Announcing the 2021 Apple Scholars in AI/ML

Apple is proud to announce the 2021 recipients of the Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship. Each Scholar receives two years of funding as they pursue their PhD, internship opportunities, and a two-year mentorship with an Apple researcher in their field. Nominated students were selected based on their innovative research, their record as thought leaders and collaborators in their fields, and their unique commitment to take risks and push the envelope in machine learning and AI.

The Apple Scholars program was created to recognize the contributions of emerging leaders in computer science and engineering at the graduate and postgraduate level.

Apple is committed to amplifying cutting-edge machine learning research worldwide, covering a wide range of topics including on-device and private machine learning, accessibility, and health. The selected Apple Scholars are advancing the field of machine learning and AI to push the boundaries of what’s possible, and Apple is committed to supporting the academic research community and their invaluable contributions to the world.

The 2021 Apple Scholars in AI/ML

Eugene Bagdasaryan

Cornell University

Privacy Preserving Machine Learning

Andreea Bobu

University of California, Berkeley

Human-Centered Machine Learning

Enric Boix-Adserà

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

Alireza Fallah

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

Rachel Franz

University of Washington

AI for Accessibility

Biwei Huang

Carnegie Mellon University

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

Hongyu Ren

Stanford University

Graph Representation Learning

Jonas Rothfuss

ETH Zurich

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

Shiori Sagawa

Stanford University

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

Andrew Silva

Georgia Institute of Technology

Human-Centered Machine Learning

Sana Tonekaboni

University of Toronto

AI for Health and Wellness

Joanne Truong

Georgia Institute of Technology

AI for Autonomous Systems

Zhenpei Yang

University of Texas, Austin

Computer Vision and Augmented Reality

Wentao Zhang

Peking University

AI for Manufacturing

Victor Zhong

University of Washington

Speech and Natural Language

The PhD fellowship in AI/ML is currently open to invited institutions. For more information, please email aiml_scholars@apple.com.

Learn more about the inaugural class of Apple Scholars