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style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Richard A. Tapia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Tapia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dr._Tapia.jpg/200px-Dr._Tapia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dr._Tapia.jpg/300px-Dr._Tapia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Dr._Tapia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1938-03-25</span>) </span>March 25, 1938<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 86)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mathematical_optimization" title="Mathematical optimization">Mathematical optimization</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data">Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medal of Science</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i> A Generalization of Newton's Method with an Application to the Euler-Lagrange Equation </i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Doctoral_advisor" title="Doctoral advisor">Doctoral advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magnus_Hestenes" title="Magnus Hestenes">Magnus Hestenes</a><br />Charles Brown Tompkins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral students</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Nocedal" title="Jorge Nocedal">Jorge Nocedal</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Alfred Tapia</b> (born March 25, 1938) is an American mathematician and University Professor at <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>, the university's highest academic title.<sup id="cite_ref-NSF2007_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSF2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UniversityProfessor_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UniversityProfessor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, <a href="/wiki/President_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="President Obama">President Obama</a> awarded Tapia the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medal of Science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NationalMedalofScience_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NationalMedalofScience-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He 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.<sup id="cite_ref-CAAMrat_briefbio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAAMrat_briefbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tapia's mathematical research is focused on <a href="/wiki/Optimization_(mathematics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Optimization (mathematics)">mathematical optimization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iterative_method" title="Iterative method">iterative methods</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nonlinearity" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonlinearity">nonlinear</a> problems. His current research is in the area of <a href="/wiki/Algorithm" title="Algorithm">algorithms</a> for <a href="/wiki/Constraint_(mathematics)" title="Constraint (mathematics)">constrained</a> optimization and <a href="/wiki/Interior_point_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Interior point method">interior point methods</a> for <a href="/wiki/Linear_programming" title="Linear programming">linear</a> and nonlinear programming. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_A._Tapia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tapia was born in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a> to parents, Amado and Magda Tapia, who both emigrated to the United States from Mexico.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father worked for Japanese-American <a href="/wiki/Horticulture" title="Horticulture">horticulturists</a> in southern California.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tapia received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1961. He then earned his <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> in mathematics, also from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1966. In 1967, he received his <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>, in mathematics with the dissertation: "A Generalization of <a href="/wiki/Newton%27s_method" title="Newton's method">Newton's Method</a> with an Application to the <a href="/wiki/Euler%E2%80%93Lagrange_equation" title="Euler–Lagrange equation">Euler–Lagrange Equation</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-SIAM_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIAM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the advisors: <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Hestenes" title="Magnus Hestenes">Magnus Hestenes</a>, Charles Tompkins<sup id="cite_ref-MathGenealogy_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MathGenealogy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tapia also holds honorary doctorates from <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_School_of_Mines" title="Colorado School of Mines">Colorado School of Mines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_and_awards">Career and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_A._Tapia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, Tapia became the first Hispanic elected to the National Academy of Engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, Tapia was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Board" title="National Science Board">National Science Board</a>, he served until 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2001 to 2004, Tapia chaired the National Research Council's Board of Higher Education and workforce.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Tapia received the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Industrial_and_Applied_Mathematics" title="Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics">Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics</a> (SIAM) Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, in Portland, and <a href="/wiki/AMS_Distinguished_Public_Service_Award" title="AMS Distinguished Public Service Award">Distinguished Public Service Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society" title="American Mathematical Society">American Mathematical Society</a>, in Phoenix.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, he received <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_Heritage_Foundation" title="Hispanic Heritage Foundation">Hispanic Heritage Award in Math and Science</a> and he was chosen to have a "Celebration of Diversity in Computing" [conference]<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> named after him (usually held annually or biennially<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, he was awarded the National Medal of Science (Mathematics And Computer Science) for "For his pioneering and fundamental contributions in optimization theory and numerical analysis and for his dedication and sustained efforts in fostering diversity and excellence in mathematics and science education."<sup id="cite_ref-2010-NMS_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010-NMS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>He received the award at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> from from President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> on October 21, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-2010-Pres_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010-Pres-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Blackwell-Tapia_prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwell-Tapia prize">Blackwell-Tapia prize</a> and conference were named for Tapia and <a href="/wiki/David_Blackwell" title="David Blackwell">David Blackwell</a>. </p><p>In 2021, he received the award Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Tapia published the book <i>Losing the Precious Few</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_A._Tapia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married Jean Tapia,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Nuyorican" title="Nuyorican">Nuyorican</a> (daughter of Puerto Rican who grew up in New York) and had 2 children: Circee and Richard.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_A._Tapia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Hall_bombing#Army_Mathematics_Research_Center" title="Sterling Hall bombing">Army Mathematics Research Center</a> at. the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_College_of_Medicine" title="Baylor College of Medicine">Baylor College of Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Science_Board" title="National Science Board">National Science Board</a> by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">President Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">National Academy of Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_for_the_Advancement_of_Chicanos/Hispanics_and_Native_Americans_in_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science">SACNAS Scientist Award, Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">T.I.R.R., (then called the Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) Baylor College of Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vannevar_Bush_Award" title="Vannevar Bush Award">Vannevar Bush Award</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_A._Tapia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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University of St. Andrews.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+MacTutor+History+of+Mathematics&rft.atitle=Societies%3A+The+SIAM+Prize+for+Distinguished+Service&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk%2F~history%2FSocieties%2FSIAMService.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See the older [2009] version of << <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090327084911/http://www.tapiaconference.org/2009/archives.html">"Archives of Previous Tapia Celebration Websites"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tapiaconference.org/2009/archives.html">the original</a> on March 27, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 12,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Archives+of+Previous+Tapia+Celebration+Websites&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapiaconference.org%2F2009%2Farchives.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span> >> ... (which <i>might</i> contain some info that is more complete than [or otherwise different from] newer versions of the ["archive" listing of] << <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tapiaconference.org/about/past">"Previous Tapia Conferences"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008034306/http://tapiaconference.org/about/past">Archived</a> from the original on October 8, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 12,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Previous+Tapia+Conferences&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftapiaconference.org%2Fabout%2Fpast&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span> >> on the "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tapiaconference.org/">ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing</a>" web site.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://tapiaconference.org/">http://tapiaconference.org/</a> ... which is the home page of the current (next or most recent) "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tapiaconference.org/">ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing</a>" web site.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101219043002/http://hispanicheritage.org/images/press/Press%20Release%202009%20HHA.pdf">"22nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards to Honor Latino Leaders During Star-Studded Ceremony on Capitol Hill"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=22nd+Annual+Hispanic+Heritage+Awards+to+Honor+Latino+Leaders+During+Star-Studded+Ceremony+on+Capitol+Hill&rft.pub=Hispanic+Heritage+Awards&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hispanicheritage.org%2Fimages%2Fpress%2FPress%2520Release%25202009%2520HHA.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2010-NMS-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2010-NMS_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/richard-a-tapia/">"Richard A Tapia"</a>. <i>nationalmedals.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-09-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=nationalmedals.org&rft.atitle=Richard+A+Tapia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalmedals.org%2Flaureate%2Frichard-a-tapia%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2010-Pres-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2010-Pres_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5300000000476">"The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details - Richard A Tapia"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-09-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+President%27s+National+Medal+of+Science%3A+Recipient+Details+-+Richard+A+Tapia&rft.pub=National+Science+Foundation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2Fod%2Fnms%2Frecip_details.jsp%3Frecip_id%3D5300000000476&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ams.org/cgi-bin/fellows/fellows_by_year.cgi?year=2021"><i>2021 Class of Fellows of the AMS</i></a>, American Mathematical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-11-02</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=2021+Class+of+Fellows+of+the+AMS&rft.pub=American+Mathematical+Society&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffellows%2Ffellows_by_year.cgi%3Fyear%3D2021&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artepublicopress.com/product/losing-the-precious-few-how-america-fails-to-educate-its-minorities-in-science-and-engineering/">"Losing the Precious Few: How America Fails to Educate its Minorities in Science and Engineering"</a>. <i>Arte Publico Press</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jean+Tapia%27s+60th+Birthday+Celebration&rft.date=2001&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjpVZk5P992E&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4oK2zgEACAAJ"><i>Loosing the Precious Few</i></a>. ARTE PUBLICO Press. 2022. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781558859425" title="Special:BookSources/9781558859425"><bdi>9781558859425</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Loosing+the+Precious+Few&rft.pub=ARTE+PUBLICO+Press&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=9781558859425&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4oK2zgEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompsonTapia1990" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, James R.; Tapia, Richard A. (1990). <i>Nonparametric function estimation, modeling, and simulation</i>. Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0898712610" title="Special:BookSources/0898712610"><bdi>0898712610</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nonparametric+function+estimation%2C+modeling%2C+and+simulation&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pub=Society+for+Industrial+and+Applied+Mathematics&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0898712610&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=James+R.&rft.au=Tapia%2C+Richard+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://video.kauffman.org/services/player/bcpid1564494258?bctid=26393833001">Tapia Video Biography</a>", The Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarron1999" class="citation journal cs1">Barron, Rachel (Fall 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.caam.rice.edu/~rat/articles/sacfall99news.html">"Hitting the Highway with Mathematician Dr. Richard Tapia"</a>. <i>Sacnas News</i>. <b>3</b> (3).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sacnas+News&rft.atitle=Hitting+the+Highway+with+Mathematician+Dr.+Richard+Tapia&rft.ssn=fall&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=3&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Barron&rft.aufirst=Rachel&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.caam.rice.edu%2F~rat%2Farticles%2Fsacfall99news.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmallwood2003" class="citation journal cs1">Smallwood, Scott (March 28, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051202215956/http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i29/29a01201.htm">"A Race That's About More Than Speed: Richard Tapia, dragster mathematician, seeks to fuel minority scientists and engineers"</a>. <i>The Chronicle of Higher Education</i>. <b>49</b> (29). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i29/29a01201.htm">the original</a> on December 2, 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Chronicle+of+Higher+Education&rft.atitle=A+Race+That%27s+About+More+Than+Speed%3A+Richard+Tapia%2C+dragster+mathematician%2C+seeks+to+fuel+minority+scientists+and+engineers&rft.volume=49&rft.issue=29&rft.date=2003-03-28&rft.aulast=Smallwood&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fchronicle.com%2Ffree%2Fv49%2Fi29%2F29a01201.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+A.+Tapia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070312030643/http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=7839&SnID=197900909">Tapia promoted to University Professor</a>", Rice University News Release.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=14920">Richard A. 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