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Introduction: Lev Reyzin points out the CI Fellows program is renewed . CI Fellows are essentially NSF funded computer science postdocs for universities and industry research labs. I’ve been lucky and happy to have Lev visit me for a year under last year’s program , so I strongly recommend participating if it suits you. As with last year, the application timeline is very short, with everything due by May 23.
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