Chadwick Fellows 2021–2022
Recipients of the 2021–2022 Chadwick Fellowship are:
Shengzhi Zhang
As winner of the Chadwick Fellowship, Computer Science Assistant Professor Shengzhi Zhang will build MET’s own computer server with improved Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) to train deep learning models. The benefits will be twofold: first, students will be able to conduct AI security research built on deep neural networks to improve the dependability of safety-critical systems, with applications that include autonomous driving, and voice control intelligence. Secondly, both MET faculty and MET students will be able to share the usage of the server with GPU computation resources to train complicated machine learning models for their research projects.
Melissa Caolo
Performing Arts Enterprise Program Coordinator and Lecturer in Arts Administration Melissa Caolo will use the Chadwick Fellowship to create a series of case studies that demonstrate tangible leadership skills and advance the practices of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in the commercial arts. Caolo, who received an Emmy Award for her work as a producer on the 2020 Roger Rees Awards, plans to focus her Chadwick Fellowship efforts primarily on Broadway and related businesses, which include the cultural entrepreneurship of producers who make art and the entrepreneurs who continue to build the businesses that support the theatrical industry.