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Enck & Gehringer Receive Google Research Awards
The NC State Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce that two members of its faculty have been selected to receive Google Research Awards totaling over $105,000.Dr. William Enck, assistant professor of computer science at NC State, has been awarded $47,500 to support his research proposal titled “Enhancing Play Store Security and Privacy Hygiene With User Expectations.” Adrian Ludwig will serve as Dr. Enck’s liaison at Google during the time of the project.
Dr. Edward Gehringer, associate professor of computer science at NC State, has been awarded $57,620 to support his research proposal titled “Peer and Self-Review in Course Builder MOOCs.” Julia Wilkowski will serve as Dr. Gehringer’s liaison at Google during the time of the project.
Google Research Awards are one-year awards structured as unrestricted gifts to universities to support the work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the world. The intent of the Awards is to support cutting-edge research in computer science, engineering, and related fields. Each funded project is assigned a Google sponsor. The role of the sponsor is to support the project by discussing research directions, engaging with professors and students, and overseeing collaboration between the project team at Google. Award recipients are encouraged to visit Google and give talks related to their work and meet with relevant research groups there.
For more information on Dr. Enck, click here.
For more information on Dr. Gehringer, click here.
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