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Way to go Samy (and Barnabas and Jeff)!<br>
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Artur<br>
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<td>Congratulations to Samy - 2017 class of Facebook Fellows</td>
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<td>Thu, 2 Feb 2017 10:51:56 -0500</td>
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<td>Diane Stidle <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:diane+@cs.cmu.edu"><diane+@cs.cmu.edu></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ml-all@ml.cmu.edu">ml-all@ml.cmu.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ml-all@ml.cmu.edu"><ml-all@ml.cmu.edu></a></td>
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<h1>Kirthevasan Kandasamy Named 2017 Facebook Fellow</h1>
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<p><span class="s1">Kirthevasan (Samy) Kandasamy has been named
to the 2017 class of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://research.fb.com/announcing-the-2017-facebook-phd-fellows/">Facebook
fellows</a>.</span><br>
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A fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Machine Learning
department, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ekkandasa/">Kandasamy</a> works
with Research Professor of Robotics <a
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href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Eschneide/">Jeff Schneider</a> and
Assistant Professor of Machine Learning <span class="s2"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ebapoczos/">Barnabás
Póczos</a></span> on bandit optimization and other
sequential decision-making problems. He's also interested
in various topics in nonparametric statistics. <br>
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<span class="s1"><span class="s1">Founded in 2010, the <a
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href="https://research.fb.com/programs/fellowship/">Facebook
Fellowship</a> program is designed to help foster ties
with the academic community, encourage and support
promising Ph.D. students engaged in research across
computer science and engineering, and provide those
students with opportunities to work with Facebook on
problems relevant to their research. Since its inception,
the program has supported more than 50 Ph.D. candidates,
whose research covers topics that range from from power
systems and microgrids to the intersection of computer
vision, machine learning and cognitive science.<br>
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<span class="s1">Facebook fellows receive full payment for two
years of tuition and fees, a stipend of $37,000 each year
and up to $5,000 in conference travel support. More than 800
students applied for this year's program, and 13 fellows
were selected.</span></p>
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Diane Stidle
Graduate Programs Manager
Machine Learning Department
Carnegie Mellon University
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:diane@cs.cmu.edu">diane@cs.cmu.edu</a>
412-268-1299</pre>
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