Education | October 12, 2016

Five Harvard Computer Science Grad Students Named 2017 Siebel Scholars

Five computer science graduate students at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have been named 2017 Siebel Scholars.

Five computer science graduate students at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have been named 2017 Siebel Scholars.

Ofra Amir, Gaurav Bharaj, Pao Siangliulue, Lillian Tsai, and Ming Yin will each receive a $35,000 award for their final year of graduate studies.

They are among 92 students selected worldwide from 17 partnering institutions by the Siebel Scholars Foundation, which recognizes exceptional students at the world’s leading graduate schools of computer science, as well as business, bioengineering, and energy science. On average, Siebel Scholars rank in the top 5 percent of their class, and many are within the top 1 percent.

(From left) SEAS Siebel Scholars Pao Siangliulue, Ming Yin, Lilian Tsai, Ofra Amir, and Gaurav Bharaj. (Photo by Adam Zewe/SEAS Communications.)

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