Richard A. Tapia
Mathematician, Academic
1939 –
Who is Richard A. Tapia?
Richard Alfred Tapia is a renowned American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences. In recognition of his broad contributions, in 2005, Tapia was named "University Professor" at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the University's highest academic title. The honor has been bestowed on only six professors in Rice's ninety-nine-year history. On September 28, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Tapia was among twelve scientists to be awarded the National Medal of Science, the top award the United States offers its researchers. Tapia is currently the Maxfield and Oshman Professor of Engineering; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Research and Graduate Studies; and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University.
Tapia's mathematical research is focused on mathematical optimization and iterative methods for nonlinear problems. His current research is in the area of algorithms for constrained optimization and interior point methods for linear and nonlinear programming.
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- Born
- Mar 25, 1939
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Richard Tapia
- Ethnicity
- Chicano
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, University of California, Los Angeles
Mathematics
(1966 - 1967) - M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Mathematics
(1963 - 1966) - Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
Mathematics
( - 1961) - Associate of Arts, Los Angeles Harbor College
- Doctorate, University of California, Los Angeles
- Employment
- Noah Harding Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University
(1976 - ) - Associate Professor, Rice University
(1972 - 1976) - Director of Education and Minority Programs, Center for Research in Parallel Computing
- Associate Director of Minority Affairs, Rice University
- Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin System
(1968 - 1970) - University of California, Los Angeles
(1968 - 1968)
- Noah Harding Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University
- Lived in
- Houston
(1970 - ) - Wisconsin
(1968 - 1970) - Los Angeles
(1939 - 1968)
- Houston
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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