Marco Enriquez		Rice University
Adewale Faparusi	Department of Industrial Engineering	Texas A & M University
Dennis Frank	Department of Mathematics	North Carolina State University
Joe Gallian	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	University of Minnesota
Sean Garrick	Department of Mechanical Engineering	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Tepper Gill	Department of Electrical Engineering	Howard University
Nancy Glenn	Department of Statistics	University of South Carolina
Edray Goins	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Arthur Grainger	Department of Mathematics	Morgan State University
Angela Grant	Department of Mathematics	Northwestern University
Lawrence Gray	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Michael Green	Department of Mathematics	Metropolitan State University
Alvaro Guevara		Louisiana State University
Cristi Guevara	Department of Mathematics	Arizona State University
Abba Gumel	Department of Mathematics	University of Manitoba
Robert Hampshire	Operations Research and Financial Engineering	Princeton University
Milena Hering	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Illya Hicks	Computational and Applied Mathematics Department	Texas A & M University
Fern Hunt	Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division	National Institute of Standards and Technology
Monica Jackson	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	American University
Trachette Jackson	Department of Mathematics	University of Michigan
Farhad Jafari	Department of Mathematics	University of Wyoming
Overtoun Jenda	Department of Mathematics	Auburn University
Otis Jennings	School of Business	Duke University
Silvia Jimenez	Department of Mathematics	Louisiana State University
Cynthia Johnson		Rice University
Christopher Jones	Department of Mathematics	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Donald Kahn	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Hans Kaper	Division of Mathematical Sciences	National Science Foundation
John Kemper	Department of Mathematics	University of St. Thomas
Harvey Keynes	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Donald King	Department of Mathematics	Northeastern University
Genevieve Knight		Fayetteville State University
Aderemi Kuku	Department of Mathematics	Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Rachel Kuske	Department of Mathematics	University of British Columbia
Steven Lee	Center for Applied Scientific Computing	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Delia Letang	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Mark Lewis	School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering	Cornell University
Ruifang Li	Department of Mathematics	University of Texas Pan American
Roxana Lopez-Cruz	Department of Mathematics	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Oluwole Makinde	Department of Applied Mathematics	University of Limpopo
Shirley Malcom		American Association for the Advancement of Science
David Manderscheid	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Hannah Markwig	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Thomas Markwig	Department of Mathematics	Universität Kaiserslautern
Geoffrey Maruyama	Office of SR VP for Systems Admin.	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Juliette Massey		NONE
Richard Massey Jr.		NONE
William Massey	Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering	Princeton University
Douglas McWilliams	Department of Industrial Technology	Purdue University
Willard Miller Jr.	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Salah-Eldin Mohammed	Department of Mathematics	Southern Illinois University
David Morrison	Department of Mathematics	University of California
David Murillo	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Arizona State University
Mechie Nkengla	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	University of Illinois, Chicago
Josue Noyola-Martinez	Department of Statistics	Rice University
Kathleen O'Hara		Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Kasso Okoudjou	Department of Mathematics	University of Maryland
Janis Oldham	Department of Mathematics	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Broderick Oluyede	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Georgia Southern University
Omayra Ortega	Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences	Arizona State University
Juan Ortiz-Navarro	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Victor Padron	Department of Mathematics	Normandale Community College
Joanna Papakonstantinou	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	Rice University
Arlie Petters	Department of Mathematics	Duke University
Carlos Quintero Salazar	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Texas
Gregory Reid	Department of Applied Mathematics	University of Western Ontario
Karen Ríos-Soto	Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology	Cornell University
Joaquin Rivera	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Daniel Romero	Department of Mathematics	Arizona State University
Philippe Rukimbira	Department of Mathematics	Florida International University
David Rusin	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Northern Illinois University
Flavia Sancier-Barbosa	Department of Mathematics	Southern Illinois University
Arnd Scheel	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Abdulalim Shabazz	Department of Mathematics & Computer Science	Lincoln University
Chehrzad Shakiban	Institute of Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Josef Sifuentes	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	Rice University
Michel Smith	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Auburn University
Stephanie Somersille	Department of Mathematics	University of California, Berkeley
Michelle Sowemimo		Duke University
Luke Stewart		Duke University
Jean Tapia		NONE
Rebecca Tapia		NONE
Richard Tapia Jr.		NONE
Richard Tapia	Department of Mathematics	Rice University
Alberto Teguia	Department of Mathematics	Duke University
David Tello	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Arizona State University
Mohammed Tesemma	Department of Mathematics	Spelman College
Gikiri Thuo	Department of Mathematics	University of Maryland
Sheila Tobias		NONE
Conrad Tucker	Industrial and Systems Engineering Department	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jesse Turner	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	Rice University
Michael Turnley	Department of Computer Science	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leticia Velazquez	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Texas
William Vélez	Department of Mathematics	University of Arizona
Jan Verschelde	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	University of Illinois, Chicago
Maria Cristina Villalobos	Department of Mathematics	University of Texas Pan American
Alfredo Villanueva	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Rachel Vincent-Finley	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	Rice University
Esther Widiasih	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Bryan Williams	Department of Mathematics	Hampton University
Kyron Williams	Plasma Physics Laboratory	Princeton University
Ulrica Wilson	Department of Mathematics	University of California, San Diego
Isaac Woungang	Department of Mathematics and Computer Science	Ryerson Polytechnical University
Margaret Wright	Department of Computer Science	New York University
Wenyuan Wu	Department of Applied Mathematics	University of Western Ontario
Emmanuel Yomba	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Joseph Young	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	Rice University