UC President's Dissertation Year Fellowship Available

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

UC President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship

The UC President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship is now available for promising students in the final stages of their doctoral work who demonstrate strong potential for university teaching and research.

Fellowship Details

Stipend: $32,500
Additional Support: Tuition and fees covered
Target Recipients: Doctoral students in their final year who show exceptional promise for academic careers

Eligibility

This fellowship is designed for students who:

Are in the final stages of their doctoral dissertation
Demonstrate strong potential for university teaching and research
Show promise for contributing to academic excellence

How to Apply

For more information about application requirements, deadlines, and the selection process, please visit the official fellowship page.

We encourage all eligible doctoral students to consider applying for this prestigious fellowship opportunity.

Vijay Veerabadran Receives 2024 Chancellor's Dissertation Medal

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We are thrilled to announce that Vijay Veerabadran, a recent Ph.D. graduate from our lab, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal from UC San Diego.

About the Award

The Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal recognizes exceptional doctoral research based on the impact, originality, creativity, and quality of the work. This award represents the highest honor for doctoral research at UC San Diego.

Vijay’s Research Contributions

During his Ph.D. studies in the Cognitive Science department under the guidance of Professor Virginia de Sa, Vijay made significant contributions to computer vision and human vision research. His main research achievements include:

Bio-inspired Adaptive RNN Architecture: Developed an adaptive RNN architecture that learned to dynamically scale its computation with input task-difficulty, published in NeurIPS 2023.
Human Vision and Adversarial Perturbations: Conducted groundbreaking research studying human vision’s sensitivity to adversarial image perturbations, published in Nature Communications 2023.

Current Position

Vijay has since joined Meta Reality Labs, where he continues to advance the field of computer vision and human-computer interaction.

Congratulations

We are incredibly proud of Vijay’s achievements and the recognition his exceptional research has received. His work exemplifies the innovative and impactful research that emerges from our lab, bridging computational approaches with human cognition.

Congratulations, Dr. Veerabadran! 🎉

Learn more about Vijay’s research at his personal website.

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