PhD Student Hongming ZHANG Received 2019 Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award

Hongming ZHANG (4th person from the right on the stage) and other award recipients

CSE PhD student Hongming ZHANG, supervised by Dr. Yangqiu SONG, has been awarded the 2019 Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Fellowship Award. This year, there are 101 distinguished PhD candidates from 31 universities and institutes applied for the fellowship. Upon reviewing the candidate's credentials, publications, and research projects, including Hongming, 12 outstanding students were awarded the fellowship this year at the MSRA Academic Day 2019 held on 8 November 2019 at Beijing, China.

The Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Program aims to empower and encourage PhD students in the Asia-Pacific region to realize their potential in computer science-related research. Except for the cash award, recipients would also receive a 3-month visiting research opportunity offered by Microsoft.

Congratulations to Hongming!

For more information, please refer to the official announcement.