Google's PhD Fellowship program is designed to recognize and support extraordinary graduate students doing remarkable work in the field of Computer Science. We at Cornell Computing and Information Science are proud to share the news that Info Sci PhD Tauhidur "Rifat" Rahman and Computer Science PhD Rad Niazadeh were two of 39 recently named 2016 Google Fellows. Rahman was recognized in the Mobile Computing field, while Niazadeh was named a fellow in Market Algorithms area. 

Here's the announcement from Google.