NVIDIA Corp., a worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, announced the recipients of the prestigious NVIDIA Fellowship award for the 2006-2007 academic year. The students were selected by a review committee headed by NVIDIA chief scientist David Kirk. Each winner receives a $25,000 grant.
"The NVIDIA Fellowship award program is designed to stimulate and support excellence in graphics and computing research in universities worldwide and to promote communication between NVIDIA's R&D team and outstanding students and professors," said Kirk. "We believe this year's recipients represent the best and most talented graduate students in the world."
The recipients are: Tomas Akenine-Moller of Lund University, Sweden; Pravin Bhat of University of Washington; Tim Foley of Stanford University; Greg Johnson of University of Texas, Austin; Jaakko Lehtinen of Helsinki University of Technology; Brandon Lloyd of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Philipp Michel of Carnegie Mellon University; Krzysztof Niski of Johns Hopkins University; Guillem Pratx of Stanford University; Wei Qiao of Purdue University; Jonathan Ragan-Kelley of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mathias Schott of University of Utah; Jay Edward Steele of Clemson University; and Huamin Wang of Georgia Institute of Technology.
Eligibility criteria included completion of the first year of Ph.D. level studies and a major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering or a related area. The student must also hold a current membership on an active research team.
NVIDIA Corp. (www.nvidia.com) is a worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. The company creates products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has offices throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
