“You are incredibly passionate, courageous; you’re everything that I wish every woman in the world would be,” she said. “It’s remarkable how you didn’t let any of that hold you back. And how you persevered and you’re turning all that difficult pain into such incredible power.”

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“Becoming a recipient of the Bodenheimer Fellowship is truly something I cannot be more grateful for,” Foshie said. “It is an honor to be selected among the other outstanding and high-achieving candidates.”

The awards are presented each spring by the Office of the Provost in the categories of Extraordinary Academic Achievement, Extraordinary Professional Promise, Outstanding Scholar Athlete, and Top Collegiate Scholars.

“Artificial intelligence is already playing a role across many areas of society, and will only continue to grow in use and importance,” said Parker, who held the inaugural meeting of the National AI Advisory Committee on Thursday. “It is a deep honor to be selected to join the ranks of luminaries from around the world who have founded and made significant contributions to the field of AI.”

Potential applications for BioFace-3D include enabling a fully immersive user experience in virtual reality (VR) scenarios; tracking facial expressions or speech-related facial movements when people wear face masks during their daily activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term facial monitoring for driver fatigue detection, and student engagement evaluation in virtual learning environments.

Members of the UT Amateur Radio Club launched a radio balloon mission on Saturday, April 23, in a mission to transmit weather and location data via ham radio.

“It is extremely validating to win this award and know that the NSF feels my research deserves to be funded. I am beyond excited to have the additional funding which will give me the freedom to research topics most interesting to me, as well as support and mentor other women in Computer Science.”

Distinctions such as the Turing Award are not only based on comparison to a scientist’s peers, but also require innovation—doing something that has never been done before, and making an impact so great that it, in essence, changes the game.

“His selection as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow is a highly significant national accomplishment,” said Thapliyal, “and it places him amongst an elite group of fellows who have gone on to distinguished careers in STEM or STEM education.”