UCLA and Amazon Announce Inaugural Recipients of Research Gifts and Amazon Fellowships – UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Newsroom

The UCLA Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence, a collaboration with Amazon, announced today its first cohort of 12 Amazon fellowships and six gift-funded research projects.

Funded by Amazon and housed at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, the UCLA Science Hub was launched last October, marking Amazons first such alliance with a public university. The hub was established to facilitate synthesis between industry and academic research on artificial intelligence to address societys most pressing challenges and develop solutions that will ultimately benefit humanity.

Twelve fellows were selected from a group of 25 UCLA Samueli doctoral students, and six research projects were chosen from 55 proposals by faculty across UCLA.

I am excited to see the mission of the hub, harnessing the power of AI for the good of humanity, being carried out through collaborations among UCLA faculty, graduate students and Amazon scientists, said UCLA Science Hub faculty director and computer science professor Jens Palsberg. Together, we will break new ground in addressing the societal impact of AI and find real technological solutions to improve humanity.

The Amazon fellows doctoral students in computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical and aerospace engineering will each receive up to two quarters of funding during the academic year to pursue independent research projects. They will also be invited to apply to intern at Amazon.

The inaugural cohort of UCLA Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence Amazon Fellows and their research interests consists of:

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UCLA and Amazon Announce Inaugural Recipients of Research Gifts and Amazon Fellowships - UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Newsroom