Facebook Fellowship Program Awardees

Two days ago Facebook has awarded the winners for their "Facebook Fellowship Program." It's a scholarship program that supports student on their Ph. D. research. Facebook has always been generous when it comes to academic relations. They believe that such relationship will help solve problems that the social web has. For the lucky winners, each would receive the following:

 .Tuition and fees will be paid for the academic year.
· $30K stipend (paid over 9 months of the academic year).
· $5K per year toward conference attendance and travel.
· $2.5K toward a personal computer.
· Opportunity to apply for a paid summer internship.
· Recipients are responsible for the taxation on any funds.

And the lucky winners are:

Marek Olszewski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Area of Focus: Compiler Technology

Adrienne Porter Felt, University of California, Berkeley
Area of Focus: Computer Security

Wei Liu, Columbia University, New York
Area of Focus: Machine Learning

Kurt Thomas, University of California, Berkeley
Area of Focus: Computer Security

Yinan Li, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Area of Focus: Databases

Congratulations! And good luck to your thesis.