PhD candidate Hankyu Jang (6th year) was awarded a Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship; prior, he had received a Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for Spring 2022.
"The post-comp fellowship will allow me to continue to focus on my research on computational modeling and inference problems on healthcare-associated infections."
- Hankyu Jang
Advisors: Sriram Pemmaraju, Alberto Segre
"In his research, Hankyu uses computational methods (algorithms, data mining, machine learning) to model, make inferences about, and predict various aspects of healthcare-associated infections. He has an outstanding publication record and his interdisciplinary work has appeared in a diversity of venues. He is also a recipient of the Graduate College’s Post-Comp Fellowship."
- Prof. Kasturi Varadarajan
Past Director of Graduate Studies — CS
About the Fellowship
Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship
This fellowship program provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to benefit from a final semester of protected and supported time to focus on completing their scholarly research activities and the writing of their dissertations.