NEW: Workshops
Workshop sessions will include in-depth training and guided hands-on activities. They may focus on transferring knowledge and skills which improve the performance of attendees in a particular area or task (e.g. proposal/grant writing). They may focus on guiding attendees through an attendee's real, on-going activity (e.g. assistance in writing an actual proposal/grant). A successful workshop results in performance knowledge or provides direction on an attendee's actual task.

CONTINUING: Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Consortium, to be held as a one-day workshop immediately preceding the Tapia 2005 Conference, provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to discuss and explore their research interests and career objectives with a panel of established researchers in computing and in computational mathematics, science and engineering. The doctoral consortium has the following objectives:

• To provide a setting for feedback on participants' current research and guidance on future research directions;
• To develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research;
• To provide a new generation of researchers and scientific leaders with advice and insight into academic, research, industrial, and non-traditional career opportunities;
• To contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers and participation in conference events.

CONTINUING: Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing
The Richard Tapia Award is intended to honor a person who exemplifies Tapia's work as a "civic scientist" a scientist who recognizes that at the center of the complex technological and scientific world are people and demonstrates extraordinary leadership in increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the sciences. The 2003 Tapia Award went to Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chavez of Arizona State University. The 2001 Tapia Award went to Dr. Bryant York of Portland State University.

CONTINUING: Resume Book of Scholarship Recipients
We will continue to publish a resume book of all scholarship recipients, which includes top, highly sought-after, diver