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Berivan Isik (PhD candidate) awarded a Google Fellowship in Machine Learning

The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students pursuing exceptional research in computer science and related fields.

Congratulations to Berivan Isik (PhD candidate) on being awarded a 2023 Google Fellowship ! 

Google is pleased to confirm the recipients of the North American and European Google PhD Fellowships for 2023 . These awards have been presented to exemplary PhD students in computer science and related fields. We have given these students unique fellowships to acknowledge their contributions to their areas of specialty and provide funding for their education and research. We look forward to working closely with them as they continue to become leaders in their respective fields.

Please join us in recognizing Berivan for her outstanding work!

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Two PhD students in the University of California San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Ke Sun and Jennifer Switzer, have been awarded 2023 Google PhD Fellowships . They join three recent CSE recipients: Yu-Ying Yeh, Tiancheng Sun, and Saining Xie.

The Google PhD Fellowship program recognizes a select group of exemplary PhD candidates worldwide who seek to influence the future of technology. CSE’s 2023 fellows are already garnering attention for the reach of their technology research – in healthcare for Sun and the environment for Switzer.

Harnessing IoT Technology to Enable Senior Healthcare

For Ke Sun, the future of technology lies in ambient intelligence (AmI). In contrast to Internet of Things (IoT) which relies on explicit devices, AmI embeds sensors and processors into everyday devices enabling adjustments within the environment to meet individual needs and preferences.

Imagine a home environment where facial recognition detects you at your doorstep and allows you access. Lighting adjusts to suit specific family members. Window treatments respond to heat and glare. Phone messages are played automatically. The system scans for your calendared events and favorite TV programming and delivers timely reminders.

Sun’s research focuses on delivering an accurate, robust, private, and affordable representation of AmI through the use of multi-modal sensors. This includes input from conventional human sensory data, such as audio and visual inputs, fused with unconventional non-human sensory data such as motion and wireless sensors, GPS, and biometric and ultrasound sensors, among others.

“The potential impact of my research could revolutionize independent living for the elderly, offering precise healthcare insights into behavior and cognition,” said Sun. “Additionally, the research could enable automated in-home monitoring of life-threatening conditions, detect chronic diseases, identify environmental hazards, and provide insights into human cognitive psychology.”

Sun’s research also addresses one of IoT’s most perplexing problems: privacy. Since voice assistants (VAs) were first introduced, consumers have been concerned that VAs record and send information to the cloud. Sun has designed MicShield, a companion device, which selectively jams unintended private speech while passing intended voice command.

“I am enthusiastic about collaborating with Google's exceptional talents to explore the seamless integration of my research into an expanded array of IoT and consumer electronic devices, effectively harnessing technology to enable human healthcare and enhance human experiences,” said Sun, who is advised by Associate Professor Xinyu Zhang in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Repurposing Phone Processors for a Smaller Carbon Footprint

Jennifer Switzer along with her coauthors, CSE professors Ryan Kastner and Pat Pannuto and PhD student Gabriel Marcano, is studying smartphone waste. The scale of the problem – an estimated 1.5 billion decommissioned smartphones annually – is nearly incomprehensible and demands a more nuanced solution than consumer recycling.

Smartphones begin life as copper, silver, gold, palladium and other raw materials. A carbon-devouring manufacturing process transforms these and other materials into components for assembly. After packaging and transportation, the devices begin their brief lifespan, an average of 2.5 years from purchase to deactivation.

Recycling these “junked” phones, so named because outdated models often languish in household junk drawers, dictates a second carbon intensive process to extract raw materials. It also ignores the reality that manufacturing smartphones leaves a larger carbon footprint than mining the materials. That’s precisely why Switzer’s novel strategy holds such promise.

Switzer’s proposal hinges on the impressive functional lifespan of smartphone processors. These processors are built to last, running faultlessly for 10 years or more, well beyond the truncated 2.5-year lifespan of most smartphones. Switzer and her coauthors hope to recover the unspent 75% of these processors’ usability, redeploying them for non-consumer applications.

“This award will make it easier for me to continue to pursue my interests in sustainable computing. I also think it's great that an industry leader like Google is interested in funding this sort of sustainability research,” said Switzer.

Earlier this year, Switzer and her coauthors earned a Distinguished Paper Award at the 2023 Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) conference. Since then, their paper has had over 50,000 downloads.

Students interested in applying for the fellowship can visit here . 

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Four NUS Computing PhD students receive the Google PhD Fellowship

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Congratulations to four NUS Computing PhD students who were awarded the Google PhD Fellowship in 2023. Started in 2009, the Google PhD Fellowship programme was set up to recognise outstanding graduates with exceptional work in Computer Science related disciplines or promising research areas.

As a recipient from an institution in Southeast Asia, each student will receive a stipend of up to US$10K per year for a Fellowship of up to three years and work under the guidance of a Google Research mentor.

This marks the third year that the fellowship is available to graduate students from Southeast Asia. This clearly acknowledges the rising influence of Southeast Asian research in shaping the future of technology.

Google PhD Fellowship 2023 recipients

Machine learning.

Xue Fuzhao PhD research area: Transformer Scaling, Adaptive and Conditional Computation, Machine Learning System PhD supervisor: NUS Presidential Young Professor Yang You

Zhang Yifan PhD research area: Generalizable machine learning against shifting data distributions, and its applications to foundation model reuse PhD supervisor: Assistant Professor Bryan Hooi

Machine perception, speech technology, and computer vision

Chen Yu PhD research area: Neural 3D reconstruction PhD supervisor: Associate Professor Lee Gim Hee

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Ye Jiayuan PhD research area: Data Protection and Privacy in Machine Learning PhD supervisor: NUS Presidential Young Professor Reza Shokri

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Limited competition (up to four from UIC)

August 2023 Update:

The competition is shifting to spring. The 2024 competition will open in the spring and we expect to have more details in October of 2023.

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer Fellowships in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, Europe, India, the United States and Canada.

The information below pertains to applications from US institutions. There does not seem to be a citizenship requirement.

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. The funds are given as an unrestricted gift, and it is Google’s policy not to pay for overhead on unrestricted gifts. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor who we hope will become a valuable resource to the student. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. Fellowship recipients are not subject to intellectual property restrictions unless they complete an internship at Google. Fellowship recipients serving an internship are subject to the same intellectual property and other contractual obligations as any other Google intern. If a Fellowship student is interested, an internship at Google is encouraged, but not guaranteed or required. Awardees will be notified in January.

Benefits include:

• Up to 3 years of Fellowship
• Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment [amount not specified]
• Google Research Mentor

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Since UIC can nominate only a finite number of students, the Graduate College is running a limited competition.

Eligibility

Students must:

• Be enrolled full-time and pursuing a PhD in computer science or related program*;
• have completed graduate coursework by the Fall of the award year, when the Fellowship begins. This is usually the 3rd year for US and Canadian students;
• remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award;
• Not be Google employees, and their spouses, children, and or members of a Google employee household;
• Not be already supported by a comparable industry award.

* Fields include:

• Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
• Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences
• Health Research
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Machine Learning
• Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
• Mobile Computing
• Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
• Privacy and Security
• Programming Languages and Software Engineering
• Quantum Computing
• Recommender Systems
• Structured Data and Database Management
• Systems and Networking

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.

In the United States, Canada, and Europe, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee’s status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

Nomination Procedures

Applications

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single PDF file. Thus, it is the student’s and their program’s responsibility to furnish the following as a single PDF:

• Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair/Head confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. This paragraph should include the student’s UIN, semester of PhD matriculation, anticipated graduation term, when coursework was completed, current funding, and Google employment.  (See FAQ “What are the eligibility requirements for students?”); [no form is provided]
• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
• Short (1-page) CV of the student’s primary advisor
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor)
• Abstract of 1,000 character (including spaces)
• Research / dissertation proposal including references (maximum 8 pages)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
• Transcripts of current and previous academic records

Submissions

Given that the application includes confidential letters of recommendation, the head/chair, DGS, or mentor is expected to submit the nomination file. Nominations must be sent as an email attachment (with all the materials in a single file) to the Graduate College’s Limited Competition folder in Box (a FERPA-compliant cloud storage service): [email protected]  

File naming convention: 

The PDF files should be saved using the following naming convention: Google2022_ DepartmentName_NomineeLastNameFirstInitial.pdf

Example of Chuck Baudelaire’s application from Computer Science without using spaces in the file name: Google2022_CS_BaudelaireC.pdf

Deadline: 4 p.m. (CT), Wednesday, September 21, 2022.

This is the first year of the competition and the restriction on the number of nominations per university necessitated the limited campus competition.

Graduate College contact: Benn Williams, Fellowships and Awards Coordinator ([email protected])

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Applications are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 Google PhD Fellowship competition.

The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply.

Value & Duration

Recipients will:

• Receive full tuition and fees for up to 3 years (includes enrollment fees, health insurance, books), plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment; and
• Be matched with a Google Research Mentor.

Eligibility to Apply

Applicants must:

• Be full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD (normally in 2 nd year) in one of the research areas listed below; and
• Not be Google employees, their spouses, children, or members of their household.

Recipients must:

• Have completed all graduate coursework by the time the Fellowship begins (usually 3 rd year for Canadian students);
• Remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award; and
• Not be already supported by a comparable industry award (government or non-profit organization funding is exempt).

Research areas

• Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
• Computational Neuroscience
• Computational Health Research
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Machine Learning
• Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
• Mobile Computing
• Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
• Privacy and Security
• Programming Languages and Software Engineering
• Quantum Computing
• Structured Data and Database Management
• Systems and Networking

Underrepresented groups

At least two out of the four U of T nominees for this award must self-identify as a woman, Black/African descent, Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, Indigenous, and/or person with a disability.

Selection Criteria

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. The proposal should include the direction and any plans for where the applicant’s work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research they are pursuing.

In the United States, Canada, and Europe, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

Research should align with Google AI Principles .

Application Process

Applicants must submit an electronic copy of their completed application as a single PDF file via email awards.dlsph@utoronto.ca by the application deadline. The email must have the subject title “Google 2023 – NAME OF APPLICANT”.

Students applying for both Google and Apple fellowships must submit two separate applications as the required list of items are different for each competition.

Application Package

A complete application package will include all of the following items in the order listed:

• Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair or designate confirming that the student passes the eligibility requirements, as stated above (to be supplied by GDPHS before forwarding to SGS);
• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available);
• Short (1-page) CV of the student’s primary supervisor;
• Research / dissertation proposal including references ( maximum 8 pages );
• Student (research) essay response ( maximum 350 words ) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests;
• Student (leadership) essay response ( maximum 350 words ) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?);
• Transcripts of current and previous academic records. Scans of official transcript are preferred but unofficial and web-based transcripts are accepted; and
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor). Letters must be emailed by each referee as a PDF attachment to awards.dlsph@utoronto.ca with the subject title “ Google 2023 Ref – NAME OF APPLICANT” by the application deadline.

Underrepresented group applicants only : please indicate within the body of the submission email if you self-identify as a member of an underrepresented group. Your underrepresented group status will not be disclosed during SGS Committee review, and applications will be reviewed based solely on the strength of the submitted materials.

The University competition results will be communicated by the SGS Graduate Awards Office in late September. The results of the international competition are communicated in January 2023.

For questions, please email awards.dlsph@utoronto.ca

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Computer Science Students Garner 2023 Google PhD Fellowships

The Google PhD Fellowship program recognizes a select group of exemplary PhD candidates worldwide who seek to influence the future of technology. CSE’s 2023 fellows are already garnering attention for the reach of their technology research – in healthcare for Sun and the environment for Switzer.

Harnessing IoT Technology to Enable Senior Healthcare

For Ke Sun, the future of technology lies in ambient intelligence (AmI). In contrast to Internet of Things (IoT) which relies on explicit devices, AmI embeds sensors and processors into everyday devices enabling adjustments within the environment to meet individual needs and preferences.

Imagine a home environment where facial recognition detects you at your doorstep and allows you access. Lighting adjusts to suit specific family members. Window treatments respond to heat and glare. Phone messages are played automatically. The system scans for your calendared events and favorite TV programming and delivers timely reminders.

Sun’s research focuses on delivering an accurate, robust, private, and affordable representation of AmI through the use of multi-modal sensors. This includes input from conventional human sensory data, such as audio and visual inputs, fused with unconventional non-human sensory data such as motion and wireless sensors, GPS, and biometric and ultrasound sensors, among others.

“The potential impact of my research could revolutionize independent living for the elderly, offering precise healthcare insights into behavior and cognition,” said Sun. “Additionally, the research could enable automated in-home monitoring of life-threatening conditions, detect chronic diseases, identify environmental hazards, and provide insights into human cognitive psychology.”

Sun’s research also addresses one of IoT’s most perplexing problems: privacy. Since voice assistants (VAs) were first introduced, consumers have been concerned that VAs record and send information to the cloud. Sun has designed MicShield, a companion device, which selectively jams unintended private speech while passing intended voice command.

“I am enthusiastic about collaborating with Google’s exceptional talents to explore the seamless integration of my research into an expanded array of IoT and consumer electronic devices, effectively harnessing technology to enable human healthcare and enhance human experiences,” said Sun, who is advised by Associate Professor Xinyu Zhang in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Repurposing Phone Processors for a Smaller Carbon Footprint

CSE/CNS Ph.D. student Jennifer Switzer along with her coauthors, CSE professor Ryan Kastner, CSE/CNS professor Pat Pannuto and PhD student Gabriel Marcano, is studying smartphone waste. The scale of the problem – an estimated 1.5 billion decommissioned smartphones annually – is nearly incomprehensible and demands a more nuanced solution than consumer recycling.

Smartphones begin life as copper, silver, gold, palladium and other raw materials. A carbon-devouring manufacturing process transforms these and other materials into components for assembly. After packaging and transportation, the devices begin their brief lifespan, an average of 2.5 years from purchase to deactivation.

Recycling these “junked” phones, so named because outdated models often languish in household junk drawers, dictates a second carbon intensive process to extract raw materials. It also ignores the reality that manufacturing smartphones leaves a larger carbon footprint than mining the materials. That’s precisely why Switzer’s novel strategy holds such promise.

Switzer’s proposal hinges on the impressive functional lifespan of smartphone processors. These processors are built to last, running faultlessly for 10 years or more, well beyond the truncated 2.5-year lifespan of most smartphones. Switzer and her coauthors hope to recover the unspent 75% of these processors’ usability, redeploying them for non-consumer applications.

“This award will make it easier for me to continue to pursue my interests in sustainable computing. I also think it’s great that an industry leader like Google is interested in funding this sort of sustainability research,” said Switzer.

Earlier this year, Switzer and her coauthors earned a Distinguished Paper Award at the 2023 Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) conference. Since then, their paper has had over 50,000 downloads.

Students interested in applying for the fellowship can visit here .

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Google PhD Fellowship Program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After the university's nomination is completed, either an official representative of the university or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Applications are now open. Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AoE) May 8, 2024. Notification of decisions will be announced via email in July 2024.

Research areas

• Health & Bioscience
• Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
• Machine Intelligence
• Machine Perception
• Natural Language Processing
• Quantum Computing
• Speech Processing
• Silicon Research (Algorithms, Architecture, Open Source Tooling)

What does the Google PhD Fellowship include?

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If students wish to apply for a job at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

• 1 year Fellowship
• 10,000 USD to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Google Research Mentor

Is my university eligible for the PhD Fellowship Program?

Universities must be an accredited research institution that awards research degrees to PhD students in computer science (or an adjacent field).

Restrictions: All award payments and recipients will be reviewed for compliance with relevant US and international laws, regulations and policies. Google reserves the right to withhold funding that may violate laws, regulations or our policies.

What are the eligibility requirements for students?

• Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
• Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again
• Students who have completed most of graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.

What should be included in an application? What language should the application be in?

All application materials should be submitted in English.

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file:

• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
• Short (1-page) CV of the student's primary advisor
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)
• Research / dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
• Transcripts of current and previous academic records

How do I apply for the PhD Fellowship Program? Can students apply directly for a Fellowship?

In Japan, Korea and Taiwan, students cannot apply directly to the program; they must be nominated by an eligible university during the application period. Note to students: If there's no information about the nomination process from your university, students can submit applications via the online form. But we may ask your university to make a selection from all submitted applications from your university and then nominate up to 3 students within 2 weeks after the application window is closed.

How many students may each university nominate?

Universities in Japan, Korea and Taiwan may nominate up to three eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage the additional nominee who self-identifies as a woman.

*Applications are evaluated on merit. Please see FAQ for details on how applications are evaluated.

Who should submit the applications?

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After the university's nomination is completed, either an official representative of the university or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window.

How are applications evaluated?

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.

Essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee's status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

Research should align with Google AI Principles.

Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

How are Google PhD Fellowships given?

Any monetary awards will be paid directly to the Fellow's university for distribution. No overhead should be assessed against them.

What are the intellectual property implications of a Google PhD Fellowship?

Fellowship recipients are not subject to intellectual property restrictions unless they complete an internship at Google. If that is the case, they are subject to the same intellectual property restrictions as any other Google intern.

Will the Fellowship recipients become employees of Google?

No, Fellowship recipients do not become employees of Google due to receiving the award. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If they are interested in working at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

Can Fellowship recipients also be considered for other Google scholarships?

Yes, Fellowship recipients are eligible for these Scholarship .

After award notification, when do the Google PhD Fellowships begin?

After Google PhD Fellowship recipients are notified, the Fellowship is effective starting the following school year.

What is the application time period?

Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024 for all regions. Refer to the main Google PhD Fellowship Program page for each region’s application details

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Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Penn has been invited to submit 2-4 nominees for the Google PhD Fellowship Program. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. Fellowships are currently offered in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, Europe, India, the United States and Canada.

• Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related field (see research areas below)
• Completed graduate coursework by Fall 2024, when the Fellowship begins.
• The recipient must remain an active, full-time student in a PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship (up to 3 years) or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible.

Approximately fifteen fellows will be named in the following areas this year:

• Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets 
• Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences 
• Health Research
• Human Computer Interaction 
• Machine Learning 
• Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision 
• Mobile Computing 
• Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction) 
• Privacy and Security 
• Programming Languages and Software Engineering 
• Quantum Computing 
• Recommender Systems
• Structured Data and Database Management 
• Systems and Networking

For Fellowship details please see the FAQ here .

This application requires 2-3 letters of recommendation, at least one of which should be from your thesis advisor. You will be able to request letters of recommendation through the Interfolio application process; please start the application soon to give your recommenders ample time to submit letters of recommendation before the March 10 Penn Deadline.

Applicants will be required to submit the following:

• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
• 1-page CV of student’s primary advisor
• Unofficial PDF copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts
• Research/dissertation abstract (no more than 1,000 characters)
• Research/dissertation proposal (no longer than 3 pages)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?).

Once that is prepared, visit the application form in Interfolio to submit your application. You will be able to request letters of recommendation through the application process.

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Internal Competition Deadline: March 10 , 2024, at 11:59 PM ET

Internal Competition Winners notified: April 15, 2024

Provost’s Office submits 2-4 nominees: April 26, 2024

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(From left) Kama Svoboda, Rhea Carlson, Avery White and Uddav Ghimire are among the engineering students receiving 2023-2024 graduate fellowships and advancing high-profile research at the University of Arizona.

Graduate Student Fellowships Boost Contributions to Life-Changing Research

Fellowships are key to graduate student involvement in breakthrough research at the University of Arizona in the College of Engineering.

“The recipients of our graduate fellowships are some of the most outstanding applicants to our graduate programs,” said Kelly Simmons-Potter, the college’s associate dean for academic affairs. “The ability to provide research fellowships to these students can be a critical factor that enables them to pursue their graduate educational and research goals, to the benefit of both their careers and the broader fields of engineering.”

Meet just a few talented engineering students who received fellowships in 2023-2024 and see the full list of fellows.

Human-Inspired Computing

University Fellow Kama Svoboda’s work in brain-inspired computing to advance AI is impressive on its own. And her objectives stretch well beyond the lab.

“As a research scientist, my goal is to be a positive role model and mentor, especially for other women in STEM,” said the electrical and computer engineering doctoral student.

Svoboda, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering at UA, specializes in a type of artificial intelligence – called Spiking Neural Networks, or SNNs – that mimics the human brain.

“SNNs represent an exciting advancement in AI, offering a more brain-like approach to computing,” she said. “My research is focused on creating and optimizing biologically inspired neural networks in hardware. This makes them more efficient and capable of handling information in a way that is similar to how our brains process sensory data like sights and sounds.”

University Fellows make up a cohort of the highest-ranking incoming graduate students. The fellowships provide not only multiple-year financial support but also professional development and opportunities to collaborate with PhD students across disciplines.

“The fellowship itself has helped me identify and apply to sources for future funding and better communicate my research to lay people and those from other disciplines,” said Svoboda.

Tracking Brain Toxins

PhD biomedical engineering student Rhea Carlson is delving deep into how the brain works, too, but from a dramatically different perspective. The Herbold Fellow is contributing to imaging research aimed at diagnosing and treating brain disorders.

“This research has implications for understanding diseases that are characterized by the accumulation of proteins in the brain, such as Alzheimer’s Disease or Parkinson’s Disease,” said Carlson.

Using MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, in the Multi-Scale Brain Imaging Lab , she is tracking the movement of molecular waste, a normal byproduct of neuron activity that can build up in the aging brain.

The lab is investigating possible connections between a slowdown in the recently discovered glymphatic system – thought to clear the naturally occurring waste as it moves cerebrospinal fluid through brain tissue and around blood vessels – and the buildup of toxic proteins that increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases.

“I hope that it can help build the foundation to better understand these diseases,” said Carlson, one of five students at UA to receive an annual Herbold Fellowship.

Select universities across the country receive Herbold Fellowships for graduate students applying data science and computation in their studies and research.

Salty Solutions

Engineering Dean’s Fellow Uddav Ghimire dreamed of becoming a doctoral student in the United States from a young age. Hailing from Nepal, the civil and architectural engineering student’s research aspirations became a reality at the College of Engineering with multi-year funding from the Dean’s Fellowship.

Becoming a UA student has afforded more access to technology and resources including research funding, said Ghimire.

Ghimire is probing a relatively new area of research designed to understand how soil – altered by climate change – will impact infrastructure.

Climate change is known to cause extended flooding and droughts, which upsets water resources and increases the likelihood of soil salinization. Soil salinization – the accumulation of salt on top of soil – is widely considered a threat to arid land regions. High salt concentrations stunt plant growth and cause soil deterioration.

Ghimire is zeroing in on what this means for public works.

“In terms of geotechnical engineering, I’m asking how the strength of the soil increases or decreases and how that affects the dams and all the infrastructure that is built on the soil,” said Ghimire.

With the mentorship of adviser Tejo V. Bheemasetti, assistant professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics, Ghimire is analyzing soil samples taken from an area in South Dakota with excessive salt deposits to answer some of those questions.

“Uddav is investigating the role of salinity on the behavior of soils and developing risk assessment tools that can be helpful to stakeholders including the Bureau of Land Management, NRCS and dam safety officers,” said Bheemasetti.

Hypersonic Aspirations

Every step PhD student Avery White has taken on her academic journey has propelled her toward a career with NASA.

Drawn to space for as long as she can remember, the Engineering Dean’s Fellow is in her first year as a graduate research assistant with the UA Computational Hypersonics and Nonequilibrium Laboratory , which investigates flow phenomena of hypersonic flight.

“This type of research takes fluid dynamics to the extremes,” said the Tucson native, who is analyzing fluid behavior in flight vehicles such as re-entry space capsules and ramjet engines.

As a UA aerospace engineering undergraduate, White did research for a NASA-funded project in the university’s ASTEROIDS Laboratory , worked as an Arizona Space Grant intern , and interned at Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

“I am constantly learning new things, and the work I do for my lab doesn't feel like work,” said White, who is among five early PhD students receiving annual support from David W. Hahn, the Craige M. Berge Dean of the College of Engineering.

She is grateful not only for the stipend but also for the job and salary that came with the distinction.

“Not having to worry about how I'm going to pay tuition and not having to pick up another job outside of class has taken a huge weight off my shoulders,” she said.

23-24 Engineering Graduate Fellows

Herbold Fellowships

The Herbold Foundation provides scholarship funds for master’s and early career doctoral students studying engineering, computer science and data science at select universities throughout the United States. Robert J. (Bob) Herbold is president of The Herbold Foundation and former COO of Microsoft. Each year a handful of outstanding students at the UA receive significant funding in their first year of study.

• Muhtasim Chowdhury, electrical and computer engineering, MS
• Gabriel Geffen, civil and architectural engineering, PhD
• Chenyi Wang, electrical and computer engineering, PhD

Engineering Dean’s Fellowship Program

David W. Hahn, the Craig M. Berge Dean of the college, funds the Engineering Dean's Fellowship with the help of the Craig M. Berge Deanship along with donor support through the annual Dean's Fund for Excellence. The fellowships expand the college’s doctoral program by providing multi-year salary and stipends to exceptional early-career PhD students.

• Mehri Aghdamigargari, mining and geological engineering, PhD
• Hanieh Totonchi Asl, electrical and computer engineering, PhD
• Uddav Ghimire, civil and architectural engineering and mechanics, PhD
• Amra Rey Mendoza, biomedical engineering, PhD
• Jeb Shingler, chemical and environmental engineering, PhD

Graduate College Fellowships

The UA Graduate College provides stipends for one year to high-achieving first-year engineering students. Graduate students from the United States are highly encouraged to apply for GCF funding.

• Madeline Dailey, materials science and engineering, PhD
• Sara Sezavar Dokhtfaroughi, electrical and computer engineering, PhD
• Emmanuel Ewuzie, aerospace and mechanical engineering, PhD

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These guidelines are stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for the implementation of the Taiwan Scholarship Program (hereinafter the “Scholarship”), which aims to encourage outstanding international students to study in Taiwan, as well as to promote bilateral exchanges and friendship between the peoples of Taiwan and its diplomatic allies. These guidelines are not applicable to students from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

The Scholarship is, in principle, granted to students from countries that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. However, special consideration may also be given to students from other countries.

I. Programs

• The pre-degree Mandarin Language Enrichment Program (LEP): Recipients may take the LEP for a maximum of one year at Mandarin-teaching institutions (hereinafter “Mandarin Training Centers”) affiliated with a university or college accredited by the Ministry of Education.
• Degree programs: Recipients may apply for admission to any degree program leading to an undergraduate, master or doctoral degree, excluding in-service programs.

II. The award period

• Pre-degree LEP: one year.

(1) Undergraduate program: four years maximum

(2) Master's program: two years maximum

(3) Doctoral program: four years maximum

Award periods must be continuous, with no breaks, and cannot exceed a total of five years.

III. Financial Assistance

Scholarship recipients will be given a monthly stipend of NT$28,000 for the LEP and NT$33,000 for degree programs. Recipients are responsible for all expenses during their stay in Taiwan. MOFA will, in principle, not provide any other subsidies. MOFA will, however, provide recipients with one-way, economy-class plane tickets for direct flights to and from Taiwan.

Universities and colleges may offer Scholarship recipients reduced tuition and miscellaneous fees.

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• Is a high school graduate or above with an excellent academic record, of good moral character and has no criminal record.
• Is not a national of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
• Is not an overseas compatriot student.
• Has never attended an educational institution in Taiwan at the same level of degree or LEP that he/she intends to apply for.
• Is not an exchange student through any cooperation agreement between a foreign university/college and an educational institute in Taiwan while receiving the Scholarship.
• Has not previously had a Scholarship revoked by an ROC government agency or other relevant institution.

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CSL student receives 2020 Google Ph.D. Fellowship

7/8/2020 Deming Chen, CSL

Written by Deming Chen, CSL

Xiaofan Zhang has been selected as one of 30 awardees of a 2020 Google Ph.D. Fellowship across North America and Europe. The award recognizes outstanding graduate students who have done exceptional work in a number of computing disciplines. The Google Fellowship offers two years of support, a $35K annual stipend, full coverage of tuition and fees, and the opportunity to work with a Google research mentor.

"The student nominations we received were exemplary in their quality, but Xiaofan especially stood out and was endorsed by the research scientists and distinguished engineers

within Google who participated in the review," wrote the Google Ph.D. Fellowship committee. "We have given these students unique fellowships to acknowledge their contributions to their areas of specialty and provide funding for their education and research. We look forward to working closely with them as they continue to become leaders in their respective fields."

Zhang is advised by CSL Prof. Deming Chen in the ES-CAD research group. He has been working with CSL Prof. Wen-mei Hwu, Prof. Jinjun Xiong, and Dr. Cong (Callie) Hao in the IBM-ILLINOIS Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research (C3SR). Both Chen and Hwu are faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering . Xiong is an IBM researcher and an adjunct research faculty in ECE, and Hao is a post-doc researcher in the ES-CAD group.

Zhang's research interests include deep learning, energy-efficient computing, hardware-software co-design, and FPGA. In his fellowship proposal, "Efficient Hardware/Software Co-Design Methods to Unleash Full AI Capabilities for Mobile Devices," Zhang aims to provide accessible, private, efficient, and high-quality AI services by using mobile devices. The major challenge comes from the gap between demanding AI applications and scarce on-device resources and power budgets. Since there is no perfect solution to solve this problem, Zhang proposes a hardware/software co-design approach to enable an ideal match between AI algorithms and their hardware accelerators to unleash AI capabilities from resource-constrained mobile devices.

Zhang has published the initial results of his proposal in six top-tier conferences. Among them, DNNBuilder won the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD) William J. McCalla Best Paper Award in 2018 by delivering the state-of-the-art DNN (deep neural network) accelerators, and SkyNet won double championships of the extremely competitive System Design Contest for low power object detection in the IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC-SDC) in 2019. Zhang will continue working toward his research goal to address the challenges of implementing AI applications on mobile devices with support from Google Fellowship.

To receive the Google fellowship, students must go through three rounds of evaluation. Students must be nominated by their department, and each department may submit up to four   nominations. The Graduate College coordinates the campus-level selection process to determine the final nominees from Illinois and sent to Google for the national competition. This year, 30 awardees were selected across North America and Europe among a few hundred eligible nominees. The acceptance ratio of the national competition is less than 10%.

Since its inception in 2009, 11 other Illinois Ph.D. students have been named Fellows in the highly selective program; Zhang is the second awardee from ECE Illinois.

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Google PhD fellowship program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

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Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AoE) May 8, 2024. Notification of decisions will be announced via email in July 2024.

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The details of each Fellowship vary by region. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and application instructions.

PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications should be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

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Canada and the united states.

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After the university’s nomination is completed, either an official representative of the university or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

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PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Latin America

The 2024 application cycle is postponed. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

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Google PhD Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields:

• Algorithms and Theory
• Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
• Health & Bioscience
• Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
• Machine Intelligence
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• Natural Language Processing
• Quantum Computing
• Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
• Software Engineering
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• Other areas listed in application forms during application window

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