{"605258":{"#nid":"605258","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CSE Ph.D. Students Claim Three Prestigious Fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Ph.D. students won three prestigious fellowship awards for 2018. The awards included fellowships with IBM, Google, and NASA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese awards are among some of the most selective fellowships given each year worldwide and are a testament to the quality of both the students and professors in CSE.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~schen351\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShang-Tse Chen\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Ewon the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.ibm.com\/university\/awards\/phdfellowship.shtml\u0022\u003E2018 IBM Fellowship Ph.D. Fellowship\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Efor his Ph.D. thesis research,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAI-infused Security: Robust Defense by Bridging Theory and Practice\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChen\u0026rsquo;s research develops next-generation cybersecurity defenses by uniquely combing techniques from artificial intelligence, security, and algorithmic game theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fredhohman.com\/\u0022\u003EFred Hohman\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewon the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/strg\/nstrf\u0022\u003ENASA Space Technology Research Fellowship\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Efor his research,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EUnderstanding Deep Neural Networks Through Attribution and Interactive Experimentation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHohman\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on designing and developing interactive tools that enable people to make sense of deep neural networks using principles from human-computer interaction and data visualization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/minsuk.com\/\u0022\u003EMinsuk (Brian) Kahng\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewon the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.googleblog.com\/2018\/04\/announcing-2018-google-phd-fellows-for.html\u0022\u003E2018 Google Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKahng was one of 39 students in North America to receive the award and one of three students to receive the award in the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in the nation. His research aims to develop interactive and visual tools to help people explore, interpret, and engage with machine learning systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll three students share the same advisor,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/strong\u003E, who was recently\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/news\/604312\/polo-chau-finds-inspiration-intersection-usability-and-data-mining\u0022\u003Epromoted to associate professor and awarded tenure\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChau said, \u0026ldquo;I am tremendously proud of our students\u0026#39; accomplishments and their worldwide recognition by some of the most admired companies and federal government agencies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These simultaneous honors exemplify Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s research leadership in\u0026nbsp;a wide spectrum of high-impact domains: AI + security (Shang); visual analytics + machine learning (Brian); and graph\u0026nbsp;analytics + interactive deep learning interpretation (Fred).\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CSE Ph.D. Students, Shang-Tse Chen, Fred Hohman, and Minsuk (Brian) Kahng, received fellowships from IBM, NASA, and Google."}],"uid":"34540","created_gmt":"2018-04-18 17:43:18","changed_gmt":"2018-04-20 14:35:52","author":"Kristen Perez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605231":{"id":"605231","type":"image","title":"2018 CSE PhD Fellowship Winners: Chen, Hohman, Kahng","body":null,"created":"1524059292","gmt_created":"2018-04-18 13:48:12","changed":"1524059292","gmt_changed":"2018-04-18 13:48:12","alt":"2018 CSE PhD Fellowship Winners: Chen-Tse Chen, Fred Hohman, Brian (Minsuk) Kahng","file":{"fid":"230770","name":"Banner for External Awards Announcement.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Banner%20for%20External%20Awards%20Announcement.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Banner%20for%20External%20Awards%20Announcement.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":183823,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Banner%20for%20External%20Awards%20Announcement.jpg?itok=kifq3a6q"}}},"media_ids":["605231"],"groups":[{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kristen.perez@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}