{"647688":{"#nid":"647688","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Programming Languages Researcher Wins Facebook Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Computer Science (SCS) Ph.D. student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yuanbo-li-2a2801132\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYuanbo Li\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has won the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.fb.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2021-facebook-fellowship-awards\/\u0022\u003EFacebook Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E. Li will use the fellowship for concurrent computing research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECreated to fund research in top computing areas, the fellowship provides tuition support for two years and a $42,000 stipend. It also offers winners the opportunity to visit Facebook\u0026rsquo;s campus for a Fellowship Summit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am very honored and excited to win the fellowship,\u0026rdquo; Li said. \u0026ldquo;I am very grateful for the help from my advisor and collaborators as well.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi will use the fellowship to explore better static analysis techniques for concurrent programs. These programs execute several computations simultaneously. As Moore\u0026rsquo;s law ends, concurrent computation could be a solution. However, detecting bugs is challenging even for experienced software developers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am delighted to hear that Yuanbo had been selected for the Facebook Fellowship award,\u0026rdquo; said Li\u0026rsquo;s advisor, SCS Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/helloqirun.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQirun Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;It is a highly competitive program that well recognizes his past accomplishments and future potential.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Computer Science (SCS) Ph.D. student Yuanbo Li has won the Facebook Fellowship."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2021-05-24 14:38:47","changed_gmt":"2021-05-24 14:52:19","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647690":{"id":"647690","type":"image","title":"Yuanbo Li","body":null,"created":"1621867901","gmt_created":"2021-05-24 14:51:41","changed":"1621867901","gmt_changed":"2021-05-24 14:51:41","alt":"Yuanbo Li","file":{"fid":"245872","name":"yuanbo_headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yuanbo_headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yuanbo_headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":737989,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yuanbo_headshot.jpg?itok=NPXKCX0V"}}},"media_ids":["647690"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}