Awards
2026
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Early Career Researcher Award |
Peter Yichen Chen | 2026 Symposium on Computer Animation |
| Outstanding Systems Paper |
Chao Liu, Peter Yichen Chen | Robotics: Science and Systems |
| Best Master’s Thesis Award |
Alan Milligan | Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association / Association pour l'Intelligence … |
| ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award |
Kevin Leyton-Brown | ACM-AAAI |
| Best Paper Award |
Michael Yin, Robert Xiao | CHI 2026 |
| Best Paper Honourable Mention |
Andero Uusberg, Angel Bao, Bereket Guta, Karon MacLean, Mara Solen, Noor Naila Imtinan Himam, Preeti Vyas, Rúbia Reis Guerra | CHI 2026 |
| ACM Fellow |
Cristina Conati | Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| British Columbia Graduate Scholarship |
Parsa Rajabi | Province of British Columbia |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s (CGS M) Program |
Jamie Kai | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguished Reviewer |
Alex Summers | PLDI 2026 |
| Community Building Awards for Graduate Students |
Anika Sayara, Devyani McLaren, Jasper Geer, Mara Solen, Matt Oddo, Mayant Mukul, Rocco Ruan, Satvik Vemuganti, Sean Bocirnea, Yifei Li | UBC Computer Science |
| Maria Klawe Service Award |
Rubia Guerra, Vivian White | UBC Computer Science |
| Patrick Henry Winston Outstanding Educator Award |
Alan Mackworth, David Poole | AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| CS-Can/INFO-CAN Excellence in Teaching Award |
Meghan Allen | CS-CAN|INFO-CAN |
| Graduate Teaching Assistants Awards |
Bicheng Xu, Chester Gould, Gautam Luhana, Jeffrey Niu, Joseph Wonsil, Rudra Sanajee Saha, Tommy Nguyen | UBC Computer Science |
| Incredible Instructor Award |
Abner Turkieltaub Melo, Arpan Gujarati, Paulette Koronkevich, Rachel Pottinger, Susanne Bradley, Vsevolod (Seva) Lynov | UBC Computer Science |
| Killam Teaching Prize 2025/2026 |
Varada Kolhatkar | UBC |
| UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award |
Jeffrey Niu | UBC |
2025
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Notable Reviewer |
Nguyen Phong Hoang | The 34th USENIX Security Symposium |
| Student Community Building Awards |
Devyani McLaren, Matt Oddo, Mayant Mukul, Rocco Ruan, Sean Bocirnea, Shivam Chandhok, Teerpaun Tanprasert | UBC Computer Science |
| CS Faculty Mentoring Award |
Chen Greif | UBC Computer Science |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards |
Finn Hackett, Jianhao Cao, Joseph Poremba, Karthik Nishant, Kyle Chin, Pretti Vyas, Raymond Liu, Rosalyn Carr, Yuwei Yin | UBC Computer Science |
| Incredible Instructor Awards |
Anne Condon, Bruce Shepherd, Cinda Heeren, Patrice Belleville, Thomas Pasquier, Vered Shwartz | UBC Computer Science |
2024
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Science Service Award |
Ryan Smith | Faculty of Science |
| Faculty of Science Service Award |
Marjan Molouk-Zadeh | Faculty of Science |