Hiba Alsghaier, doctoral student in computer science, has been awarded a Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship by the UWM Graduate School. This prestigious fellowship honors her outstanding academic performance and exceptional potential for future achievements in her final years of graduate study.
The $2,500 award recognizes Alsghaier’s publication of scientific papers and her experience in teaching and research, evidence of her dedication to advancing the field of computer science. Alsghaier has also been a recipient of the Teacher Excellence Award by the UWM Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and has secured multiple research grants.
Her research focuses on making federated learning systems more robust, trustworthy, and widely applicable and increasing adoption. Federated learning is a decentralized machine learning approach that allows multiple clients to train a shared AI model without exchanging raw data, which preserves privacy and reduces communication costs.
This fellowship is awarded on the basis of faculty nomination combined with donor stipulations.