Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2022

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Project to Product Award in Computer Science May 2022	Kara Deane	Tasktop Technologies
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2022	Christy Lo	UBC Computer Science
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science May 2022	Charley Cai, Joice Tang, Kasra Kamal, Linh Tran, Luis Bolanos, Patrick Lee, Rebecca Lin	UBC Computer Science
Student Service Awards for Undergraduates May 2022	Bryce Wilson, Chloe Curry, Eric Yan, Gokce Dilek, Jamie Polintan, Jerry Hall, Jossie Yan, Leonard Wang, Mike Ju, Shu Ting Hu, Stephanie Chen	UBC Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Service Awards for Graduate Students May 2022	Nichole Boufford, Paul Bucci, Rubia Reis Guerra	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Research June 2022	Ali Nasseri, Lara Hall	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Teaching/Educational Programs June 2022	Anthony Winstanley, Koon Ming Lau, Moyra Ditchfield, Patrick Lai, Sean Godel, Tim Li, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIAM Fellow April 2022	Chen Greif	SIAM
SIGGRAPH Academy Member June 2022	Michiel van de Panne	SIGGRAPH Academy
SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award June 2022	Michiel van de Panne	SIGGRAPH
SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award December 2022	Gail Murphy	SIGSOFT

2023

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Project to Product Award in Computer Science May 2023	Lily Lin, Saurav Bhanna	Planview (formerly Tasktop)
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2023	Chloe Van
Student Community Building Award May 2023	Baraa Orabi, Finn Hackett , Gautam Luhana, Mara Solen , Paulette Koronkevic, Rubia Reis Guerra, Victor Sanches Portella
Student Community Building Awards for undergraduates May 2023	Anna Friesen, Michael de Marco, Shubh Balla, Taryn Wou
Supporting Research May 2023	Laura Selander, Michael Sanderson	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Students and/or Educational Programs May 2023	Michele Ng	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science May 2023	Alan Milligan, Jessica Huang, Jordan Coil, Sandy Zhang

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2023	Kevin Leyton-Brown	Royal Society of Canada
SIGCHI 2023 Honourable Mention April 2023	Charles Berret, Stephen Kasica, Tamara Munzner	SIGCHI 2023
SIGEVO Impact Award July 2023	Jeff Clune	SIGEVO

2021

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Prominent Paper Award August 2021	Holger H. Hoos, Kevin Leyton-Brown	AIJ Prominent Paper Award
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science June 2021	David Ewart, Rebecca Lin, Roark Zhang	UBC Computer Science
SIGMOD Research Highlight Award April 2021	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	ACM SIGMOD

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Student Service Awards for Graduate Students June 2021	Paul Bucci, Paulette Koronkevish, Swati Goswami	UBC Computer Science
Student Service Awards for Volunteers June 2021	Chenyuan (Coco) Wu, Christy Lo, Cindy Ou Yang, Cody Gagnon, Ervin Ng, Natalie Chen, Sepand Dyanatker	UBC Computer Science

2012

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal August 2012	Arvind Gupta

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2012	Jing Yun Alice Zhu	UBC Department of Computer Science
TELUS Excellence in IT Award September 2012	Peter Cheung	TELUS
TELUS Excellence in IT Award September 2012	Leemor Yuravlivker	TELUS
TELUS Excellence in IT Award September 2012	Alan Long	TELUS
Travel Award for ACM Turing Centenary April 2012	William Bredefeld	ACM SIGACT
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2012	Zachary Siddall	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SATzilla Challenge June 2012	Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos, Jonathan Shen, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Lin Xu	SAT Challenge
Sloan Research Fellowship February 2012	Andrew Warfield	Sloan Research Fellowship

2018

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2018	Mandy Chen, Oliver Zhang	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2018	Chris Yoon, Kevin Chow, Raunak Kumar, Rui (Ray) Ning Wu	UBC Department of Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science CS 50 Team Award June 2018	Alan Mackworth, Anne Condon, J. Yue, Jade Wang, Joël Pittet, Michele Ng, Michiel van de Panne, Tamara Munzner	UBC Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Department 2017 Faculty Teaching Award May 2018	Elisa Baniassad, Jonatan Schroeder, Mark Schmidt, Michael Gelbart, Reid Holmes, William Evans	UBC Department of Computer Science

2019

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2019	Arden Allen, Kara Deane	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2019	Chi Wei (Colin) Chen, Laura Rodgers	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award September 2019	Robert Xiao	SIGCHI

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Department 2018 Faculty Teaching Award May 2019	Ali Madooei, Joanna McGrenere, Jordan Johnson, Michiel van de Panne, Nick Harvey, Oluwakemi Ola	UBC Department of Computer Science

2020

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science 2019 June 2020	Beriwan Salamat Ravandi	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Award for Fostering a Collegial environment October 2020	Celine Francis	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Award for Supporting Research October 2020	Marjan Molouk-Zadeh	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Award for Supporting Students and the Educational Programs October 2020	Jessica Bosch	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship 2020 June 2020	Rebecca Lin, Willis Cheng Peng, Yujing (Eugenie) Lai	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2020	Alla Sheffer	Royal Society of Canada
SIGGRAPH Academy Member August 2020	Alla Sheffer	ACM SIGGRAPH
SIGMOD Systems Award June 2020	Margo Seltzer	BerkeleyDB - 2020 SIGMOD Systems Award

2007

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Ranked 14th in ACM ICPC World Finals January 2007	Anton Likhtarov, Igor Ostrovsky, Matthew Chan, Yuri Kholondyrev	ACM
Rick Sample Memorial Internship January 2007	Andrew Cherry, Jackie Cheung , Kevin Lai, Nathan Hapke	UBC Department of Computer Science
Science Co-op Student of the Year Award January 2007	Matthew O'Toole	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Ranked 3rd in ACM Student Research Competition January 2007	Erica Huang	ACM
Semantic Robot Vision Challenge January 2007	David Lowe , Jim Little, Matthew Baumann, Per-Erik Forssen, kevin726	AAAI Mobile Robot Competition
SIGGRAPH Student Research Competition January 2007	Abhijeet Ghosh, Eric Brochu	SIGGRAPH
SMT Competition January 2007	Domagoj Babic	SMT
TACAS Best Student Paper Award January 2007	Zvonimir Rakamaric	TACAS

2005

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Research Excellence and Service January 2005	Jim Little	CIPPRS

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial January 2005	Maryam Mahdaviani	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Student Scholarship - FAST January 2005	Abhishek Gupta	UBC Department of Computer Science

2004

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Award January 2004	Shawn Minto	UBC Department of Computer Science

2010

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Internship December 2010	Jessica Dawson	UBC Department of Computer Science
Simba Technologies Award December 2010	Joyce Cheung	Simba Technologies

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIAM Fellow December 2010	Uri Ascher	SIAM

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Student Services Award for Volunteering December 2010	Caitlin Tuba, Gabriel Silk, Kevin Kuo, Kevin Moore, Sonia Purewal, Spiridoula Lagaditis	UBC Department of Computer Science

2006

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Internship January 2006	Anthony Wen Lung Lee	UBC Department of Computer Science
Second Place in ACM ICPC Regional - Pacific Northwest Division January 2006	Christopher Head, Elena Kholondyreva, Henry Wong, Robert Tseng	ACM
Seventh Place in ACM ICPC Regional - Pacific Northwest Division January 2006	Ryan Yee, Simon Aloysius Suyadi, Ying Yin	ACM

2009

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Internship January 2009	Edward Lui, Samantha Leung	UBC Department of Computer Science
Semantic Robot Vision Challenge January 2009	Ankur Gupta, Catherine Gamroth, David Meger, Kenji Okuma, Marius Muja, Matthew Baumann, Pooja Viswanathan, Pooyan Fazli, Scott Helmer, Tomas Hoffman, Tristram Southey	ISVC

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Semantic Robot Vision Challenge January 2009	Alan Mackworth, David Lowe , Jim Little	ISVC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Student Services Award for Volunteering January 2009	David Tompkins, Petcharat Viriyakattiyaporn	UBC Department of Computer Science
Student Services Award for Volunteering January 2009	Albert Chen , Andrew Tjia , Valerie Eades	UBC Department of Computer Science

2008

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship January 2008	Alexander Bradley, Christopher Head, Robert English, Russell MacKenzie	UBC Department of Computer Science

2013

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2013	Paul Liu, Stephanie Van Dyk	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2013	Tina Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Department Student Service Award May 2013	Hagit Schechter, Vasanth Rajendran	UBC Department of Computer Science

2014

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2014	Samantha Krieger	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2014	Mikhail Baryshev	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Steacie Memorial Fellowship February 2014	Kevin Leyton-Brown	NSERC

2015

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2015	Stewart Grant	UBC Department of Computer Science
SIMBA Technologies Award May 2015	Susannah Kirby	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2015	Gail Murphy	Royal Society of Canada
SCA Best Paper Award August 2015	Benjamin Humberston, Dinesh Pai	Symposium on Computer Animation
SCA Best Paper Award August 2015	Kai Ding, KangKang Yin, Libin Liu, Michiel van de Panne	Symposium on Computer Animation
SCA Best Poster Award August 2015	Dinesh Pai	Symposium on Computer Animation
SIGGRAPH Laval Virtual Award August 2015	Wolfgang Heidrich	SIGGRAPH 2015

2017

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2017	Patience Shyu	UBC Department of Computer Science
SIMBA Technologies Award May 2017	Angela Chen, Laura Barton, Michelle Findlay-Olynyk	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists August 2017	Joanna McGrenere	Royal Society of Canada
Sloan Research Fellow February 2017	Mark Schmidt	Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
UAI Best Student Paper Award October 2017	David Buchman, David Poole	UAI

2016

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship Award May 2016	Alison Clark	UBC Department of Computer Science
Simba Technologies Award May 2016	Laura McGee, Lynsey Haynes	UBC Department of Computer Science

2024

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Science Undergrad Society Community Impact Award March 2024	Women in Data Science (WiDS)	Science Undergrad Society

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIAM Fellow (2024) March 2024	Michael Friedlander	Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

2011

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGSOFT Retrospective Impact Paper Award September 2011	Gail Murphy	ACM SIGSOFT
Small Business BC Award March 2011	Gail Murphy	Small Business BC