Assistant Professors Hongning Wang and Haifeng Xu have both received Google Research Awards.Hongning Wang and Haifeng Xu have both received Google Research Awards. These awards provide funding intended to support one graduate student for one year. The Award also comes with some credits for Google's cloud service. This funding program has become extraordinarily competitive with just 15% of applicants receiving funding!
Hongning Wang's project is titled “Personalized and Private Online Learning to Rank,” and Haifeng Xu's is titled “Boosting Ad Auctions through Better Information Design."
Congratulations to both for this great accomplishment!