The Center for Networked Systems (CNS) has announced a deadline of February 16, 2016, for interested students to apply for the research center's $10,000 Alan Turing Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship program was established in 2015 through a philanthropic partnership between CNS and outside donors. The scholarship was named in honor of the British mathematician (at left) who is widely considered a key founder of the fields of both computer science and artificial intelligence. The inaugural, one-year scholarship will be awarded this spring.
CNS created the scholarship to "affirm the importance of future LGBT computer scientists and engineers". Turing's codebreaking work contributed substantially to the Allied victory in World War II, but after the war, he was persecuted for being gay and later died by his own hand in 1954.
Applications for the CNS-created scholarship are welcome from UC San Diego undergraduates majoring in computer science or computer engineering, as well as other programs related to networked systems, including electrical engineering, public policy, communication, and others. Applicants must be active in supporting the LGBT community, with preference given to students with demonstrated financial need.
All applications must be submitted online through the UC San Diego Academic Works website.
Students with questions about the Turing Memorial Scholarship are invited to contact the UC San Diego Scholarship Office at scholarships@ucsd.edu or to call 858-534-1067, or contact CSE Prof. and CNS Associate Director George Porter.