Twelve ASSET Center Ph.D. Students Named 2026 AWS Fellows Awards, ESE / April 30, 2026 Share: Author: Melissa Pappas Through the ASSET (AI-Enabled Systems: Safe, Explainable and Trustworthy) Center, 12 exceptional doctoral students advancing the frontiers of trustworthy artificial intelligence will receive $840,000 in funding for research and mentoring support as 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) ASSET Fellows. Supported by a long-standing relationship between the ASSET Center and AWS, the fellowship continues to empower emerging leaders whose research addresses the technical, ethical and societal challenges of modern AI systems. Two of the recipients include ESE doctoral students Ryan Chan and Shayan Kiyani. READ MORE Read More Two Penn Engineers Named AAAS Fellows