{"50920":{"#nid":"50920","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ph.D. Candidate Wins National Academies Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EValerie Summet, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, has been awarded a Christine Mirzayan Science \u0026amp; Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship by the National Academies in Washington, D.C. Run out of the National Academies\u0027 Policy and Global Affairs Division, the program is designed to engage its fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESummet is due to finish her doctorate in May 2010, and her research interests include mobile\/ubiquitous computing, assistive technology and computer science education. Her advisor is Thad Starner, associate professor in Interactive Computing. During her fellowship, Summet will work in the National Academy of Engineering in the Center for Engineering Ethics \u0026amp; Society, under the direction of Rachelle Hollander.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The fellowship is a wonderful opportunity to work with 25 other scientists from many different disciplines including astrophysics, geology, neurobiology, ocean sciences and engineering, just to name a few,\u0022 Summet said. \u0022I\u0027ve been struck by how many issues are common to all the disciplines. Themes like intellectual property, emerging technologies and ethical implications of discovery are threads that run through everyone\u0027s work. Having a broad education in computer science has allowed me to add a technical dimension to many of these discussions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the program, visit its \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/policyfellows\/PGA_044687\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EValerie Summet, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, has been awarded a Christine Mirzayan Science \u0026amp; Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship by the National Academies in Washington, D.C. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:19:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:16","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}