By Gilberto
Publication Date: 2025-11-14 19:08:00
Two doctoral students at UNC-Chapel Hill have been named 2025 Google PhD Fellows. Viviane “Vivi” Ito, the first student in the UNC School of Information and Library Science to be a Google fellow, received a fellowship in human-computer interaction. Vaidehi Patil, a student in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences’ computer science department, received a fellowship in machine learning and ML foundations.
Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue a doctorate in computer science or a related field. The fellowship lasts up to two years, providing each fellow up to $85,000 per year toward education costs, living expenses, travel and personal equipment, and connecting each of them to a Google research mentor.
This year, Google provided 255 fellowships across 35 countries and 12 research domains, recognizing “researchers who understand that accelerating scientific discovery is vital to solving the world’s toughest challenges.”
Vivi Ito
Ito is also a…