Rodrigo Banuelos, of Purdue University, has been awarded the 2004 Blackwll-Tapia prize. Rodrigo is a good friend of many of us here. The honor given to him is well deserved.
A message from IPAM, at UCLA.
We are pleased to inform you that the 2004 Blackwell-Tapia Prize has
been awarded to Rodrigo Banuelos of Purdue University. We hope that you
will be able to join us for a stimulating workshop and festive
celebration of Rodrigo's work, and of this prize and the values that it
stands for. The 2004 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Prize Presentation
will be held Friday and Saturday, November 5-6, at the Institute for
Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), located on the UCLA campus. The
conference website is located at
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/btl2004/ , where it is possible to
register and to apply for funding.
We hope that you will be able to attend this event, and that you will
bring along a spirited group of African-American, Chicano/a and Native
American undergraduates, graduate students and colleagues. There will be
a poster session where students can present their work, and also some
slots available for student talks--let us know if you have some
potential poster presenters or speakers.
Sincerely yours,
Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Mark Green
William Massey
Robert Megginson
Richard Tapia
Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Prize Presentation
November 5 - 6, 2004
IPAM Building (Across from Moore Hall)
Main Lecture Room: Rm 1200
Friday, November 05, 2004
1:30 - 2:30 Check-In
2:30 - 3:30 Richard Tapia (Rice University )
3:30 - 5:30 Poster Session
4:30 - 5:30 Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Morning Session
9:00 - 10:00 Continental Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 Trachette Jackson (University of Michigan)
"Joaquin-Bustoz Lecture"
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Carlos Bustamante (Cornell University)
"Evolutionary Consequence of Amino Acid Variation within
the Human Genome "
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:45 Two Parallel sessions of students talks ( three 20 minute
talks in each session)
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:30 Opportunities at IPAM
3:30 - 4:30 Michael Cranston (University of California, Irvine) 4:30 -
5:00 Break
5:00 - 6:00 Rodrigo Banuelos (Purdue University)
"Prize-Winners Lecture"
6:00 - 7:30 Dinner (Hosted by IPAM) Including Presentation of Prize,
Acceptance Speech