Testimony from Fellows
Listen to their own words of the fellows.
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"It is my honor to receive an MSRA fellowship. This award has greatly motivated me to pursue my research interests on multimedia retrieval."
"As a PhD student, it's very important to think what really can be achieved in a PhD study period. MSRA fellowship programs help students to better organize their long-term plans and even career and life goals. The internship opportunity gives a chance to have a much clearer view of where we are headed in our lives."
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-- Lei WU
University of Science and Technology of China
2007 MSRA fellow |
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"The MSRA fellowship award has helped me develop confidence as a researcher and provides me encouragement to do high-quality research work. The award gives me freedom to pursue the research topics that I am really interested in. It also offers an opportunity to present and discuss my work with many excellent researchers in many fields."
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-- Qionghua WANG
Tsinghua University
2007 MSRA fellow |
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"I think the MSRA fellowship is a fantastic opportunity for young researchers like me to gain hands-on research experience in a large cooperation. I get to collaborate with some of the best researchers in the world and the experience has helped me a lot in determining my own research direction. The encouragement from receiving the award gave me great confidence in establishing a career in research in the theory of computer science. At the same time, the generous financial support provided by the fellowship makes my PhD study a lot easier and my life more trouble-free. I feel very privileged and I am very grateful to Microsoft for giving me such a wonderful opportunity. "
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-- Jiamou LIU
University of Auckland
2007 MSRA fellow |
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"I am especially grateful for the internship opportunity that comes with the fellowship award. My internship period has been very exciting and I have gotten to work with many excellent people. They not only taught me computer-related knowledge and skills, but also teamwork spirit, problem-solving approaches, and how to relentlessly pursue higher learning. It has also been eye-opening to talk to fellow research students with differing research interests."
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-- Vivy Suhendra
National University of Singapore
2006 MSRA fellow |
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"During this application, both my PhDadvisor and the head of department are very supportive and encouraging in my Fellowship. The award aspects of the MSRA fellowship that attract me most are the opportunity to do internship in MSR Asia and to join an alumni community for academic exchange. "
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-- Tan Yan Ny
National University of Singapore
2005 MSRA fellow |
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"It is a great pleasure to receive an MSRA Fellowship. And this prize has given me strong motivation for my research. And more, my research is about data mining, and I know that MS Research Asia is also focusing on the same area."
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-- Yu Hirate
Waseda University
2005 MSRA fellow |
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"First of all, having my application to MSRA Fellowship be granted itself is huge encouragement. Besides the prestige of Microsoft Fellowship, the chance to be an intern in MSRA is definitely extending my vision: I can experience different philosophies and learn different methodologies in conducting researches. Because MSRA is one of top research centers in the world, no doubt I can significantly improve my abilities in working with collaborators and learning correct attitudes to conduct research with senior members."
"In the process of preparing this application, I had a chance to think about what all these things mean to me and the picture of my lifelong plan. That experience surprisingly teaches me some lessons beyond my expectations."
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-- Ya-Shu Chen
National Taiwan University
2005 MSRA fellow |
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