ARC is delighted to announce that 4 fellowships were awarded to PhD students in Math, ISyE, and CS for the Spring 2017 semester:

• Marcel Celaya (ACO PhD, Math), advisor: Josephine Yu
  • Project title: An algorithmic approach to the Gohberg-Markus-Hadwiger conjecture 
• Samira Samida (CS PhD, CS), advisor: Santosh Vempala
  • Project title: Human Computation with Application to Humanly Usable and Secure Password Methods 
• Alfredo Torrico (OR PhD, ISyE), advisor: Sebastian Pokutta
  • Project title: Online Constrained Submodular Minimization with Bandit Feedback
• Di Wu (OR PhD, ISyE), advisor: Enlu Zhou
  • Project title: Simulation Budget Allocation Under Input Uncertainty 

Thanks to the generosity of IISP, Samida's award was a joint IISP-ARC fellowship.