{"643693":{"#nid":"643693","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Doctorate Students Awarded Google-CMD-IT Dissertation Fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech doctorate students \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexander Moreno\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EAmber Solomon\u003C\/strong\u003E have been awarded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cmd-it.org\/news-recent\/6-flip-phd-students-win-google-cmd-it-dissertation-fellowship-award\/\u0022\u003EGoogle-CMD-IT Dissertation Fellowships.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMoreno and Solomon will each receive $25,000 toward their research in computer science or in a related field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I plan to pursue a postdoc in academia or industry. I would like to continue to focus on methodology and theory for healthcare applications,\u0026rdquo; said Moreno, a Ph.D. student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing (IC).\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESolomon, a recent human-centered computing graduate, said she plans to first work as a research scientist creating programs that promote equity and inclusivity in computer science classrooms. Eventually, she would like work on policy related to computer science education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe number of students from underrepresented groups who completed a Ph.D. in computer science from 2018 to 2019 decreased by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2019-Taulbee-Survey.pdf\u0022\u003E13 percent\u003C\/a\u003E. In an effort to increase the diversity of Ph.D. graduates in the industry, CMD-IT and Google Research created this fellowship. In 2020, the organizations awarded six fellowships to be used by recipients for the last year of their dissertation requirements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EApplicants must come from one of the 11 universities that are a part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/constellations.gatech.edu\/flip-alliance\u0022\u003EFLIP Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E. The alliance aims to address the broadening participation challenge and increase the diversity of the future leadership in the professoriate in computing at research universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech doctorate students awarded fellowship from Google-CMD-IT to increase diversity in computing."}],"uid":"34773","created_gmt":"2021-02-01 15:46:27","changed_gmt":"2021-02-01 15:46:27","author":"ablinder6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"643692":{"id":"643692","type":"image","title":"Google-CMD-it Dissertation Fellowships","body":null,"created":"1612194247","gmt_created":"2021-02-01 15:44:07","changed":"1612194247","gmt_changed":"2021-02-01 15:44:07","alt":"Google-CMD-it Dissertation Fellowships","file":{"fid":"244376","name":"Google-CMD-it Dissertation Fellowships.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Google-CMD-it%20Dissertation%20Fellowships.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Google-CMD-it%20Dissertation%20Fellowships.png","mime":"image\/png","size":710401,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Google-CMD-it%20Dissertation%20Fellowships.png?itok=RV_gPNTP"}}},"media_ids":["643692"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAllie McFadden\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eallie.mcfadden@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}