Fwd: Congratulations to Samy - 2017 class of Facebook Fellows

[Artur Dubrawski]

Way to go Samy (and Barnabas and Jeff)!

Artur


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Subject: 	Congratulations to Samy - 2017 class of Facebook Fellows
Date: 	Thu, 2 Feb 2017 10:51:56 -0500
From: 	Diane Stidle <diane+ at cs.cmu.edu>
To: 	ml-all at ml.cmu.edu <ml-all at ml.cmu.edu>



  Kirthevasan Kandasamy Named 2017 Facebook Fellow

Kirthevasan (Samy) Kandasamy has been named to the 2017 class of 
Facebook fellows 
<https://research.fb.com/announcing-the-2017-facebook-phd-fellows/>.

A fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Machine Learning department, 
Kandasamy <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ekkandasa/> works with Research 
Professor of Robotics Jeff Schneider 
<http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Eschneide/> and Assistant Professor of Machine 
Learning Barnabás Póczos <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ebapoczos/> on bandit 
optimization and other sequential decision-making problems. He's also 
interested in various topics in nonparametric statistics.

Founded in 2010, the Facebook Fellowship 
<https://research.fb.com/programs/fellowship/> 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.

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.


-- 
Diane Stidle
Graduate Programs Manager
Machine Learning Department
Carnegie Mellon University
diane at cs.cmu.edu
412-268-1299

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