{"id":5769,"date":"2013-06-20T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=5769"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:23:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:23:35","slug":"googlefellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=5769","title":{"rendered":"Computer science graduate students win Google Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5770\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Gong_Yunchao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5770\" alt=\"Yunchao Gong\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Gong_Yunchao.jpg\" width=\"257\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yunchao Gong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.unc.edu\/\">UNC computer science<\/a> Ph.D. students have won 2013 Google Fellowships. Only 15 of the prestigious research honors were awarded in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yunchao Gong<\/b> was awarded a fellowship in machine perception; <b>Yinqian Zhang<\/b> received a fellowship in computer security.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/research.google.com\/university\/relations\/phd_fellowships.html\">Google Fellowship Program<\/a> was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related disciplines or promising research areas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5771\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Zhang_Yinqian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5771\" alt=\"Yinqian Zhang\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Zhang_Yinqian.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yinqian Zhang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The recipients were chosen after careful review by Google research scientists, distinguished engineers and executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Google Fellowships remain an integral piece of our university relations efforts, and we are delighted to continue our support of such talented students,\u201d said Leslie Yeh Johnson and Michael Rennaker with Google University Relations.<\/p>\n<p>For more on research and academic collaborations at Google, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/research.google.com\/university\/\">http:\/\/research.google.com\/university\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two UNC computer science Ph.D. students have won 2013 Google Fellowships. 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