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Yang Peng
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Latest funding
- $60,300
High Performance Graph Algorithms and Data Structures
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
High Performance Graph Algorithms and Data Structures
Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Principal investigators: Peng, Yang (Richard)
$60,300
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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Dear Professor Peng,
My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year].
Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.]
I also saw your NSERC-funded project "High Performance Graph Algorithms and Data Structures" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction.
Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you.
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