About

The Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA and IEEE-CS

CDC Overview

Major progress in computing technologies over the last decade has been accompanied by vast improvements in computing middleware, hardware and networking. An unexpected consequence of these advancements has been a shortage of a highly trained workforce of scientists and engineers capable of understanding and implementing the resources. CDC seeks to address the shortfall through the development of a diverse community of professionals that can effectively meet the computing demands of an evolving society. CDC projects target students and faculty with the expressed intent of increasing the number of minorities successfully transitioning into computing-based careers in academia, federal laboratories and industry. Additional projects seek to increase the available pool of faculty members through partnerships and mentoring. Current emphasis is placed on the following three areas:

  1. Recruitment of minority undergraduates to MS/PhD. programs
  2. Retention of minority graduate students enrolled in MS/PhD. programs
  3. Transition of minority MS/PhD. graduates into academia and industry

The diverse membership of CDC from academia, industry and federal laboratories enables a variety of different perspectives and approaches to be used in achieving the above stated goals. CDC also partners with a number of organizations with similar missions to leverage resources to optimize outcomes.

CDC Executive Committee

  • Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, Virginia Tech, Chair
  • Ron Eglash, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Past Chair
  • Pam Williams, Logistics Management Institute, Past Chair
  • Rodrigo Romero, IEEE Computer Society
  • Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd College
  • Cynthia Lanius, Independent Consultant
  • Valerie Taylor, Texas A&M University
  • Rose van Thater-Braan, University of California, Berkeley
  • Elaine Weyuker, AT&T Labs, Inc.
  • Bryant York, Portland State University

CDC Membership Committee

  • Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University
  • Nina Berry, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Eric Brittain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Jamika Burge, The Pennsylvania State University
  • John Cavazos, University of Delaware
  • Allison Clarke, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  • Deborah Cooper, IEEE Computer Society
  • Dilma Da Silva, IBM Research
  • Ron Eglash, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Jeffrey Forbes, Duke University
  • Juan Gilbert, Clemson University
  • Sandra Johnson, IBM Corporation
  • Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd College
  • Cynthia Lanius, Independent Consultant
  • Stephenie McLean, Renaissance Computing Institute
  • Ron Metoyer, Oregon State University
  • Linda Morales, The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, Virginia Tech
  • Ann Redelfs, Independent Consultant
  • Carla Romero, CRA
  • Valerie Taylor, Texas A&M University
  • Rose van Thater-Braan, University of California, Berkeley
  • Elaine Weyuker, AT&T Labs, Inc.
  • Pamela Williams, Sandia National Lab
  • Bryant York, Portland State University

CDC Associates

  • AARMS List-serve, The University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Theresa Chatman, Rice University
  • Mekbib Gemeda, NYU School of Medicine
  • Raquel Holmes, Boston University
  • Andrew Hume, AT&T Labs, Inc.
  • John Hurley, The Boeing Company
  • Andrea Lawrence, Spelman College
  • Radha Nandkumar, National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois