{"591926":{"#nid":"591926","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four GT Computing Students Earn 2017 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIBM has named three Ph.D. students from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) and one from the School of Interactive Computing (IC) as 2017 IBM Ph.D. Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECSE\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/grads\/e\/ekhalil3\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElias Khalil\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fruitfly1026.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJiajia Li\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~ywang\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYichen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, along with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tescafitzgerald.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETesca\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EFitzgerald\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E from IC, are among the 50 students selected by IBM for the prestigious award in the annual highly competitive global competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Congratulations to these students and their faculty advisors,\u0026rdquo; said College of Computing Dean Zvi Galil.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The fact that College of Computing students account for 8 percent of the total number of these important fellowships is a true testament to the high level of research being done here that is essential to solving problems that stand in the way of innovation in many domains.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It also highlights the quality, depth, and breadth of the College\u0026rsquo;s faculty across a wide variety of disciplines.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn CSE, Khalil, Li, and Wang\u0026rsquo;s advisors are Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/bistra-dilkina\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBistra Dilkina\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/richard-vuduc\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Vuduc\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~lsong\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELe Song\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, respectively. IC Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/ashok-goel\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAshok Goel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and former IC Associate Professor Andrea Thomaz are Fitzgerald\u0026rsquo;s co-advisors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIBM created the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.ibm.com\/university\/awards\/phdfellowship.shtml\u0022\u003EPh.D. Fellowship program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the 1950s to recognize and support outstanding graduate students. Fellows are awarded a stipend for one academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT Computing students have earned IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2017-05-19 14:33:28","changed_gmt":"2017-05-19 14:36:45","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591927":{"id":"591927","type":"image","title":"IBM Logo","body":null,"created":"1495204578","gmt_created":"2017-05-19 14:36:18","changed":"1495204578","gmt_changed":"2017-05-19 14:36:18","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225587","name":"2000px-IBM_logo.svg_.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2000px-IBM_logo.svg_.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2000px-IBM_logo.svg_.png","mime":"image\/png","size":46822,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2000px-IBM_logo.svg_.png?itok=vZlaWqnh"}}},"media_ids":["591927"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174472","name":"IBM Ph.D. fellowship"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager, 404-894-7253\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}