From reducing domestic violence to uplifting rural Bangladeshis, five Cornellians are using computer science and engineering to confront critical problems, being selected to the Facebook Fellowship Program in the process. The Facebook Fellowship Program awards Ph.D. candidates conducting research within the computer science and engineering world with two years’ tuition, a $42,000 stipend and an invitation to the social media company’s headquarters for a summit. Diana Freed grad, Sharifa Sultana grad, Alane Suhr grad, Nirvan Tyagi grag and Briana Vecchione grad were among the 36 Ph.D. candidates chosen from over 1,800 applicants from 22 universities across the world. This is the ninth class of fellows to be accepted to this program, which has in total has advanced the research of over 108 Ph.D. students. “My work not only serves my academic purpose, but I also feel like this is part of my social responsibilities.”Suhr, a computer science Ph.D. candidate, was ecstatic about her selection to the fellowship.

Source: Daily Sun February 07, 2020 05:37 UTC