Date: 26 Feb 2014
Gugan Thoppe, a graduate student in the School of Technology and Computer Science, wins the IBM PhD Fellowship Award. From the IBM PhD Fellowship Award webpage, "The IBM PhD Fellowship is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems of interest to IBM and which are fundamental to innovation including, innovative software, new types of computers, technology, and interdisciplinary projects that create social and business value." For more information on the awards, visit http://www.research.ibm.com/university/phdfellowship/index.shtml