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The University of British Columbia

Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

Year

Title

Award Type

Role

2018

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
GROW Service Award for Women in Computer Science May 2018	Jeanie Suparman	UBC Department of Computer Science
iQmetrix Service Award for Women in Computer Science May 2018	Sally Pang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2018	Bahare Fatemi, Clement Fung	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2018	Allan Leung, Andrea Park, Bahar Heravi Moussavi, Chanbin Lee, Charmaine Lee, Christine Cheng, Gora Kong, Janet Poon, Jeff Xiao, Joy Zhang, Lironne Kurzman, Lotus Zhang, Noah Heyl	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award January 2018	Anne Condon	UBC Faculty of Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Broadridge Financial Solutions Award for Women in Computer Science May 2018	Laura Barton	UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2018	Jinny Byun	UBC Department of Computer Science
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
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
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2018	Min Sang Park	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2018	Sean Vanbergen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2018	Wen Chia Hu	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2018	Shihui Liang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Honours) May 2018	Oliver Zhang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2018	Rachel Stiyer	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) May 2018	Aaron Mishkin	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Majors) May 2018	Zixuan Yin	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ACM CHI Best Paper Award April 2018	Francesco Vitale, Izabelle Janzen, Joanna McGrenere	ACM CHI
Alain Fournier PhD Dissertation Award March 2018	Boris Dalstein	Graphics Interface
CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award March 2018	Alla Sheffer	Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society
CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Research Prize March 2018	Reid Holmes	CS-Can/Info-Can
CS-Can/Info-Can Lifetime Achievement Award February 2018	David Kirkpatrick	CS-Can/Info-Can
AAAI Fellow January 2018	Kevin Leyton-Brown	AAAI
IEEE Harlan D. Mills Award January 2018	Gail Murphy	IEEE

2017

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ACM Fellow December 2017	Gail Murphy	ACM
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award December 2017	Ahmad Shikib Mehri , Kevin Chow, Raunak Kumar	CRA
DNA Computing And Molecular Programming Conference Best Student Paper Award October 2017	Anne Condon, Mark Schmidt, Nasim Zolaktaf	DNA Computing And Molecular Programming Conference
UAI Best Student Paper Award October 2017	David Buchman, David Poole	UAI
ACM SIGGRAPH SCA Best Student Paper Award August 2017	Michiel van de Panne, Xue Bin Peng	ACM SIGGRAPH
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists August 2017	Joanna McGrenere	Royal Society of Canada
ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award July 2017	Felix Heide	ACM SIGGRAPH
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship June 2017	Yasha Pushak	Government of Canada
ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award May 2017	Gail Murphy	International Conference on Program Comprehension
CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Research Prize March 2017	Nick Harvey	CS-Can/Info-Can
Sloan Research Fellow February 2017	Mark Schmidt	Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) June 2017	Henry Chee	UBC Department of Computer Science
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2017	Pang Chieh (Jason) Chiu	Governor General of Canada
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
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
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2017	Dylan Michael Basdeo	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2017	Lauren Coombe	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2017	Henry Chee	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2017	Michelle Ming Gee Wong	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Honours) May 2017	Yi Fan Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2017	Tae Yun Kim	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) May 2017	Soo Ning Sarah Yeo	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Majors) May 2017	Pang Chieh (Jason) Chiu	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Wesbrook Scholar April 2017	Alice Fredine	UBC

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CPSC 213 TA Team Awards May 2017	Candice Pang, Frank Rui, Grace Liang, Harlin Brandvold, Justin Reiher, Ksenia Pinski, Liran Li, Phoenix Song, Qiushan Zhao, Victor Pineda Gonzalez, Zixuan Yin	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Faculty Teaching Award May 2017	Anthony Estey, Celina Berg, Gregor Kiczales, Ivan Beschastnikh, Meghan Allen, Rachel Pottinger	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award May 2017	Adnan Reza, Andrew Karpierz, Halldor Thorhallsson, Izabelle Janzen, Susanne Bradley, Tian Qi (Ricky) Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award May 2017	Alec Theriault, Andrew Bates, Grace Liang, Jonathan Budiardjo, Ksenia Pinski, Laura Barton, Nadine Bolotov, Oliver Zhang, Phoenix Song, Raunak Kumar, Ryan Razavi, Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
2016 Killam Teaching Award April 2017	Jessica Dawson	UBC VP Academic and Provost

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2017	Hasti Seifi, Sampoorna Biswas	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2017	Paul Liu	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2017	Caledonia Thomson, Erica Lin, Lisa Wong, Paul Cernek, Wesley Berry	UBC Department of Computer Science
2017 Dean of Science Excellence in Service March 2017	Jessica Wrinskelle	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award January 2017	Patrice Belleville	UBC Faculty of Science

2016

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2016 ACM Distinguished Scientist December 2016	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	ACM
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award December 2016	Khurram Ali Jafery , Xi Bei She	Computer Research Association (CRA)
IVA Best Paper Award September 2016	Cristina Conati, Sebastien Lalle	International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Web3D Best Paper Award July 2016	Anurag Ranjan, Debang a Raj Neog, Dinesh Pai, Joao Cardoso	International Conference on 3D Web Technology
Web3D Best Paper Award For Real-Time Eye Simulation July 2016	Dinesh Pai	International Conference on 3D Web Technology
Canadian Digital Media Pioneer Award June 2016	Kellogg Booth	Canadian Human-Computer Communication Society
Canadian Human-Computer Communication Society Achievement Award June 2016	Michiel van de Panne	Conference on Graphics, Visualization and HCI
ICSE-10 Most Influential Paper 10 Years Later Award May 2016	Gail Murphy, John Anvik, Lyndon Hiew	ICS
UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference Poster Competition 2nd Prize April 2016	Tom Jin	UBC MURC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Dean Of Science Excellence In Service Awards December 2016	Jessica Wrinskelle	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Dean Of Science Excellence In Service Awards December 2016	Patrice Belleville	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Team Award) July 2016	Agnes Pak, Betty Cho, Constance Wun, Girish Chandra, Victoria Poon	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for fostering a collegial environment) June 2016	Lara Hall	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for going above and beyond) June 2016	Jean Caballero, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for supporting students & educational programs) June 2016	Olivia Kong	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2016	Alireza Shafaei, Antoine Ponsard, Kailun Zhang, Matthew Brehmer, Nayantara Duttachoudhury	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2016	Brian Chau, Cindy Ngan, Jeremy Goh	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2016 UBC Computer Science Department Faculty Teaching Award May 2016	Elisa Baniassad, Mark Schmidt, Patrice Belleville, Paul Carter, Steve Wolfman, William Evans	UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2016	Jessica Wong	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award May 2016	Alireza Shafaei , Alireza Zakeri Hosseinabadi, Issam Hadj Laradji , Jason Hartford, Jessica Wong , Jordon Johnson, Samuel Creed, Shu Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award May 2016	Albert Xing, Alfred Xing, Anasazi Valair, Branden Siegle, Bruce Li, Erika Thompson, Henry Li, Kieran Collery, Lynsey Haynes, Maher Kader	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award April 2016	Sarah Huber	UBC VP Academic

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2016	Nicholas Folk	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2016	Gregory Iannacone	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (CHN) May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (CMJ) May 2016	Thomas Pierce	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2016	Victoria Loewen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (MAJ) May 2016	William Zhang	UBC Department of Computer Science
Accenture Leadership Award May 2016	Wesley Berry	UBC Department of Computer Science
Computer Science Scholarship May 2016	Arman Raina, Calvin Cheng, Caroline Lemieux, De Wen Li, Janet Lam, Katherine Cavers, Matthew Nyhus, Stephanie Dong, Xin Bei She, Yifan Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science
David Shum Memorial Prize in Computer Science May 2016	Junze Wu	UBC Department of Computer Science
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
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
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