Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2021

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Distinguished Scholar Award April 2021	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC
Elected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences April 2021	Margo Seltzer	AAAS
Fellow of Royal Society of Canada November 2021	Raymond Ng	Royal Society of Canada

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Academic Medal May 2021	Fangzhao Zhang	Governor General of Canada
Greer Family Scholarship 2021 June 2021	David Louie, Victor Wang	UBC Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards June 2021	Ali Mohammed Mehr, Amir Tootooni, Basima Spindari, Lily Bryant, Nam Hee Kim, Nicholas Hu, Paul Bucci, Preeti Vyas, Rubinder Nagi, Shivam Thukral, Tianxin Tao	UBC Computer Science

2010

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies December 2010	Holger H. Hoos	Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC
Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies December 2010	Joanna McGrenere	Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC
Faculty Research and Engagement Award November 2010	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	Yahoo!

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award December 2010	Norm Hutchinson	UBC Faculty of Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award December 2010	Rock Leung	UBC Faculty of Science
Governor-General Silver Medal in Science December 2010	Cedric Lin	Governor General of Canada

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate TA Award December 2010	Anseok Joo, Bruno da Silva, Dan Li, Jimmy Wong, Jonatan Schroeder, Kuljeet Singh, Ron Maharik, Shantanu Gramsci	UBC Department of Computer Science
Graduate TA Award May 2010	Andrej Karpathy, Ben Jones, Diane Tam, Hajir Roozbehani, Jiarui Ding, Mark Spear, Oliver Schneider, Tao Su, Will Chao	UBC Department of Computer Science

2017

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
DNA Computing And Molecular Programming Conference Best Student Paper Award October 2017	Anne Condon, Mark Schmidt, Nasim Zolaktaf	DNA Computing And Molecular Programming Conference

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2017	Pang Chieh (Jason) Chiu	Governor General of Canada

2008

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Dolby Computer Science Research Chair January 2008	Wolfgang Heidrich	Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2008	Bob Woodham	UBC Faculty of Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2008	Michele Ng	UBC Faculty of Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal in Science January 2008	Jackie Cheung	Governor General of Canada

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate TA Teaching Award January 2008	Dutch Meyer	UBC VP Academic

2013

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
e-Portfolio Competition Judges' Choice Award 1st Prize (tied) March 2013	Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition Judges' Choice Award 1st Prize (tied) April 2013	Billy Lin	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition People's Choice Award 1st Prize April 2013	Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition People's Choice Award 2nd Prize April 2013	Vlad Zaharia	UBC Department of Computer Science
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2013	Ruiyuan Chen	Governor General of Canada

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Eurographics Fellow June 2013	Wolfgang Heidrich	Eurographics Association

2004

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Encana Principal Award January 2004	Murray Goldberg	Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2004	Andrew Eisenberg	UBC Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science Research Award January 2004	Ronald Rensink	UBC
Governor General Academic Medal January 2004	Mirela Andronescu	Governor General of Canada

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate Student T.A. Awards January 2004	Tany Ellchuk	UBC Department of Computer Science
Graduate Student T.A. Awards January 2004	Joseph Luk	UBC Department of Computer Science
Graduate Student T.A. Awards January 2004	Micheline Manske	UBC Department of Computer Science
Graduate Student T.A. Awards January 2004	Mark Crowley	UBC Department of Computer Science
Graduate Student T.A. Awards January 2004	Paul Cook	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Greer Family Scholarship January 2004	Yue (Virginia) Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
Greer Family Scholarship January 2004	Ka Chi (Gary) Poon	UBC Department of Computer Science

2016

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Ericsson Innovation Award May 2016	Karan Grover, Tanha Kabir
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
Greer Family Scholarship May 2016	Adrian She, Victoria Loewen	UBC Department of Computer Science

2015

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ESEM Best Paper Award October 2015	Ivan Beschastnikh
First Place, World Haptics 2015 Student Innovation Challenge June 2015	Brenna Li, Gordon Minaker, Oliver Schneider, Paul Bucci	IEEE World Haptics Conference 2015

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2015	Xue Bin (Jason) Peng	Governor General of Canada

2006

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Eurographics 2006 September 2006	Christophe Schlick, Tamy Boubekeur, (INRIA), Wolfgang Heidrich, Xavier Granier	Eurographics 2006 - Conference Webpage
Faculty of Science Achievement Award (for Service) April 2006	Kellogg Booth	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Graduate Thesis Prize (Inaugural) January 2006	Jihong Ren	UBC Department of Computer Science
First Place - ACM Student Research Competition (Undergraduate) October 2006	Yuan-Ting Erica Huang	Grace Hopper 2006

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award (for Service) January 2006	Moyra Ditchfield	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Student Leadership Award January 2006	Chad Trytten	UBC Faculty of Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
First in ACM ICPC Regional - Pacific Northwest Division January 2006	Igor Ostrovsky, Yuri Kholondyrev, nton Likhtarov	ACM
Governor General Silver Medal January 2006	Dustin Wei-Lung Tseng	Governor General Academic Medals

2023

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Eurographics Fellow July 2023	Alla Sheffer	Eurographics (European Association for Computer Graphics)

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Service Award December 2023	Steve Wolfman	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Service Award December 2023	Reto Achermann	Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Service Award December 2023	Paulette Koronkevich	Faculty of Science
Fostering a Collegial Environment May 2023	Bruno Mannella	UBC Computer Science
Going Above and Beyond Award May 2023	Bruno Mannella, Dan Miner, Edward Chu, Gable Yeung, Giao Huynh, Hazita Harun, Koon Ming Lau, Michael Sanderson, Patrick Lai, Vilmos Soti, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Gary Kusin Award for Women in Video Gaming May 2023	Lisa Lin	Electronic Arts
Governor General's Silver Medal Award in Science May 2023	Sophie Greenwood	Governor General's Office
Greer Family Scholarship May 2023	Artun Duman, Dora Qi

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards May 2023	Camilo Talero, Dylan Green, Francis Nguyen, Gregory d'Eon, Laura Cang , Paulette Koronkevich, Victor Sanches Portella, Xincheng Huang, Yilin Yang

2022

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Excellence in Service December 2022	Laura Selander	UBC Faculty of Science
Fostering a Collegial Environment June 2022	Taryn Jung	UBC Computer Science
Going Above and Beyond Award June 2022	Tim Li	UBC Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty Teaching Awards May 2022	Alex Summers, Elisa Baniassad, Felix Grund, Ivan Beschastnikh, Kwang Moo Yi, Varada Kolhatkar	UBC Computer Science
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards May 2022	Braxton Hall, Devyani McLaren, Dylan Green, Finn Hackett, Jordan Lovrod, Sang-Wha Sien	UBC Computer Science

2020

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Excellence in Service May 2020	Vivian Leung	UBC Faculty of Science
Going Above and Beyond October 2020	Dan Miner, Edward Chu, John Seto, Koon Ming Lau, Patrick Lai, Tim Li, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science
Graduate Student Service Award 2019 July 2020	Swati Goswami	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
GECCO 2020 Best Paper Award July 2020	Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak	GECCO 2020

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General’s Silver Medal June 2020	Chenliang Zhou	University of British Columbia
Greer Family Scholarship 2019 June 2020	Chen Hang, Hayden McTavish	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate TA Awards 2020 June 2020	Adrian Lindsay, Jinfan Yang, Joey Eremondi, Matt Dietrich, Mohammed Suhail, Prithu Banerjee, Si Yi Meng, Surya Koppisetti, Xinhong (Sam) Liu, Zixuan Yin	UBC Department of Computer Science

2005

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2005	Jonathan Luk	UBC Faculty of Science
Governor General Silver Medal January 2005	Kevin Jamieson	Governor General Academic Medals
Greer Family Scholarship January 2005	Kevin Kar Wai Lai, Wei-Lung Dustin Tseng	CS Alumni sponsored - Greer Family

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2005	Micheline Manske	UBC Faculty of Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Service Award January 2005	David Kirkpatrick	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Service Award January 2005	David Lowe	UBC Faculty of Science

2007

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2007	Viann Chan	UBC Faculty of Science

2012

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Sarah Rastkar	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Kimberly Voll	UBC Faculty of Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Graduate Prize April 2012	Ron Maharik	UBC Faculty of Science
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada September 2012	Anne Condon	Royal Society of Canada

2009

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service May 2009	Norm Hutchinson

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada January 2009	Alan Mackworth, David Kirkpatrick	Royal Society of Canada
Governor General's Gold Medal January 2009	Mirela Andronescu	Governor General of Canada

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Google Intern Scholarship January 2009	Neil Thomas	Google
Governor General's Silver Medal in Science January 2009	Timothy Au-yeung	Governor General of Canada

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate TA Award January 2009	Alexander Izsak , Bradley Swerdfeger , Elan Dubrofsky , Jiemin Zhang , Kevin Swersky, Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan, Peter Selby , Thomas Hazelton , Tomas Hofmann	UBC Department of Computer Science

2003

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2003	Carlin Phillips	UBC Faculty of Science

2018

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada September 2018	Uri Ascher	Royal Society of Canada

2014

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship March 2014	Susannah Kirby	Google
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2014	Ron Estrin	Governor General of Canada

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Grace Hopper Celebration Technical Leadership ABIE Award August 2014	Anne Condon	Anita Borg Institute

2019

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2019	Jeffrey Dawson	Governor General of Canada
Greer Family Scholarship May 2019	Chenliang Zhou, Jerry Yin	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate TA Awards 2019 May 2019	Arthur de Sousa Marques, David Johnson, Hung Yu Ling, Jocelyn Minns, Marjan Albooyeh, Nico Ritschel, Sikander Rhandawa	UBC Department of Computer Science

2011

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Graduate TA Award May 2011	Alexandru Totolici, Brent Boerlage, Julius Davies, Marcos Ginestra, Mark Spear, Michael Chiang, Nathan Taylor, Nuray Dindar, Shathel Haddad	UBC Department of Computer Science