Robert Scott is the Director of Diversity Initiatives at Michigan Engineering and Co-Implementation Lead for the College of Engineering’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. CAARMS stands for Conference for African-American Researchers in Mathematics, an annual event features current research talks by African-Americans throughout the country.
Professor Edray Goins from Purdue University said, “CAARMS is unlike any other conference in the mathematical sciences.” I enthusiastically agree with Professor Goins, and I believe the more than 90 students and researchers in attendance for CAARMS23 would, too.
It was encouraging to see undergraduates and graduate students (future researchers, perhaps) attending expert workshops side-by-side with outstanding faculty and industry professionals from around the country.
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This year’s theme was “Data Science” and the thought leaders who presented included distinguished Michigan Engineering alumni like Dr. Kyla McMullen. McMullen was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan. In the keynote address, titled “Hidden Figures: Bringing Math, Physics, History & Race to Hollywood,” Rudy L. Horne of Morehouse College gave a chronicle of his role as the main mathematics consultant for the movie Hidden Figures.
It was an honor to host this one-of-a-kind experience at the University of Michigan, bringing some of the best minds to campus. You can read more about it from the first-person perspective of Purdue University Professor Edray Goins in this collection of posts.
