Carlos Seminario, a Ph.D. student in the College of Computing and Informatics, is a recipient of the Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Graduate School Dissertation-Year Fellowship, which is awarded to promising students in the final stages of their doctoral work who demonstrate strong potential to make a significant contribution to society by completing their terminal degree.
"I am truly honored to have been selected for the Giles Graduate School Dissertation-Year Fellowship,” said Seminario. “I appreciate the generous financial support provided by this award and thank Dean Tom Reynolds and the Graduate School staff who manage the fellowship on behalf of Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles. This Giles Fellowship is indeed a great motivator, and I am looking forward to completing my Ph.D. degree in 2015."
The purpose of the fellowship is to allow students to focus full-time on their dissertation, thus improving quality and shortening the time required to complete the doctoral degree. Seminario receives a $10,000 stipend for the fall 2014 semester and another $10,000 stipend in spring 2015. His area of study is recommender systems.
Lucille Giles established the fellowship in 1990 to support doctoral students in the STEM programs. She earned a master¹s degree in chemistry and had a special interest in the sciences.