Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2012

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2012	Cheryl Lau	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2012	Minyang Han	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2012	Joyce Cheung	UBC Department of Computer Science
Microsoft Scholarship June 2012	Maria Piao	Microsoft

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement April 2012	Alla Sheffer, Dinesh Pai, Joanna McGrenere	NSERC
Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar May 2012	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advance Studies

2011

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2011	Pooja Viswanathan	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Mushfiqur Rouf Awarded ICICS Graduate Scholarship July 2011	Mushfiqur (Nasa) Rouf	ICICS
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant January 2011	Karon MacLean	NSERC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
President's Service Award for Excellence May 2011	Michele Ng	UBC
President's Service Award for Excellence May 2011	Michele Ng	President's Service Award

2013

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2013	Anika Mahmud	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2013	Angel Cheung	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Microsoft SEIF Award April 2013	Joanna McGrenere	Microsoft Research
Motion in Games Conference Best Paper Award December 2013	Michiel van de Panne, Shailen Agrawal, Shuo Shen	Motion in Games Conference

2016

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2016	Jessica Wong	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2016	Boyang Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
National Collegiate Research Conference Poster Competition February 2016	Eviatar Bach	National Collegiate Research Conference

2019

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Service Award May 2019	Arden Allen, Kara Deane	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2019	Yuping Wang	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2019	Giulia Mattia	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE) January 2019	Margo Seltzer	National Academy of Engineering

2020

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Service Award 2019 June 2020	Aiden (Phoenix) Synkova, Daphne Liu, Noa Heyl	UBC Department of Computer Science
President's Staff Award - Creativity & Innovation August 2020	Anthony Winstanley	UBC

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize 2019 June 2020	Arden Allen	UBC Department of Computer Science

2021

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Service Award 2021 June 2021	Ayman Azhar, Kiki Hsieh	UBC Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize June 2021	Daphne Liu	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize June 2021	David Louie	UBC Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Outstanding Paper of 2020 April 2021	Jeff Clune	International Society of Artificial Life

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Outstanding Teaching Awards for Faculty June 2021	Anne Condon, Ed Knorr, Helge Rhodin, Leonid Sigal, Paul Carter, Robert Xiao, Steve Wolfman	UBC Computer Science

2022

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Service Award 2022 May 2022	Paulette Koronkevich	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2022	Michael Liu	UBC Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2022	Sepand Dyanatkar Motaghed	UBC Computer Science

2023

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Service Award 2023 May 2023	Alexa Gogoescu, Sarah Wong	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2023	Floria Gu
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2023	Lily Lin

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NORA Award: outstanding publication of the decade July 2023	Jeff Clune	NORA
NSERC CRSNG Arthur B. MacDonald Fellowship award November 2023	Mark Schmidt	NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships
Outstanding Paper Award July 2023	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, Md Tawkat Islam Khondaker, Muhammad Abdul-Mageed	Workshop on Online Abuse and Harm (WOAH 2023), ACL 2023
Outstanding Research Award SIGSOFT 2023 March 2023	Gail Murphy	SIGSOFT 2023

2005

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Award January 2005	Andrew Gray	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial January 2005	Jonathan Luk	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Microsoft Research University Relations Program January 2005	Kris De Volder	Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research University Relations Program January 2005	Eric Wohlstadter (162)	Microsoft Research

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award January 2005	Cullen Jennings	UBC Alumni Association

2010

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize December 2010	Neil Thomas	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize December 2010	Julianne Leung	UBC Department of Computer Science
MURC Oral Presentation Award December 2010	Nicholas Fitzgerald	UBC MURC
Orbital/Simba Technologies Award December 2010	Joyce Cheung	Orbital/Simba Technologies

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Microsoft SEIF (Software Engineering Innovation Foundation) Award December 2010	Gail Murphy	Microsoft Research
MITACS Young Researcher Award December 2010	Nando de Freitas	MITACS
Most Imaginative Research Award December 2010	Nicholas Fitzgerald	Universitas21
Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) Oral Presentation Award December 2010	Nicholas FitzGerald	MURC
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement December 2010	Holger H. Hoos, Michiel van de Panne, Wolfgang Heidrich	NSERC

2004

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize January 2004	Kevin Hsin Yin Lin	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize January 2004	Kimberly Tee	UBC Department of Computer Science
One Time Award January 2004	Kevin David Jamieson	UBC Department of Computer Science
One Time Award January 2004	Christopher Seymour	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NSERC - PGS January 2004	Tyson Brochu	NSERC
NSERC/GM CHAIR Women in Science/Engineering January 2004	Anne Condon	NSERC/General Motors Chair

2006

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize January 2006	Dustin Wei-Lung Tseng	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize January 2006	Renee Cheung	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NSERC Industrial Research Doctoral Fellowship January 2006	Barry Po, PhD	NSERC and Cogneto
Peter Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence January 2006	Anne Condon	Peter Wall Scholars in Residence

2007

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize January 2007	Eng-Liang Ch'ng	UBC Department of Computer Science
Mobile 2020 Contest January 2007	Michael DiBernardo	Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University
Orbital Technologies Award January 2007	Samatha Leung	Orbital Technologies

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Peter Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence January 2007	Alan Mackworth	Peter Wall Scholars in Residence
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Major Thematic Grant January 2007	Dinesh Pai	Peter Wall Institute

2008

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize January 2008	Jackie Cheung	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize January 2008	James Lo	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Michael Smith Foundation January 2008	Sohrab Shah	Michael Smith Foundation
Michael Smith Foundation Award January 2008	Chris Thachuk	Michael Smith Foundation
Microsoft Research Fellowship January 2008	Zvonimir Rakamaric	Microsoft
Most Cited Paper in Engineering 2004-2008 January 2008	David Lowe	TopCited
Precarn 20th Anniversary Commercialization Success Award January 2008	Jim Little, Point Grey Research	Precarn

2009

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize January 2009	Robert Tseng	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize January 2009	Yi Long Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
MIT Battlecode Competition January 2009	Patrick Nguyen	MIT Battlecode Programming Competition
MIT Battlecode Competition January 2009	Dan Ballard, Shaun Evans	MIT Battlecode Programming Competition
MIT Battlecode Competition January 2009	Andew Tjia, Byron Knoll, Martin Lau	MIT Battlecode Programming Competition
Orbital/Simba Technologies Award January 2009	Amy Kwok	Orbital/Simba Technologies

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements January 2009	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	NSERC
NSERC Strategic Grant January 2009	Cristina Conati, Giuseppe Carenini	NSERC

2015

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2015	Bo Gong	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2015	Alim Virani	UBC Department of Computer Science
Microsoft Gaming for Education Hackathon May 2015	Eric Kim, Lisa Wong, Yea Han Hwang	Microsoft Canada

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NAMRC Outstanding Paper June 2015	Alla Sheffer	International Manufacturing Research Conference
Oscar Technical Achievement Award February 2015	Robert Bridson	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

2017

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2017	Pang Chieh (Jason) Chiu	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2017	Albert Xing, Alfred Xing	UBC Department of Computer Science

2018

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2018	Aaron Mishkin	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2018	Finn Hackett	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NeurIPS 2018 Best Paper Award December 2018	Christopher Liaw, Nick Harvey	NeurIPS
PNSS Best Paper Award September 2018	Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak	Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature

2014

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2014	Ennas Abdussalam	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship June 2014	Dereck Toker	ICICS
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship May 2014	Yanyan Zhuang	NSERC

2024

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award January 2024	Arvin Sahami	Computing Research Association (CRA)