The black digerati in the Howard University Systems and Computer Science department are set to host and compete tomorrow morning in the Mid-Atlantic Region International Collegiate Programming contest! The event will be held afternoon from 12-6pm at Howard University in the L.K. Downing Building room 2113 and 2117 (part of the Undergraduate Computer Science Lab) located at 2300 Sixth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. If the peeps at Howard University do well tomorrow, they will qualify for the finals that will take place February 2010 at Harbin Engineering University in Asia. Keep it locked here at Black Digerati for updates. To read up on the competition click here.

The Black Data Processing Association New York (BDPA-NY) is currently in the process of completing their 2010 calendar and is looking for speakers with an keen insight into the direction that IT is headed. Specifically they need the following:

• Speakers with the ability to look at IT from a National Viewpoint  
• Speakers that can identify markets that are growing and those that need funding 
• Educators that can illustrate the impact that IT has on African-Americans within the Urban Communities

Some of the topics that you would be asked to speak about as a speaker, presenter, or panel member are the following:

• Virtualization
• Cloud Computing
• Servers —Beyond Blades
• Web-Oriented Architectures
• Enterprise Mashups
• Specialized Systems
• Social Software and Social Networking
• Unified Communications
• Business Intelligence
• Green IT

If you are well versed on any of the above topics (or know of someone who is) and would be willing to present your expertise, please email hr@bdpa-ny.org or call 212-802-5341.