Awards
2020
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Society of Canada Fellow |
Alla Sheffer | Royal Society of Canada |
| SIGGRAPH Academy Member |
Alla Sheffer | ACM SIGGRAPH |
| GECCO 2020 Best Paper Award |
Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak | GECCO 2020 |
| 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship |
Sikander Randhawa | NSERC |
| SIGMOD Systems Award |
Margo Seltzer | BerkeleyDB - 2020 SIGMOD Systems Award |
| 2021 CHCCS Service Award |
Kellogg Booth | CHCCS Service Award |
| CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award |
Dinesh Pai | Graphics Interface |
| CHI 2020 Best Paper Award |
Karon MacLean, Sabrina Hauser | CHI 2020 |
| CHI 2020 Honorable Mention Award |
Karon MacLean, Robert Xiao, Soheil Kianzad, Yuxiang Huang | CHI 2020 |
| UBC Killam Research Prize |
Alla Sheffer | UBC Research & Innovation |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate TA Awards 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 |
| Undergraduate TA Awards 2019 |
Alara Celik, Braxton Hall, Chanbin Lee, Courtney Hermary, Emili Gubskaya, Greg Gzik, John Turkson, Kevin Yap, Lucas Zamprogno , Pardis Roshanzimir, Richard Hou, Sasha Avreline | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Killam Teaching Prize |
Cinda Heeren | UBC Vice President Academic |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Award of Excellence 2020 |
Braxton Hall, Chenliang Zhou, Daniel Bajj, Pardis Roshanzamir, Paul Wang, Raymond Situ, Sam Dover, Yuru Liu | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Accenture Leadership Award 2019 |
Jeanette Johnson | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions Award for Women in Computer Science 2019 |
Hannah Lin | Broadridge Financial Solutions |
| Governor General’s Silver Medal |
Chenliang Zhou | University of British Columbia |
| Greer Family Scholarship 2019 |
Chen Hang, Hayden McTavish | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize 2019 |
Arden Allen | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Rick Sample Summer Internship 2020 |
Rebecca Lin, Willis Cheng Peng, Yujing (Eugenie) Lai | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| VanHacks Award in Computer Science 2019 |
Petal Vitis | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Visier Service Award in Computer Science 2019 |
Ayman Azhar | UBC Department of Computer Science |
2019
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| UBC Open Educational Resource Champion |
Reid Holmes | UBC Open Educational Resource Champions |
| Graduate TA Awards 2019 |
Arthur de Sousa Marques, David Johnson, Hung Yu Ling, Jocelyn Minns, Marjan Albooyeh, Nico Ritschel, Sikander Rhandawa | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Computer Science Department 2018 Faculty Teaching Award |
Ali Madooei, Joanna McGrenere, Jordan Johnson, Michiel van de Panne, Nick Harvey, Oluwakemi Ola | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Computer Science Department Lifetime Teaching Award |
George Tsiknis | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Awards |
Andrea Gottardo, Bronwyn Damm, Jonathan Budiardjo, Luciano Burla, Qianqian Feng, Ryan Kwon, Stefano Vazzoler, William Alvarez, Zoe Fox | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Killam Graduate TA Award |
Susanne Bradley | UBC VP Academic |
| UBC Killam Teaching Prize |
Elisa Baniassad | UBC Vice President Academic |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| UBC CS Staff Award (for fostering a collegial environment) |
Ana Kopic Drole, Holly Kwan, Vivian Leung | UBC Computer Science |
| iQmetrix Service Award for Women in Computer Science |
Giulia Mattia, Hannah Lin | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Maria Klawe Service Award |
Arden Allen, Kara Deane | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Computer Science Department Graduate Student Service Award |
Giovanni Viviani, Julieta Martinez-Covarrubias, Nico Ritschel | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Visier Service Award for Women in Computer Science |
Jinny Byun | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Visier Service Award in Computer Science |
Noah Heyl | UBC Department of Computer Science |
2018
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| ACM MIG Best Paper Award |
Michiel van de Panne, Xinyi Zhang | ACM MIG |
| NeurIPS 2018 Best Paper Award |
Christopher Liaw, Nick Harvey | NeurIPS |
| ACM Distinguished Member |
Kevin Leyton-Brown | ACM |
| IEEE Data Science and Advanced Analytics Conference Best Research Paper Award |
Laks V.S. Lakshmanan | IEEE DSAA |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
Uri Ascher | Royal Society of Canada |
| PNSS Best Paper Award |
Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak | Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature |
| Lagrange Prize in Continuous Optimization |
Mark Schmidt | SIAM |
| INFORMS Franz Edelman Achievement Award |
Alexandre Frechette, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Neil Newman | INFORMS |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| UBC Governor General's Gold Medal |
Jason Peng | UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions Award for Women in Computer Science |
Laura Barton | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| UBC Computer Science Department Faculty Teaching Award |
Elisa Baniassad, Jonatan Schroeder, Mark Schmidt, Michael Gelbart, Reid Holmes, William Evans | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Computer Science Department Graduate TA Award |
Adrian Lindsay, Clement Fung, Daniel Almeida, Devon Graham, Felipe Andres Banados Schwerter, Giovanni Viviani, Xing Zeng | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award |
Adam Jozefiak, Adrian She, Ben Chugg, Daphne Bliss-Rosval, Emily Fuchs, Harwin Mienata, James Yoo, Keavan Andreassen, Zhi Ting (Jessica) Yang | UBC Department of Computer Science |
| UBC Killam Graduate TA Award |
Jordon Johnson | UBC Vice President Academic |