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10 Top PhD Students Receive Awards for Computing Research

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:45 AM PDT

NVIDIA is awarding $250,000 to 10 Ph.D. students to help solve complex parallel computing challenges. Each student will receive $25,000 and engineering support to further their advanced research.

The Graduate Fellowship recipients were selected from 268 applications in 28 countries. Sponsored projects involve a variety of technical challenges, including light-transport simulation, computer vision, and programmability and optimization for heterogeneous systems.

Learn why the awards are important for research in this video with Craig Wittenbrink, a member of the NVIDIA Fellowship Awards selection committee.